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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Sola Odesanya April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

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. Thanks as you give further consideration to this matter.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Clark Van Oyen April 28, 2019

April 28, 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!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please Don't Allow Greed to Ruin .Org
by SoftwareSolutions.Net April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

I am opposed to lifting the cap on the pricing for .org domain names. Corporate greed has gone far enough. -- T.J. Walker President SSNet, Inc. Projects(a)SoftwareSolutions.Net

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by A Strong April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

I am a .org 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!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please increase rates.
by HighHolidayService.org April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

To who it may concern, Please don't increase rates. It will hurt non profits, and volunteer community projects like us. Thanks, Chezky Reiss

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org Registry Agreement - Public Comments
by Martin Bishop April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

In summary you should be driving the cost and inconvenience of domain registration down, not providing scope for it to increase. It was doubtless argued that "novel" tLD registry's should have uncapped pricing to ensure they could break even. Now, the argument is if they can have it why can't the TLDs with captive markets. Well the answer is that the public good of inexpensive, competently administered domains is what the public want / need. Not profiteering. Be reasonable, tender for lowest price against an SLA, and if competition is not practical require (say) 10% efficiency reductions in charges per anum Martin Bishop PS The maximum registration period for all tLDs should be extended to 10 years, the annual churn on e.f. .UK is a considerable irritition.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please don’t remove price caps
by tgecho＠gmail.com April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

Removing price caps would allow the domains of small organizations to be held hostage. The .org TLD should be considered a public resource, not a way to extract money for a “non-profit”. Erik Simmler

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please cap pricing on domain names
by Jodi Suson April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

Thank you Jodi Suson Sent from my iPhone

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Do not raise .org prices!
by samuel brown April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

These are for .org organizations and should follow the steward of .com and .net pricing! Thanks Sam

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org domain name price caps shouldnt be lifted
by Hitesh Madan April 28, 2019

April 28, 2019

Allowing .org prices to increase unchecked will negatively impact annual expenses of millions of non profits around the world, and thus should not be allowed.

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