A year ago today there were 35,000 .au domain names registered on the 1st day of the direct au launch. Tomorrow of the 35,000 registrations, around 3,500 are expired and dropping. This means that there is a 90% renewal ratio.
As a guide for .com.au renewals are around 77% is the overall rate and the 1st year .com.au renewal rate is around 66%, making the .au renew rate rather high so far. The initial 6 months of .au registrations were by existing registrants and for uncontested domains.
Of the names about to drop include some amazing domains. Being a public holiday there will be many bargains. Good luck to everyone.
Since the public launch of .au in late Sep 2022, some of the sales reports for .au have shown signs of promise. Above.com domain marketplace and Drop.com.au clients have reported close to 100 sales of .au domains from 1 Oct 2022 till 31 March 2023.
