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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Prices .org increasing without any limit
by Gabriel A. April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hi, I have one .org domain name, and let me tell you all that I prefer to lose the domain name instead of paying sky-high prices. What you are trying to do is not fair at all. In fact, it is quite an outrage! Please, return to common sense and stop this crazy idea. Regards

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Removal of Price Controls for .ORG Domains
by Fross, Michael April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern, Please rethink your .org price control removal. I understand that new TLDs do not have the controls, but they are not long established and as desirable items. There is a long history of these legacy top level domain names and how the contracts to run the registries were awarded. Whereas new top level domain companies risked their own money to introduce new domains, the registries running .org, .biz, etc. are merely stewards for what should be considered a resource that belongs to the web. I believe your strategy will result in a massive increase in .org new/renewal costs that is not needed and unwarranted. Regards, Michael Fross michael(a)fross.org

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Legacy gTLDs have no competition from newer gTLDs
by niels=comments-org-renewal-18mar19＠bakker.net April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The change proposed to section 2.10 baselessly asserts that new registrations do not deserve the same protection as existing domain holders. Rather than continuing to grant the current registries an ongoing monopoly, ICANN should recognise these TLDs as the utility they are and impose strict price controls based on actual cost.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] The proposed .org agreement is a bad idea
by Joakim Nordlander April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. Legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs and should be treated that way. Legacy TLDs are what the internet was built on. They are essentially a public trust. They are very different than new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private parties. Registrants of these legacy extensions should be entitled to price predictability & stability. Advancements in technology should be driving the cost of operating a registry down, yet prices keep going up? Removing price caps is unfair to the millions of domain registrants. They will have no price protections. Every registrant will be at the complete mercy and whims of the registry. This could result in a transfer of funds from millions of non-profits to one non-profit, with no benefits to the domain registrants. ICANN is supposed to represent a "bottom up, consensus-driven multistakeholder model". ICANN 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 should be looking out for the .org registrants, in particular the non-profits. There is no "public benefit" justification to these changes. It is just a handout to business at the expense of registrants’ rights and protections. Where are the protections for the millions of domain registrants that this could effect in a negative way? These changes would give way too much power to the registry. This is not acceptable for a "public benefit" organization that exists to represent many stakeholders.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Laryn Mumm April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

ICANN, I disagree with removing price caps for domains. It is important to maintain accessibility to new domain names by keeping the prices in check. Notice how the resale prices for domain auctions have become ridiculously high in many cases. This is explained by the supposed "popularity" of a given domain name. But in actuality, unfairly raising the price of domains is the easiest thing to do, since it requires no added value to do so! The effect of this is that only wealthy purchasers can obtain certain domains from unscrupulous sellers. Let's not have this happen with new domain names, too. Thanks, Laryn Mumm

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comments objecting to the .org renewal
by Kristijan Salak April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I respectfully make the following comments. I am a .org registrant. 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 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. ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Marc Silverboard April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please don't remove price caps on dot-org domain names. Many dot-org customers are non-profit or US nor-for-profit organizations that operate on a narrow budget for charity. An increase in domain name prices would make it harder for these charitable organizations to work.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org renewal prices
by Mark Perry April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, As a ceo of more than one nonprofit, I know how important it is to keep our operating costs low. This includes the cost of our website & domain names. The proposed renewal seems to remove control of pricing increase for registrars, and the potential increase to consumers could be significant. Please reconsider this course of action and please continue to put a cap on pricing increases, for the sake of consumers like myself and our organizations. Sincerely, Mark Perry Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] The proposed .org agreement is a bad idea
by Joakim Nordlander April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

To whom it may concern: I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. Legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs and should be treated that way. Legacy TLDs are what the internet was built on. They are essentially a public trust. They are very different than new gTLDs which were created, bought and paid for by private parties. Registrants of these legacy extensions should be entitled to price predictability & stability. Advancements in technology should be driving the cost of operating a registry down, yet prices keep going up? Removing price caps is unfair to the millions of domain registrants. They will have no price protections. Every registrant will be at the complete mercy and whims of the registry. This could result in a transfer of funds from millions of non-profits to one non-profit, with no benefits to the domain registrants. ICANN is supposed to represent a "bottom up, consensus-driven multistakeholder model". ICANN 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 should be looking out for the .org registrants, in particular the non-profits. There is no "public benefit" justification to these changes. It is just a handout to business at the expense of registrants’ rights and protections. Where are the protections for the millions of domai

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not lift price increase caps
by Samuel Hopkins April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

This is against the spirit of the internet and is not necessary. Do not do this. -- Samuel Hopkins

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