April 2019 - comments-org-renewal-18mar19@icann.org

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against removing price cap for .org domains
by Armin April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Legacy Popular domains such as .COM .NET .ORG shouldn't be subject to any act that could disrupt or hurt their legacy therefore I'm highly against act of allowing registrants to remove price cap. legacy domains should stay how they are Thanks Armin

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Remove Price Caps
by Spencer k April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The proposal to lift price caps on legacy TLDs will only serve to allow unfettered "taxing" of the current domain holders. In effect, TLD holders will be held hostage by their vendor, as the TLD is often synonymous with the brand. This is a bad idea and contrary to the public interest. S Kendall Principal Bryggen Group Liberty Hill, TX USA

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .ORG price increase
by jason＠pittmanresourcegroup.com April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Good Morning, Raising the acquisition and maintenance prices to .ORG domains will cause the public consumers to face increased costs. Many .orgs are non profit organizations which shouldn’t have to face the increased surcharges when most are operating on a limited budget. It costs money for the internet to run, I’m aware of this, however as an owner of a software company and a developer for many years, I know all too well the costs associated with trying to provide a quality product to a consumer. We all have to pass these charges on to the consumer to sustain our business models. Everyone knows that, but with increased PAAS, SAAS, DAAS, data charges, and internet charges, compiled on top of your suggested uncapped increases for certain business related domain names. We could potentially make it where consumers can’t afford to search much less make purchase on the free internet. It doesn’t however excuse us from setting reasonable increase limits and restrictions on ourselves to make sure that the underlying consumer doesn’t have to face sticker shock from a subscription increase. Please reconsider this adjustment to adding uncapped price increases to not only .org, but too .info, and .biz as well. The optional 10% yearly increase has worked just fine and is more than acceptable. Thank you, Jason R. Pittman, LUTCF, CPIA Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Pittman Resource Group, llc/ BigCityDreams.ORG

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please don’t lift price limits on .org
by Nick Triantos April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Many nonprofits use the .org TLD for their domains. We collectively should do all we can to ensure that registrations of .org domains forever remain as inexpensive as possible. Thank you, -Nick

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don’t do it
by Justice Goble April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Running a small business is hard and expensive enough. Don’t allow this change to happen so we can still run our businesses and have an affordable online presence! Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment regarding 'Pricing for Domain Name Registrations and Registry Services'
by mdn01-bboard＠usa.net April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I appreciate the opportunity to submit the following comments regarding the proposed renewal terms of the .org Registry Agreement. My comments pertain specifically to the 'Pricing for Domain Name Registrations and Registry Services (Section 2.10 of the .org renewal agreement)'. These comments represent my personal opinion and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or opinions of any professional organizations and employers that I am affiliated with. As a member of the constituency who has utilized retail domain name registry services on the behalf of multiple organizations of various sizes, I am concerned about and do not support the proposed removal of current stipulations that limit the price of registrations and allowable price increases for registrations, as this pertains specifically to .org domains. The .org TLD is unique amongst all TLDs in representing an important concept to internet users of a typical, non-commercial enterprise. There is therefore substantial value for usage of this domain across a wide array of not-for-profit efforts, many of which have severely limited resources. In addition, fiscal predictability of future expenditures is oftentimes critical for small to moderately-sized non-profit organizations. The proposed grandfathering of existing domain owners' renewals is insufficient to address these concerns and the proposed changes may, therefore, provide significant and unneccessary future barriers and other constraints on the establishment, visibility, and viability of small organizations' internet presences that have important social and societal benefits. I therefore urge ICANN to reject the currently proposed amendment to the 'Pricing for Domain Name Registrations and Registry Services (Section 2.10 of the .org renewal agreement)' Sincerely, Marc Natter Director of Research Informatics, Childhood Arthritis & Rheumatology Research Alliance Principal Investigator, Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Request to not increase the prices of .org domains
by internetmarket t April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Iam the owner of two .org domains. Your increase in the prices .org domains will affect the renewal prices from domain seller. So kindly request you to not increase it. Regards HARISH TUNKI

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Re: [Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] We do Not Approve the .Org Agreement Renewal
by EM Warriors April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit support organisation. ICANN staff should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy TLDs when that issue is precisely what is being examined by the volunteer ICANN Working Group who has been mandated to review this issue. ICANN policy making is supposed to be a ‘bottom up, multi-stakeholder model’. I believe that legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs. Legacy TLDs are essentially a public trust, unlike new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private interests. Registrants of legacy TLDs are entitled to price stability and predictability, and should not be subject to price increases with no maximums. Unlike new gTLDs, registrants of legacy TLDs registered their names and made their online presence on legacy TLDs on the basis that price caps would continue to exist. Unrestrained price increases on the millions of .org registrants who are not-for-profits.support organisations or non-profits would be unfair to them. Unchecked price increases have the potential to result in hundreds of millions of dollars being transferred from these organizations to one non-profit, the Internet Society, with .org registrants receiving no benefit in return. ICANN should not allow one non-profit nearly unlimited access to the funds of other non-profits or not- for- profit- support organisations. ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants! Thank you!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comments on pricing element of the renewal of the .org registry agreement
by Casey Hancock April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Good morning. I’d like to share my comments on the pricing element of the proposed renewal of the .org registry agreement > (Section 2.10 of the .org renewal agreement): In alignment with the base registry agreement, the price cap provisions in the current .org agreement, which limited the price of registrations and allowable price increases for registrations, are removed from the .org renewal agreement. Protections for existing registrants will remain in place, in line with the base registry agreement. This change will not only allow the .org renewal agreement to better conform with the base registry agreement, but also takes into consideration the maturation of the domain name market and the goal of treating the Registry Operator equitably with registry operators of new gTLDs and other legacy gTLDs utilizing the base registry agreement Removing the price cap provisions from the current .org agreement poses a threat to many who use .org domains, including many of my clients as a website builder. I have helped a number of small non-profit organizations in the southeastern United States with their websites built on .org domains. In my experience, the these small non-profit organizations rely on charitable donations and operate under tight budget constraints. It seems that removing the price cap provisions from the .org registry agreement could introduce volatility to the price of .org domains, with a particular risk of the prices increasing dramatically both initially and over time. That might make it more difficult for these organizations to 1) register a new .org domain to represent themselves, or 2) keep such a domain that they have at that point built a brand around. With so many of the users of .org domains being price-sensitive non-profit organizations, the current price provisions make it easier for such organizations to afford and budget for domain registrations. I hope that those price provisions stay in place as the agreement is renewed. Cheers, Casey -- Casey Hancock IT Consulting | BearSquared.net <https://bearsquared.net/> | EducatedInsights.com <https://educatedinsights.com/> 424.262.6258 <tel:4242626258> | PO Box 2901 Hartsville SC 29551

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Ben April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Do not raise or eliminate the cap on price hikes for domain renewal. Absolutely not. Prices are already too high, and competition is extremely limited. In the absence of price hikes rent seeking behavior by the few players in this space will dominate, with no benefits to the public.

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