[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] The .COM registry is a monopoly and price increases are unjustified

[Paul Westley]

I am a registrant of some .COM domain names, used for business and personal
purposes.

 

Verisign has a monopoly. ICANN is allowing Verisign to increase prices
without 

putting the contract for running the .COM registry out to competitive
tender. 

A number of other registry companies are on record as being willing to run
the .COM 

registry at much lower prices than Verisign.

 

This proposal will severely limit the degree of competition inside a market

and reinforce the monopoly power of an established business to command
excess

profits. It is a fallacy to suggest that the existence of other gTLDs is an 

alternative to using the .COM domain name. It is not an option for
businesses 

to re-brand themselves under an alternative gTLD. They have no choice but 

to continue with their .COM domain name, and they are at the mercy of the
monopoly

of Verisign.

 

I am very opposed to this contract change and price increases. This whole
proposal 

should be rejected.

 

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