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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by ILEAHK - Admin April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019

I am a .org registrant (non-profit). 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] Domain name pricing
by Michael Lajoie April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019

I strongly believe that regulating the maximum price for domains should be regulated with increases corresponding to changes in related costs and the rate of inflation. Michael Lajoie

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Removal of '.org' price caps
by Daniel Okey-Okoro April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019

You have it backwards. You should be lowering prices not raising them. Especially for non-profits. Please, decide to build a better future instead of delaying it. Best Intentions, Daniel Okey-Okoro

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Org Domains Renewal
by Ivar Combrinck April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019

Dear Sir or Madam. As the owner of several .org domain names, I fundamentally disagree with the decision to remove the cap on price increases. Already, these domains are too expensive to register and the cost does not appear to be justified, given the fact that computing and server cost have gone down significantly … to the contrary, the costs for domain registrations should be coming down! Please DO NOT proceed with any action that would lead to price increases for domain owners. Thank you Ivar

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Roy Ivy April 30, 2019

April 30, 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] Please keep the cap
by Luke Hackenberg April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019

Please keep the price cap that has allowed the internet to be accessible to all; raising rates only lessens that.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don't Change the Price of .org
by Chukwuma Ogbodo April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019

Hi ICANN, Changing the prices of domain name, especially .org, will impact negatively on the growing internet business in most developing countries, especially in Africa. It will deter upcoming businesses to choose the name while others will simply ignore the use of internet altogether. More so, the changes in prices will directly and indirectly affect the hosting prices as most of the domain registrars/hosts will increase the prices they charge. In all cases, it will negatively affect businesses. Please, reconsider. Thanks Ogbodo, Chukwuma SolPro

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Keep price caps
by Kari Steeves April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019

You know, one could argue domain names ought to be free. a 10% annual raise is more than enough. Just stop with the greed, the constant focus on profit, the lack of community spirit. Most .orgs are operating on a shoestring as it is. Please. I nearby formally comment that the .org Registry Agreement should not lift the cap on domain name prices. Kari Steeves 917-880-8146

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Myles McNamara April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Myles McNamara April 30, 2019

April 30, 2019

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