It's all about domain names
On Saturday just past, anyone observing the expired auctions at Drop.com.au would have been gobsmacked to see some absolutely premium one-word domain names on their list.
One thing is for certain though. As the sole drop-catcher, Drop had a good payday – and there are some very happy domain investors. Santa came early!
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With all the contemplated and anticipated changes that auDA have basically committed to, the big one is of course Direct Registration. That is the ability to register a domain such as Domainer.au.
But there are some prior rights afforded to existing registrants, and these are governed by what is known as the cut-off date. I have it on good authority that this date may be changed.
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If any affected person in Australia feels aggrieved by a decision of auDA, who can they turn to for an independent assessment and adjudication?
As I wrote back in 2017, the big daddy of regulators (ICANN) has their own Omdudsman. Why not auDA? What better way to offer transparency and accountability? Beats self-assessment hands down!
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I’ve done this every year for a long time!
Many people have benefitted greatly from my generosity at this time of the year. 🙂
So if you are looking for some absolute bargains on domain names, please hit me up privately until Monday 7th December.
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In auDA’s 2020 Annual Report, they affirmed that ASX (Australian Stock Exchange) principles are important to them as an organisation.
In the opinion of our Guest Contributor (Scott Long), auDA are failing their Members when it comes to remuneration transparency and accountability.
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A couple of days ago, I wrote this article about people and businesses rorting the system by registering .org.au domain names when they were not entitled to do so. I urged auDA to take action by doing an audit (just like they sometimes do to us domain investors when they get an anonymous complaint).
Well, I got so many calls and emails and LinkedIn messages in support about this. Absolutely amazing.
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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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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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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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