[Comments-org-renewal-18mar19] against the removal of price caps on .org TLD

[Kyle Finley]

I ask that ICANN reconsider its proposed agreement with PIR to remove the
price caps on the .org TLD. No compelling argument is given in the
documentation explaining the change as to why removal of the cap is needed.
An allowable annual increase of 10% appears to be in the best interest of
both the PIR and the end consumer using the .org domains. What costs is PIR
incurring that the existing allowable increase isn't acceptable?

I wholeheartedly agree with another commenter's statement about the impact
this change may have on non-profit organizations. In this case, he speaks
to a large organization, but this change would be felt at all levels.

"Imagine if RedCross.org did not want to pay the higher renewal costs.  PIR
(the organization ICANN is considering granting unrestricted pricing
ability to) will argue that they can switch their Internet web address to
use a different domain extension other than .org.  However, this is not
realistic or possible.  Can you imagine how much time and effort it would
take to move away from .org to a new domain name?  think about all of the
branding and marketing RedCross.org has done over the years.  Think about
all of the 30,000 employees using a RedCross.org email address.  They can
not give up or abandon their domain name because of all of that lost email
and lost contacts with donors, channel partners, vendors, other
organizations, etc."

If there are justified increased costs being incurred by PIR, then a
proposed increase in the price cap provision is acceptable to maintain a
fair agreement between provider and consumer. However, to completely
eliminate the price cap provision is entirely one-sided.

Kyle Finley
concerned consumer
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