It’s official! .au takes over .net.au names registered
Many doubted that .au would take off, but here we are .au numbers are as of today 252,515 and .net.au
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.au Domain Names Under Management
3,398,583 .au Domain Names under management by all Registrars as at Dec 2021 which is a 5% overall growth in
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auDA releases their Priority Status Tool
Good news for all registrants of Aussie domain names.
auDA have today released their Priority Status Tool for the general public. This enables registrants to see where they stand with regards to having priority on the .au.
Links on Domainer …
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This domain name went to a good home!
Last week, the Gold Coast Tourism Corporation purchased DestinationGoldCoast.com.au from me.
They have had the dot com for around 5 years, and this will no doubt be a perfect (and necessary) addition for their portfolio.
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Why did auDA’s Manager of Policy & Strategy leave?
Normally when a senior staff member leaves auDA, there is generally some sort of announcement.
But to my knowledge, not so for Caroline Fritsch.
When I made some enquiries at auDA (and I did try hard), I was met with a wall of silence. Read more …
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Is the Dept of Justice (Vic) in the funeral business?
Yet another domain name where the Department of Justice (Vic) is the supposed registrant.
There is something funny going on here – we look at two possible explanations.
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Tip – How to take advantage of Direct Registration
Direct Registration is coming in around 4 months. This is the ability to register a domain name in a shorter version e.g. Domainer.au.
In this article, I give you two tips how to possibly profit from this scenario.
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This seems to be daylight robbery auDA!
Over many years, Domainer has been at the forefront of highlighting “Unauthorised Business Use” (UBU) in relation to registering domain names.
This is when some “burglar” steals another entity’s business details – e.g. ABN – and uses this to register or purchase Aussie domain names.
Today we report another perpertrator who is using a Victorian goverment ABN!
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One of the highest value Australian domain sales
I’ve been waiting 5 years to tell this story in full. It was all a bit hush / hush at the time.
In October 2016 I was engaged by a client to sell the domain name Insurance.com.au. The domain registrant was a company comprising 5 separate shareholders – one of whom was my client.
As you would expect, I had a lot of interest for such an absolutely premium domain name. And with a final twist in the tail, the domain was effectively sold. Read the full article …
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auDRP on AirCharterServices.com.au – “Complaint Denied”
Earlier this month I wrote about a pending auDRP complaint between two competing “Air Charter Service” companies.
The result is in. Details on Domainer …
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Two Domain Sales Happening!
Earlier this year – before even thinking of the possibility of a reacquiring Domainer – I ran an email newsletter called “Virtual Property”. This sent out a list of around 10 domains three times a week.
Prices were very generous too! I sold a lot of domain names – but more importantly, buyers picked up some absolute bargains.
So I’m doing it again – just twice. Click to read details.
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