You can’t be serious auDA!

This is what I call a token gesture from auDA. An invite on a Saturday night to some selected “domain investors” to attend a zoom meeting with the CEO Rosemary Sinclair on Monday (today).

Quite frankly, I also think it is rude and disrespectful. It is the week leading up to Christmas, and many of us are away or otherwise engaged.

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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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.au Direct Registrations – Snippet 1

Welcome to the first of many “snippets” about the impending introduction by auDA (the Australian domain name regulator) of .au direct registrations in March 2022.

Many people I have spoken to believe them to be no more than an income generating exercise for the supply side of our domain ecosystem e.g. auDA itself; then Afilias (the registry); then all of auDA’s registrars.

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Some Registrars Allow Non-Compliant Registrations

To be eligible to register an .org.au in Australia, the simple premise is that you must be a not-for-profit organisation.

However, there are some registrars out there that simply don’t have the checks in place. Anyone can register an .org.au without evidence of being a non-profit. Generally these registrars are overseas based – and amongst the biggest! Read full article …

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Coming Soon On Domainer

In no particular order, this is what’s coming up soon on Domainer.

The Domainer Show returns with a special episode about defending the recent auDRP on Gday.com.au.

And quite a few “tips and tricks” that I have learnt about buying, selling and managing domain names in Australia.

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

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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