Special Drop Auction Information for direct .au

Drop.com.au have released information on the Special Drop Auction for direct .au domain names that are being released on the 4th of October 2022.

New terms published: https://www.drop.com.au/customer-agreement.html

Important Times/Dates:

Drop.com.au will open a Special Drop auction starting at 3:00 PM 27 September 2022 (AEST) to catch contested direct .au domain names scheduled to be released for registration.

Auction will close at 1:00 PM 3 October 2022 (AEDT).

Please note, daylight savings begins 2.00 AM Sunday 2 October 2022 (AEST) in ACT, NSW, SA, TAS and VIC.

Domain names caught will be added to accounts on 4 October 2022.

Requirements to participate:

• Active Drop Account
• Active Auction Access
• All clients are initially limited to place winning bids on a maximum of 100 direct .au domain names. Subsequent winning bids will require pre-payments of 100 domain credit at $10.00 Inc GST per domain. All credit payments are used to offset final value of bids won, added to account balance or refunded on request.

To begin: Login, and look for ‘Special Drop List’ information on the site.

Drop.com.au will be in maintenance mode from 2:00 PM 27 September 2022 (AEST) while Special Drop required changes are implemented across the site. Thanks in advance for your understanding.

We recommended all interested Drop.com.au customers login and review the updated information at your earliest convenience.

Some specifics:

Bids start at $10 and approximately double up at each level, a fewer tiers when comparing to current Drop tiers.

Maximum bid of $50,000 is set for on any one domain. We recommend to get your bids in early if you have a name at this level as it will be 1st come 1st served.

Bids only become public if you have or had a winning bid. You will see if you need to bid more, but will not see how much unless you have had the winning bid previously on that specific domain.