One Good Turn Deserves Another
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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.AU DOMAIN NEWS
Vexatious Complaints to auDA
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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Don’t Lose Your Parked Domain Like This Reader
Recently a member of our audience called Phil reached out to share a story of how he lost his domain
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Beware Of Unauthorised Business Use – “UBU”
The scammers are really going for it again. They are illegally using the business details of others to register .au domains. This can obviously cause reputational damage to innocent parties e.g. scammers can put up a fake eCommerce sites and rip off the public. Check out the story here…
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auDA Needs To Audit ORG.au Again
Some years ago, auDA audited .org.au domain names to make sure these were being used for a proper purpose i.e. as per auDA policy the org.au 2LD is for non-commercial organisations.
It appears that with no follow up audits, the growth in org.au domains has outstripped all other extensions.
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auDA Talks A Good Game
Last Friday, I saw a post from Afilias (on LinkedIn) which motivated me to write this article.
The topic was a short interview with Steph Viljoen from auDA. Her position is “Compliance and Analytics Manager”.
Where Can I Sell My Domain Names?
Selling domain names for profit isn’t as simple as it seems. Buying domains is easy, but to sell them you
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A Zombie Purchase
Like a lot of domain name investors, I really value most single word generics / brandables. This one is a little different – but it’s for that reason I love it!
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The Acquisition of Blockbuster
I’m talking about the domain name blockbuster.com.au. This hit the expired auctions over the weekend, and a domain investor friend of mine and I decided to try and acquire it. We were successful.
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Wonder What’s Happening at auDA?
It’s been just over a week since the AGM, and there has been virtual radio silence. I don’t mean or
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Strong 3 Letter Domain Sale
On the expired auctions yesterday, the domain name RFM.com.au was purchased on the Netfleet platform for $17,050 (including GST and costs).
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