[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] VeriSign contract comment

[dan at lifelighttherapy.com]

Dear ICANN,

The idea that VeriSign could even consider raising prices reeks of  
corruption.  The .com registry prices are already at least double what  
they would be if there was an open market.  Even most registrars make  
less than $3 per domain, and they have to charge credit cards,  
maintain individual accounts, and provide customer service to end  
users.  They also often include tools like URL forwarding.  There is  
no way even the current $7.85 can be justified outside of a monopoly.   
Raising that further is out of the question.  The discussion should be  
how much should VeriSign be forced to lower the price if they want to  
keep the contract.