It's all about domain names
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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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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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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In yet another win for the good guys, an auDRP complaint on the domain name Event-X.com.au was successfully defended for the Respondent by Nicole Murdoch of Eaglegate Lawyers.
Key points on Domainer today …
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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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On Friday, KLR Automotive decided to invest in their online future with the purchase of KLR.com.au.
The simple USP (Unique Selling Proposition) is that there will only ever be one “KLR.com.au”. Once it has gone, it will probably never be available again (certainly not at the original price).
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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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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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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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At the beginning of my domaining career – last decade – I stumbled upon the joys and benefits of 3-Letter (LLL) domains.
No single niche of domain names have shown me the ROI (return on investment) that these do.
People often ask me which letters I buy – or which letter combo is better? I try and answer these questions in this article.
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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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