[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Keep .COM domain prices the way they are

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Increasing these prices can damage to the entrepreneurial atmosphere. From
our end, this price hike seems unnecessary, especially if the funds aren't
going to anything to improve the future of the internet. I understand that
increasing the wholesale price is probably intended to affect the
wholesalers only, perhaps even designed to prevent the wholesalers from
profiteering on the domains that they've purchased in order to artificially
raise the price of said domains, but being realistic, the consumers will
probably take the largest hit from this change no matter how you hash it.
Not only does this limit access to those who wish to have a stake in the
web world, it is detrimental to the integrity of business on the internet
as a whole.

If this truly is an attempt to "widen" the market, in that, more domain
registries were to open up as a result of this change, where the existing
registrars can no longer afford near as many domains in bulk in which to
profit off of, my fear as specified is that the consumer is impacted the
most. There are many small/medium sized businesses who own many domains for
each of their own products who will be affected in ways disproportionate to
the existing registrars. The businesses targeted by this motive would still
come out on top...

It is as if a utility bill were suddenly and perpetually raised, while its
funds were not used to improve its infrastructure.

Please keep this in mind.

Thanks,
-Codi
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