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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hello ICANN,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I currently have several business domains, all .COM domains from Namecheap. I am disturbed about the proposed changes to the .COM Registry Agreement. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I don’t want Verisign to be able to charge me more money each year for my .COM domains. Many of us run small businesses and can’t afford to have domain prices skyrocket year after year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Since most of our customers and prospects search for .COM first we have built our businesses around our domain names with the expectation that they will remain reasonable costs. As a business owner, I didn’t choose a high cost domain .COM name for a reason. By raising prices each year you will put many people out of business. If they can’t afford the .COM name, people won’t create online businesses if they have to use another domain. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Why is Verisign paying ICANN $20 million dollars over 5 years? Why is that money not being used to keep .COM domain prices <u>LOW for the CUSTOMERS</u> you have now? You will lose customers if prices go up more than 70% over the next decade. Please keep .COM domain prices affordable so that entrepreneurs can stay in business and also create new businesses as they want to without being stopped by a high .COM price. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>It would also be nice to not have a monopoly created where only a few companies sell these domains as this also hurts all customers current and prospective. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-3-2020-01-03-en/mail_form">https://www.icann.org/public-comments/com-amendment-3-2020-01-03-en/mail_form</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'>Marlene Smith<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'>Marketing & Social Media Strategist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:macsmith99@gmail.com"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>macsmith99@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'> Let’s Be Social:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marleneasmith/"><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=48 height=48 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01D5E03D.F621E120" alt="linkedin_004"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/smith.marlenea"><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=48 height=48 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.png@01D5E03D.F621E120" alt="facebook_004"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/MarleneASmith_/"><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=48 height=48 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image006.png@01D5E03D.F621E120" alt="instagram_004"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/marsmith"><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=48 height=48 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image008.png@01D5E03D.F621E120" alt="twitter_004"></span></a><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>