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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org Deserves Price Cap Protection
by Tom Trotter April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The non-profit and charitable organizations that utilize .org domains often operate on very limited budgets. Removing the price cap on the .org TLD could easily price many of them out of the market for supporting the websites they use for outreach, communications, and visibility. Removing the .org price cap serves only the greedy and profiteering, at the expense of those least able to commit additional scarce resources. Respectfully, Tom Trotter

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org domain rate increases
by Fiatt Christian Church April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am writing to voice my objection to .org domain rate increases that exceed a normal level. Many churches use the .org domain. Churches do not use their domain for profit. It may be that some churches would be forced to take down their site if domain rates increase above their capacity to pay. Please consider all users of the .org domain before raising the rates to a cost prohibitive level for many. Thank you

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not remove price cap on .org domains!
by Barbara Schendel - Wizzy Wig Design April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I am a web developer with many nonprofit clients. One rule that is always true about all of them is that they have small budgets for things other than programs and keeping the lights on. They don't have extra money to go toward technology overhead like domain names. If you allow the prices to increase, they will all pay more and this will hurt their budgets for programs. Please don't do this! For-profit businesses is one thing, but nonprofits should never be gouged like this. Please keep the price caps in place on .org domains, for the good of all who need the programs that nonprofits provide. Thank you! -barbara schendel- __________________________________________ Barbara Schendel - Wizzy Wig Web Design Minneapolis, MN http://www.WizzyWigWebDesign.com <http://www.wizzywigdesign.com/> barbara(a)WizzyWigDesign.com

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] lifting price restraints on .org domain names
by Debora Wilson April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Please consider who this will effect the most i.e.. churches/non-profit organizations. their purpose is to help and serve communities, usually with limited resources and donations. Internet access is vital to their outreach and productivity to help others. lifting fee limits would inhibit or prevent their ability to lend aid to those in need.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Dont raise the fees.
by Mike Kench April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not lift caps on .org names
by social ink April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Hello, We run a web development company that works with nonprofits, educational institutions and advocacy groups who need good websites. We do not condone lifting caps on the price of .org, this would create an environment where only the richest could purchase domain names and sit on them, making activism and real-life work very difficult. Thank you Social Ink

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Domain Name Price
by bobf April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Domain name prices should be no higher than the actual cost to maintain the names. This is a world-wide, community communication and collaboration system and the basic infrastructure should not be held for ransom.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the provisions of the .org agreement
by William Cobb April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Thank you for the opportunity to submit a comment. 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. ᐧ

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] don't lift price caps on .org!
by Emma Clippinger April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

These domains are largely non-profits and this would be one more thing that we cannot afford! -- Emma Clippinger www.gardensforhealth.org grow food. grow health.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on .org registration fees
by Stephen Groves April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

As someone who has worked in communications for several non-profit organizations, I believe removing the cap on .org registration fees will result in unnecessary burdens on non-profit organizations, especially those with smaller budgets. This will divert more money away from programs. I am writing to comment that I do not support the removal of the cap for registration of .org domains. Thank you, Stephen Groves

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