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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org renewal
by Scott Morris April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement - No Removal of Price Cap Provisions
by Nate o'Flaherty April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Dear ICANN, The removal of the price cap provisions on the .org gTLD is an egregious error. The only reasoning given is that it allows the Registry Operators to make more money, treating them equitably with newer gTLDs. Given that operating costs for gTLDs have gone down over time, and that there is nothing restricting an entity registering .org domains from also registering new gTLDs, this makes no sense. If anything the 10% per year price increase should be removed, and a permanent cap set, or one tied to global inflation. 10% is more than enough. The only people who will benefit are stakeholders in companies, while the people who actually create the internet that ICANN is a steward of will be hurt. It is a breach of trust and a failure of duty to due so. It also makes one wonder who ICANN is truly trying to help, and weakens the position that they should ever have been given control. At least the U.S., for all they’re capitalist whoring, didn’t open up owners and potential owners of .org domains to corporate abuse. Nate O’Flaherty IT Manager Phoenix Flow Control

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Why Would Increasing the Price Caps on Non-Profit Domains Be a Good Thing?
by Asai April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

To Whom It May Concern, Our non-profit organization currently owns dozens of domain names for our various non-profit ministries. Why, in God’s name, would anyone decide that .org domains in particular should be a market free-for-all? Non-profit organizations are the brake on untrammeled commercialism and all-too-often greedy selfish interest. It is suicidal to work against organizations who’s primary focus is service to humanity by making them pay more money and chipping away at the limited cash flow they do have. Please do not eliminate the fee caps. Domain registrations are not much more than bits and bytes on a hard drive, and an increase in yearly fee makes little sense. Asai Network and Systems Administrator GLOBAL CHANGE MEDIA office: 520.398.2542 http://globalchange.media Tucson, AZ

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Patrick Burch April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

The unlimited fee increase is a horrible idea and will make it much harder for non-profits, churches, and smaller organizations to purchase and use a domain name. You guys really need to stop thinking about how you can make more money. Think about how to innovate and the money will come. Don’t hurt the little guys.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] I am against the unlimited fee increase option.
by Fong, Howard April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

I am against the unlimited fee increase option. Howard Fong This email and attachments contain information that may be confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, notify the sender at once and delete this message completely from your information system. Further use, disclosure, or copying of information contained in this email is not authorized, and any such action should not be construed as a waiver of privilege or other confidentiality protections.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] New .org agreement is unacceptable with unlimited price increase included
by Scott Simpson April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Organization that register for a .org domain are typically non-profit and have limited funds and/or exist on donations. There is no reason to further encumber these organizations with unlimited price increases for domain registration. In fact, 10% per year is already too high. Non-profits should pay cost and nothing more.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Dont allow unlimited price increases
by Roberto Novoa April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

I dont want to have unlimited price increases on my domains, specially .org which should actually get price reductions. I am completely against it. poncholas(a)gmail.com

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Matthew Smith April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

The .org is generally construed as a charitable/non-profit/organizational domain, and thus the fees should reflect that. There needs to be firm pricing on all tld's to prevent profiteering and squatting

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price Caps Should NOT Be Removed From .ORG gTLD Renewal
by Ben Franske April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

I do not support the removal of the price cap provisions from the renewal of the .org gTLD agreement. These provisions which limited the price of registrations and allowable price increases for registrations, are important to allowing small organizations, especially non-profit charity organizations to exist on the Internet. Many of these organizations have long-held .org domain names and a substantial percentage of their meager funding is tied to donors being able to find them via those domains. The massive potential price increases (as opposed to the moderate ones that are already possible) would prohibit smaller organizations and personal projects from having a place on the Internet. Let me be clear, there is no inherent 'worth' to domain names and no registry 'deserves' to profit from the sale of domain names. These are in infinite supply and simply a ledger entry. They are not a product where the registry provides any innovation nor are they a product which costs any substantial amount of money to produce. The costs of domain registration must ONLY cover the costs of administering said registry which are very minor costs given the automation level possible. While I understand that legacy gTLD providers are upset that they are limited in what they can charge when newer TLD providers are not they do have a distinct advantage of being more recognizable and are thus more than making up for it in volume. The greed of gTLD providers should not be a reason to allow unreasonable price increases. If a legacy gTLD provider does not feel they can cover their costs in a price-capped arrangement we should instead seek out a new provider for the gTLD. I'm certain that there are many organizations who would be more than happy to take over the oversight of these legacy gTLDs while still agreeing to the price caps. Indeed I would support a reverse-auction of qualified bidders for all legacy gTLDs where the winner would be the organization which would guarantee the lowest price for registrations. THIS competition would best serve the users of the Internet, not the opposite which is to remove price caps. Let me quote from an excellent article on this subject which well explains why competition is a false idea in this marketplace -- <http://www.circleid.com/posts/20190423_spurious_justifications_for_eliminat…> : "If price caps are eliminated, competition will not keep prices in check. Competition is effective in restraining prices only if registrants can easily switch one domain name for another. An organization's domain name becomes its online brand for the life of the organization. Moving to another domain name requires undergoing the hugely expensive and disruptive ordeal of rebranding and is to be avoided at nearly any cost. Organizations wish to continue using their existing domain name, for which there is no adequate substitute. When there is a unique product that cannot be easily substituted for any other, there is no effective competition. In the absence of competition, registrants can be protected from extortionate pricing only through pricing constraints, such as price caps. ICANN as the trustee for the legacy name spaces has the responsibility of an owner" Sincerely, Dr. Benjamin Franske

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Commentary Regarding changes to price caps regarding the .org domain
by Daniel, Steven W [US] (MS) (Contr) April 24, 2019

April 24, 2019

Simply stated, this is just a bad idea. Most organizations that are .org are capital limited. This just opens the door for nefarious greed on the part of the suppliers and hardship on the consumers. If funds were being lost due to current pricing, I can see a case for raise the price caps. This, however, simply opens Pandora's Box for the internet community and is detrimental to the spirit, if not the actual usage of the internet. V/r, Steven Daniel

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