ICANN Allows .COM Price Increases, Gets More Money...
 

https://www.namecheap.com/blog/icann...ts-more-money/

Just had this sent to me. Doesn't really affect me, coz i'm pretty much done these days anyway, but for those of you with multiple domains, you might want to make your voice heard.

It says at the bottom of the article you can make your voice heard and object, but you need to do it within 4 days.

Subdomains are free anyway lol

My first domain was $60/year with no competitor available. I had the invoice and receipt framed in my main office and people were shocked at the fees.

I’ve seen ads for registering domain names for $30/year and wonder if people are signing up or not.

I can't remember my first - It was in the 100's I am sure - I wish I could remember, it was a good single word but I couldn't justify renewing it the next year - There was paperwork and bank transfers overseas etc - lol - I reged a '.store' yesterday as a placeholder for a project - Took about 30 seconds and cost $1.80...

These price increases likely wouldn't have been allowed, if ICANN was still under the oversight of the US Department of Commerce.

Wrong forum. ;)

Yeah but at the bottom that is just an email address for sending the complain to. I have doubts about the effectiveness. At least a change petition or something would be more effective.

My first 300 or so were .org and I bought them as a Chinese person for $1.29 each.

Today is the deadline to submit comments to ICANN.

Submit Comments to ICANN's Proposed Amendment 3 to the .COM Registry Agreement

Did anybody submit a comment to ICANN?

Yes. I informed them multiple times that I liked poo. They didn't reply... :(

Even though I was registered and logged in at the ICANN site, there was no feedback form available, so I sent them an email.
The increase really hits the pockets of those people holding a very large folio of domains.

seems like that is the point