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

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

April 27, 2019

I am a .org 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? I am not in favor in any way of these changes. Regards, Doug

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

April 27, 2019

To whom it may concern, I am a domain name registrant. I write to oppose the removal of price caps on any of the "legacy" gTLDs as doing so will only create a free-for-all on limitless price increases across the well-established board. By nature .ORG domains (and "legacy" gTLDs in general) are used for non-profit related organisations rather than a commercial business - which would mean that a non-profit organisation could be penalised for the renewal of their domain name by a dramatic increase in fees. Removing price caps is not fair. Many of us have websites that we have used for years. If price caps are removed, the cost to renew our domain names may become too expensive, and we could be forced to give up websites that are important to us. ICANN staff should not unilaterally impose URS in legacy gTLDs 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'. ICANN appears to be entirely catering to registries by removing price caps. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants! Respectfully, Ricard Gras

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Oppose price increases
by Ryan Platte April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

To whom it may concern: Please do not deregulate the prices of .org domain registrations. Nonprofits are facing tight budgets already and need expenses not to inflate in price. -- Ryan Platte Technical Manager, Orthodox Church in America (585) 789-1328

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

April 27, 2019

I am a domain name 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!Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Against Price Increase
by POLITICS . CITY April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

We are not agree to except price increase in any domain name renewal & registration. Thank You !

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not remove price caps!!!
by Dustan Drake April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

ICANN, Please do not remove price caps on .org, .info, and .biz domains. This change could significantly increase the wholesale price that my domain provider receives which means i will have to pay more because they will charge me more. I nor my clients can afford this. This is not right. you can already increase up to 10% which is more than enough and more than inflation. Don't stomp on the little guys. Respectfully, Dustan Drake CEO/Founder - Body Mind Soul Marketing <http://www.bodymindsoulmarketing.com> +1-949-629-0294 “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” - Mahatma Gandhi

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org fee caps
by Jon April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

It does not make sense to remove the cap for .org fees mainly because the majority of .org domains are for non-profit organizations which do not have extra money. There would be no logical or positive purpose served with such a thing; it actually seems rather disrespectful and immoral to charitable organizations. <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Postmaster for fe3.org April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

I am a .org registrant. I've read about a lot of bad decisions under the UDRP. The URS seems even worse. I heard the URS is very new and is being reviewed now to see if it is working properly. It is too soon to include an untested policy on .org domains where for a few hundred dollars anyone could try to shut down someone else's website. Telling the .org registry that it can charge any price it wants for renewing a domain name is a terrible idea. Why would you allow them to set a crazy high price? They could try to force the domain owners to pay a very high price each year to renew their domain name, and if the domain owner either won't or can't, then the .org registry could take away their domain name, set a high registration price on it, and then try to find someone else who is willing to pay a high price for it. This is very unfair to long time .org domain owners who may see their prices raised sky high for no reason. You let the new domain extensions charge any price they want, but that hasn't gone so well. Lots of people got burned when the new registries offered low rates for the first year, and then after people registered the domain names and some built web sites on them, some of the prices were raised through the roof. .Org has been working just fine for decades where the prices maybe go up a little bit each year. Allowing huge price increases from one year to the next could ruin .org for everybody. I think you should pay a little more attention to what is good for the owners of .org domain names. The registries are doing fine. They don't need your help as they are already making plenty of money.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Keep the price restrictions
by Joe Winger April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

Hello, I’m writing to insist that ICANN keeps its current price restrictions in place for .org domain names. I do not believe that removing this price restriction will be beneficial in any way. Thank you for your time.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] ICANN's Irresponsibility
by Expert Info April 27, 2019

April 27, 2019

To Whom It May Concern: I assume you are well aware already of the purpose of this comment and have certainly received numerous others regarding the potentially destructive and greedy action of allowing PIR to set whatever price it would like on TLDs such as .org. This is a dangerous and irresponsible precedent to set. I recommend you re-read the ICANN core values: http://archive.icann.org/en/committees/evol-reform/working-paper-mission-06… <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_cam…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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