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

[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Don't remove price cap on .org
by Tom Porvaznik May 2, 2019

May 2, 2019

Dear icann, Please keep the price caps in place for .org domains. Our non-profits include some of our most vulnerable businesses that do a lot of good. Taking away price protections could allow rent-seeking behavior by a monopoly. As the institution that has enabled such rent-seeking, I believe it is also your duty to regulate pricing and protect our non-ptofits. Regards, Tom Porvaznik

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .org price cap removal
by Carl Christian Hauser May 2, 2019

May 2, 2019

To whom it may concern, Please keep the domain name price cap in place. Removing the cap will create a hardship for smb and private domain owners. Thank you Best Regards Carl Christian (CH)

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by CHRIS CHRIS CAREY May 2, 2019

May 2, 2019

To ICANN: 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, b ut 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. - Christopher Carey

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Removal if Price Caps on ORG
by Brian E. Nichols May 2, 2019

May 2, 2019

Personally, if the prices get too ridiculous we will just stop using .org, as are domains have .com and .net also. ⁣So be careful where you set prices, as others will no doubt do the sames. Brian Nichols, CTO Simplexity, LLC

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Please do not allow these price changes for ORG TLD
by Chris Bolger May 2, 2019

May 2, 2019

Working in a non-profit field for a long time has shown me exactly how important keeping costs low for organizations that are member funded, grass-roots driven, and rely on donations for their budgets. We need to find ways to make donations last and stretch as far as possible, and keeping website costs low is an important way to help this. Please do not remove the price cap on .org top level domains. Thank you very much, Chris Bolger The Theosophical Society in America

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] .ORG Prices
by Matthew Harden May 2, 2019

May 2, 2019

DO NOT RAISE THEM! We are a NON-PROFIT organization that barely floats. Registration of our domain is a expenditure being increased will take that money from our funds to serve the public. .ORG's are not COMMERCIAL. At least they shouldn't be. Please don't raise the price.

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] please retain the 10% per year increase limit
by Thomas Kishel May 1, 2019

May 1, 2019

Dear ICANN, Please retain the 10% per year increase limit on .org domains. Thanks, Tom Kishel

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Proposed Renewal of .org Registry Agreement
by Shannon Falter May 1, 2019

May 1, 2019

Please do not change the contract for the .org Registry to lift the current cap on price increases. I represent a number of charities that use the .org TLD. All of these nonprofits are squeezed in every direction for operating funds. Today, the internet is a de facto public utility. Having a web site is a essential organizational component for any organization - both for and non profit. All charities rely on the .org TLD and need be able to continue to pay a reasonable fee for access to this TLD. ICANN needs to treat TLD access in the same way that utilities treat rate increases. The contracts must be scrutinized using an approach that factors in the needs of the organizations using the .org. The proposed elimination of the regulated cap on price increases smacks of nothing more than a concerted lobbying effort on the part of PIR. Please do not move forward with the contract under these proposed guidelines. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Shannon Falter Internet Services Manager America’s Best Charities

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] Oppose price cap removal
by Tricia McGillis May 1, 2019

May 1, 2019

I have been building websites since 1993, and have registered many domains for small and large businesses, individuals, artists, and non-profits. I believe that legacy gTLDs are fundamentally different from for-profit new gTLDs. Registrants of legacy TLDs are entitled to price stability and predictability, and should not be subject to price increases with no maximums. ICANN policy making is supposed to be a ‘bottom up, multi-stakeholder model’, and this issue should be examined by the volunteer ICANN Working Group who has been mandated to review this issue. ICANN should stand up for the public interest and registrants!

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[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] jguk.org ORG renewal increase
by Jonny Grant May 1, 2019

May 1, 2019

Hello I feel prices are already too high. It puts a great cost on me. Can you abandon the price increase? Thank you, Jonathan Grant

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