[Comments-com-amendment-3-03jan20] Proposed Amendment 3 regarding .com domain pricing

[Ty Freeborn]

Hello,
As a small business owner, I am a registrant of several .COM domain names.  Amendment 3 unfairly and disproportionately targets small businesses.

Please do not join the wrong side of the existing all-out-war on small businesses.  With ever-increasing automation and advances in technology, there is clear evidence of LOWER costs throughout industries.  So, I can understand a valid case for DECREASING the current .COM rate of $7.85.  But is ICANN working to allow price increases for 8 of the next 10 years?  Seriously?  This is insane!  VeriSign should employ technology to lower become more efficient, and lower their per unit cost.

Furthermore, increasing .COM cost will mean a greater likelihood that small business will drop their domain (leading to further .com ownership centralization) and submit to a closed environment such as Facebook.

Small business is already under great stress and is being increasingly targeted by large corporations such as Amazon, large financial institutions, and now it seems powerful greedy managing registrars.  This unilateral move by ICANN will demonstrate that they close ranks with, and side with such large institutions in this direct assault upon small business.

ICANN's mandate is to govern the domain name system in the interest of the entire public, including the little guys, not just large powerful entities such as VeriSign.  Please do so!

Respectfully,
Ty Freeborn


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