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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Concerns about lifting the price cap restrictions for .org domains
by Kyle Cackett April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

To whom it may concern, I am concerned about the proposal to lift the price cap provisions for .org domains. As a manager of a non-profit I know that many non-profit organizations and NGOs use .org domain names. Organizations like mine have limited budgets and can do the most good when we are able to dedicate as much of our revenue and donations to our charitable cause. Removing the price cap provisions could result in increased domain name registration fees for charities which would limit the amount of good they can do for the public. I do not support removing the restrictions in place that limit price and allowable price increases for .org domains. Pricing for Domain Name Registrations and Registry Services (Section 2.10 of the .org renewal agreement): In alignment with the base registry agreement, the price cap provisions in the current .org agreement, which limited the price of registrations and allowable price increases for registrations, are removed from the .org renewal agreement. Protections for existing registrants will remain in place, in line with the base registry agreement. This change will not only allow the .org renewal agreement to better conform with the base registry agreement, but also takes into consideration the maturation of the domain name market and the goal of treating the Registry Operator equitably with registry operators of new gTLDs and other legacy gTLDs utilizing the base registry agreement

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comments
by Russell S April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposing .org price incresse
by Donna gby April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I'm writing to oppose removing the price cap. If I CANN if forced to increase their price for. Org sites it will be passed down to the little people in the nonprofit organization. We already struggle as it is. Please let the price cap rain on the. Org domain name if only to allow nonprofit organizations to continue in their fight of helping mankind in the various ways that they do. Thanks for your consideration in advance. Dr. Rigby

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Price Cap Increase
by apharmdq April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

To Whom It May Concern, Removing the price increase cap on domain names will have a detrimental effect on smaller businesses, organizations, and individuals, since over the long term, the prices for these names will rise above an affordable level for these small groups. As a result, there will be less independent innovation and representation on the web, an aspect that makes the internet such a powerful economic force. Please reconsider your position on this decision.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Anthony H. K. Chan April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Dear Sir/Madam, 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. Best Regards, Chan

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] dot Org - Please dont do this
by Boris Chevreau April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

Hi, I am the owner of a web agency, and work with several non-profit organizations as well as reputable companies using "dot-org" domain names. I urge you to reconsider about removing the cap for yearly increases with PIR. Most of those domains are owned by NGOs who would not be able to afford much of those increases should PIR decide to go crazy on their prices, and you could potentially kill the business of reputable registrars who offer those at a reasonable price too. I know freedom in trade is most of the time a good thing, but not here. Not for something as crucial and determining as a domain name. Please reconsider this move... Thanks, Best Regards Boris Chevreau *Co-founder | Infinit3solutions* Mobile +63 9 4994 5 9669 <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bchevreau> <https://www.facebook.com/Infinit3Solutions/> <https://twitter.com/infinit3ph> <https://plus.google.com/+BorisChevreau>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by grupe＠protonmail.com April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am a domain name 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. Thanks, Chris Grupe

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Kathy Pop April 26, 2019

April 26, 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? Kathy Pop [image: photo] *Kathy Pop* Kathy Pop~ Small Business Specialist p:210-880-4707 | e:questions@kathypop.com | w:http://kathypop.com | a:San Antonio, Texas <http://facebook,com/kathypop> <http://plus.google.com/+KathyPop> <http://twitter.com/kathypop> <http://skype://kathy.pop> <http://linkedin.com/in/kathypop> <https://FaceBook.com/kathypop> <https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathypop/> [image: My QR vCard] My vCard Create your own email signature <https://www.wisestamp.com/signature-in-email?utm_source=promotion&utm_mediu…> [image: Mailtrack] <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> 04/25/19, 11:08:49 PM

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .info Registry Agreement
by D Lam April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I am a .info registrant. My domain is purely for personal use and it is not for profit. 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 .info 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! Regards, David

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Contract renewal
by Robert Young April 26, 2019

April 26, 2019

I think that you should stop this contract update. As a consumer I think this is a ploy to get the single consumers out of the market so big business can take our domains because we will no longer be able to afford them. If you continue down this path then I think our only recourse is to push hard for more regulation so you can not do this to us just to help your big business friends. I think another option would be to have each state have laws to regulate you. Robert Young robertyoung112(a)gmail.com

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