General

As many long-time readers know, I was the founder and publisher of Domainer – but last year, due to personal

This is the largest 3-letter Australian domain name sale on record and was brokered by Ned O’Meara.

Australia’s Domain Name Policy Reform and Direct “.au” Implementation Plan is HERE! Make sure you have your say…

auDA’s crazy “generic-commercial” update to their Reserved Policy List in January 2018 has taken another generic domain name from an owner who’s owned it since at least 2014. From our quick research, the latest owner had the domain for at least 4 years.

At 30 June 2018, there were 3,153,979 names registered in the .au namespace. This represented approximately 2% annual growth, which is in line with the growth rates of other ccTLDs.

Our challenge over the next few years is to improve the utility of the .au ccTLD which is facing significant competition from other TLDs and the social media and ecommerce platforms which have transformed the way we live, communicate and conduct online business.

The changes we’ve undertaken in 2018 mean we’re well placed to focus on improving the operational stability and utility of .au in 2019.

AusRegistry sets the record straight: https://www.ausregistry.com.au/setting-story-straight-neustars-role-audas-registry-transformation-project/ Most notably, they state: At 00:00:00 on July 1, 2018, .au Registry switches in