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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on proposed changes to the .org registry agreement
by Moonchild April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

L.S., I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. 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? What is the reasoning behind giving a monopoly-holding registry free reign to chare whatever they want (which they -will-, given the greedy nature of human beings). 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, which is more likely for non-profits than anyone else, 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 (likely ONLY to spread malware or cash in on advertising from broken links, or even to commit fraud). This is very unfair to long time .org domain owners who may see their prices raised sky high for no reason. As a critical note: 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 but remain affordable for non-profits. 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. 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. Moonchild, Pale Moon project owner

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Concern for potential price increase for domain name registration
by Nedim C Buyukmihci April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Comment on proposed changes to the .org registry agreement
by Tom Olin April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I respectfully make the following comments. I am a .org registrant and a not-for-profit or non-profit organization. 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. -- Tom Olin Olin Family Society https://olinfamilysociety.org

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Domain Price Increases
by Nick Campbell April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The current 10% price increase is already too much. Please do not let greed run your organization. Look internally to cut costs and streamline.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Org renewal
by Eli Roberson April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Lifting price caps on org domains would only serve to increase revenue and would force non-business and not-for-profit orgs to abandon their domains. The org domain price caps serve a vital role in the democratization of information access and dissemination. I strongly oppose removing the pricing cap. Elisha Roberson

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please Don't increase prices
by Luis Valle April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

The reason for this email is to join the voice of others whom are concerned with the proposed increase. Please don't increase prices. Thank you; -- *Luis Valle * Central Spanish - Longview Tel: 712 490-8415 | website: www.evicore.net - www.misalon.club [image: www.jw.org/es] <http://www.jw.org/es> [image: http://wol.jw.org/es] <http://wol.jw.org/es>

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] This price hike is harmful for everyone
by Iftekhar Uddin April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

I came to know that several domain prices are going up soon which doesn't really make any sense to me. The prices should more affordable to users or people will lose interest in using different domains. I stand against this price hike and the step should never be established for the sake of the online users

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] (no subject)
by Sergey Morozov (Samoedd) April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Do not do it please!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposing the proposed increment in domain names.
by Vincent Nakoro April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

Decentralisation is key if you must impact the world, and the way that can be effective is through information. .org domain names is one way to share impactful and legal contents. But how can knowledge be shared by startup organisations if they cannot afford the proposed hick in price of domain names, This venture by ICANN is not a welcome development because it will hinder the spread of knowledge, which makes the world a global community.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Opposed to the new .org agreement
by Lornie Lee April 25, 2019

April 25, 2019

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