Is the Dept of Justice (Vic) in the funeral business?
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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Tip – How to take advantage of Direct Registration
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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.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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auDA’s Cash Cow
An astute member of the Australian domain industry recently pointed out to me that auDA has made a lot of money out of non-complying .org.au domain names over the years.
Since 1st Jan 2018 there have been 23,968 .org.au domain names dropped. Of these about 600 (estimated) are still registered.
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Breaking News – Afilias / auDA
In the latest round of international musical chairs (acquisitions and takeovers), Donuts,Inc has acquired Afilias, Inc. Afilias, Inc is the parent company of the Australian Registry Operator “Afilias Australia”. auDA has issued a statement this morning saying that they have “commenced a formal due diligence process to inform its decision regarding consent”.
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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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auDA – What’s Happening With Netfleet?
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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auDA Again Engages in Quasi-Consultation
In their mad rush to tick lots of boxes for the implementation of direct registration and new licensing rules, auDA
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auDA Should Have An Amnesty
No domain name registrant likes to lose a domain name because they haven’t followed all the policy rules set down
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Pain and Pleasure!
Please scroll to bottom for update Someone has let the very valuable 3 Letter domain name LAW com au expire,
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Learn From Those Who Have Gone Before
Wise people often say we should learn from history. There have been two other Commonwealth countries that have introduced direct
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