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Words Of Wisdom – Domain Investing

December 18, 2020December 26, 2020 Neddy 1841 Views

Going through some old research, I happened to re-read this excellent interview that the well-respected Giuseppe Graziano from GGRG.com did with industry legend Nat Cohen earlier this year.

This is just one of Nat’s observations: “Speculation and investment occur in every asset class and domain name investors should not be singled out for criticism. There are many domain registrants besides domain investors who want to take advantage of the domain aftermarket and who engage in the profitable resale of domain names, from a huge corporation who no longer needs domain names obtained through the acquisition of other companies, to a small business owner who is retiring and wants to cash out of a valuable domain name.

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auDA Needs An Independent Ombudsman

December 11, 2020December 14, 2020 Neddy 1836 Views

If any affected person in Australia feels aggrieved by a decision of auDA, who can they turn to for an independent assessment and adjudication?

As I wrote back in 2017, the big daddy of regulators (ICANN) has their own Omdudsman. Why not auDA? What better way to offer transparency and accountability? Beats self-assessment hands down!

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Is auDA Practising What It Preaches?

November 22, 2020November 22, 2020 Neddy 2451 Views

In auDA’s 2020 Annual Report, they affirmed that ASX (Australian Stock Exchange) principles are important to them as an organisation.

In the opinion of our Guest Contributor (Scott Long), auDA are failing their Members when it comes to remuneration transparency and accountability.

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Breaking News – Afilias / auDA

November 20, 2020November 20, 2020 Neddy 2016 Views

In the latest round of international musical chairs (acquisitions and takeovers), Donuts,Inc has acquired Afilias, Inc. Afilias, Inc is the parent company of the Australian Registry Operator “Afilias Australia”. auDA has issued a statement this morning saying that they have “commenced a formal due diligence process to inform its decision regarding consent”.

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Well Done auDA (well sort of)!

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Neddy 4126 Views

A couple of days ago, I wrote this article about people and businesses rorting the system by registering .org.au domain names when they were not entitled to do so. I urged auDA to take action by doing an audit (just like they sometimes do to us domain investors when they get an anonymous complaint).

Well, I got so many calls and emails and LinkedIn messages in support about this. Absolutely amazing.

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Them’s The auDA Rules (Part 2 – Rorts!)

November 11, 2020November 11, 2020 Neddy 4169 Views

There is a rort going on, and it involves ineligible entities and people registering .org.au domain names when they are not supposed to. They are not following auDA rules, and the regulator seems to be letting them get away with it.

auDA needs to concentrate their compliance weapons on those doing the most damage.

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Them’s The auDA Rules! (Part 1)

November 9, 2020November 9, 2020 Neddy 1688 Views

Today we start a series on Domainer about the many rules and policies that the Australian domain regulator has.

Unfortunately, in the opinion of many, we are way over-regulated in Australia compared to our peers in other countries. Check out this example:

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auDA – What’s Happening With Netfleet?

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Neddy 1676 Views

For those involved on a daily basis in the domain industry, it is common knowledge that NetAlliance t/a Netfleet (an auDA accredited registrar) is not currently in a healthy state. As there has been silence from auDA, we at Domainer put some open questions out there.

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auDA CEO Tries To Stifle The Truth

November 2, 2020December 23, 2021 Neddy 1606 Views

This story is about some nefarious goings on at auDA concerning a domain name that had been effectively stripped from a domain investor. auDA’s new CEO has in my opinion stifled truth, transparency and accountability.

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Vexatious Complaints to auDA

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Neddy 1752 Views

As growth in domain name registrations and aftermarket purchases surge due to the effects of Covid-19, unfortunately the number of complaints to auDA seem to be rising as well. Some of these could be described as vexatious (denoting an action that is brought without sufficient grounds for winning, purely to cause annoyance to the defendant).

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Beware Of Unauthorised Business Use – “UBU”

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Neddy 2999 Views

The scammers are really going for it again. They are illegally using the business details of others to register .au domains. This can obviously cause reputational damage to innocent parties e.g. scammers can put up a fake eCommerce sites and rip off the public. Check out the story here…

money.com.au – $400,000
superannuation.com.au $250,000
pay.com.au – $168,000
fetch.com.au – $132,000
moneybuddy.com.au – $104,500
sleep.com.au – $100,000
broker.com.au – $100,000
lifeinsurance.com.au – $100,000
basketball.com.au – $99,000
dabble.com.au – $98,000
link.com.au – $66,000
synergy.com.au – $65,000
sumo.com.au – $63,250
urban.com.au – $59,820
finder.com.au – $55,000
bega.com.au – $50,000
land.com.au – $50,000
cpa.com.au – $50,000
shift.com.au – $46,000
more.com.au – $31,000
amber.com.au $27,500
topdesk.com.au $27,000
advice.com.au – $26,100
gas.com.au – $25,000
uc.com.au – $23,100
cadence.com.au – $22,500
ash.com.au – $17,600
rfm.com.au – $17,050
meditate.com.au – $16,500
resolve.com.au $16,500
bre.com.au $16,500
tradingroom.com.au – $15,000
Unfortunately many of the top
domain sales are under NDA.