[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] changes to the contract it has with Verisign, Inc.
Debbie Royalty
dar.royalty at gmail.com
Mon Feb 10 22:04:35 UTC 2020
ICANN made these changes in secret, without consulting or incorporating
feedback from the ICANN community or Internet users. .COM domains make up
40% of all registered domain names online and needed input into these
changes.
According to this new agreement, Verisign will be allowed to increase the
wholesale price to registrars for .COM domains every year for 8 out of the
next 10 years, and the increases don’t stop there. This will mean that*
.COM wholesale domain prices can grow by more than 70% over and above
current prices over the next decade*. The contract also allows for other
price increases, which could drive prices up further, ultimately making
.COM domains less accessible and more expensive for everybody.
Alongside these contract changes, *Verisign agreed to pay ICANN an
additional $20 million dollars over five years to support* ICANN's domain
name system initiatives, without any clarity about how ICANN will spend the
money, or who will ensure that the funds are properly spent on domain
infrastructure.
This is unacceptable. As I participant with a .com domain I request you
reverse course on these changes, go back to the negotiation table and
invite .com participants to that table.
Thank you,
Deborah Royalty
debbie at nature-heartcounseling.com
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