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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Kindly keep minimum prices on Domains
by Aetherek Aether April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Internet as a whole has been a wonderful resource over a few decades to billions of users world wide. Independent users and Organizations are all trying to build a name for themselves through this resource in today’s digital world. A billion dollar organization may be able to pay whatever price it wants for Domain but to regular business like mine cannot keep with prices that fluctuate on an unhealthy manner. Hope ICANN will consider its new stance. Thank you.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price Cap
by Joshua Grimsey April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Leave the price cap on .org domains to allow the domain to be available to smaller organisations as they are generally all non-profits so the less they have to spend on a domain the more money can be used within their organisation.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by ABC ABC April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

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] Please do not remove the price caps on .org
by Anderson Konzen April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Please, do not remove the price caps on .org domains. I believe it is your job to protect the non-profit orgs that use this domain. -- Anderson

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Scotland Partying April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

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 Theo Daglas April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. ICANN does not seem to recognize the difference between a legacy extension created with the support of the US government, that predates the existence of ICANN and that has millions of existing users and the brand new extensions that started off with a new set of rules, in particular no price controls, and no existing registrants. They have completely different characteristics, history, and ownership structure. It is not acceptable for ICANN to ignore these differences and to propose that they be treated the same. Removing price caps is not fair to .org domain owners. Many of them have websites that they have used for years. If price caps are removed, the cost to renew their domain names may become too expensive, and they could be forced to give up websites that are important to them. The Uniform Rapid Suspension policy is too new and untested to apply on domain names that may be 20 years old or more. With the URS, the domain names could be taken down in a matter of days with little notice. ICANN should be doing more to protect owners of .org domain names. Why is ICANN trying to remove price protections for .org domain owners, so many of which are non-profits, so that they can be overcharged for their domain names?

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] renewal of .org domain names
by Phil Wallas April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Please consider continuing with a reasonable cap on price increases for renewal of .org domains rather than eliminating the current cap. I'm on the board of a small (40 member) homeowners association which has registered a .org domain. We have very low dues and a very small budget. We shop for the best price for our web services, from domain name to hosting service. If Public Interest Registry is unable to achieve financial stability at current rates, I can understand an increase, but not an open-ended, no cap situation. Transparency about finances would help me understand the need for higher fees, but it's good for most institutions to operate with careful budgeting rather than open-ended price increase capability. Thanks, Philip Wallas Philip.wallas(a)gmail.com

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do Not Hike Reg Rates Please - Not Good For Domain Investors of ICANN
by Bobby Christopher April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Dear ICANN, In the interest of keeping a strong pool of .org domain consumers, please do not increase annual registration fees. Rate hikes will go against the interests of the .org resitrar and ICANN. Best, RCS

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don't Remove the Price Caps
by CA Watson April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Please do not remove price caps on all .org, .info, and .biz top level domains. This could possibly put some small businesses out of business and unable to renew their domains at outlandish price schemes. Chris Watson Small Business Owner

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Doug Springer April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I am a domain name registrant. 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. Regards, Doug Springer

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