Please don't allow PIR to increase prices at more than 10% per year. Allowing them free reign would be a detriment to not for profit organizations who must adhere to a strict budget. Thanks for your consideration! -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Important: Help Us Avoid Domain Price Increases Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2019 12:02:14 +0000 (UTC) From: Namecheap <support@namecheap.com> Reply-To: support@namecheap.com To: Allen Tate <atate@ncplibraries.org> Namecheap We have important information to share with you that can affect the price of your domains. Namecheap <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> View in browser <https://links.namecheap.com/e/evib?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=27...> <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> Help Us Avoid Domain Price Increases Hi Allen, We have important information <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> to share with you that can affect the price of your domains. *What’s Happening* ICANN, the organization that oversees domain names, has proposed *removing price caps on all .org, .info, and .biz top level domains*. This change could significantly increase the wholesale price that Namecheap pays for domains, and would force us to pass along those increases to you. *Who Sets the Prices* Wholesale registries charge Namecheap a set fee per domain name per year. Namecheap then adds a little markup to cover things like support, provisioning domain services, transaction fees, etc. ICANN includes a provision in its contracts with registries that limits what they can charge. *Why ICANN is Doing This* ICANN’s current contract with Public Interest Registry (PIR), the group that runs the .org domain name, allows PIR to increase the wholesale price of .org domains by 10% a year. Now ICANN is proposing extending the contract to operate .org but *letting PIR set whatever prices it wants*. Rather than a 10% increase to renew your domain next year, PIR could suddenly start charging registrars like Namecheap 100 times as much. In turn, registrars would have no choice but to pass these charges on to customers. Similar contract proposals may also impact .info and .biz prices. *Speak Up Against the Change* The good news is that domain owners like yourself can take action to stop these price increases. *Act now by sending your comments to ICANN before April 29, 2019.* You can leave your comment on each proposal here: .Org comment period <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> .Info comment period <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> .Biz comment period <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> Find Out More <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> FOLLOW NAMECHEAP F <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> T <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> B <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> About Us <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> | Support <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> | Privacy Policy <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> | Terms & Conditions <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> 4600 East Washington Street, Suite 305, Phoenix, AZ 85034, USA Copyright © 2019 Namecheap.com <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...> <https://links.namecheap.com/u/click?_t=9a766a4fa5294d089b01463bac20344b&_m=2...>