It's all about domain names
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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So a Senior Manager at auDA makes a false statement to their contact in a Government department, and an approval already granted for a domain name on auDA’s Reserved List then goes up in smoke.
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Mailchimp is supposed to be an easy-to-use cloud-based email marketing system. The reality is, once you’re up and running for a few weeks and have a few thousand customers, if a very small percentage of customers click on their “unsubscribe” link (sent out on the bottom of every email you send out with them), MailChimp will “restrict” your account and ask for detailed information about your business, which, to be honest, is none of their business.
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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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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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This is a quick story of how an unfortunate minor accident on Hinchinbrook Island in North QLD had a happy ending with a new friendship – and the sale of HinchinbrookIsland.com.au.
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Mike Robertson sold BTC.com for $1 Million in 2014! Join Rob and Ed as they discuss how this sale came about (including approaching the Winklevoss Twins!), as well as Mike’s companies, Fabulous.com and DirectNIC.com(.)
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Josh Reason helps companies across the world set themselves up for success with the right domain name. Josh has also created DNWE.com (Domain Name Wholesale Exchange), where Domainers can buy and sell domain names in an easy to use wholesale aftermarket platform.
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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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The Domain Name Association (DNA) and the Internet Infrastructure Coalition (i2Coalition) announced they’re combining into North America’s largest internet infrastructure
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Telstra initially believed it was the victim of a “malicious” cyber-attack last week, but it turned out that the issue
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