Happy New Year to all of our readers. 2020 was a terrible year for most people, lets hope that 2021 is much better. auDA Licensing Rules 2021 holds potential for some significant changes particularly with respect to auDA Licensing Rules which are due to come into effect in … [Read more...] about .au Changes and Audits in 2021
Domain Names
auDA Announces Implementation Date for New Rules
auDA has announced 12 April 2021 as the implementation date for the new Licensing Rules and Registrar Rules. According to auDA there are numerous changes including to: eligibility and allocation rules for some namespaces (e.g. com.au, net.au, org.au and asn.au); the terms … [Read more...] about auDA Announces Implementation Date for New Rules
auDA Launches New Website
After a development phase of around 2 years auDA has launched its new website with a positive development. Following a brand refresh and revised website to bring auDA into modern times, auDA has now launched its new website. The new website is cleaner and more modern with … [Read more...] about auDA Launches New Website
.au Domains Cooking with Gas
Yesterday saw the wholesale sale of gas.com.au for $25,000 on the expired domain auctions held by Drop.com.au. The domain name was purchased by a Melbourne business, presumably for their heating and cooling business. The lucky Melbourne buyer grabbed themselves a bargain … [Read more...] about .au Domains Cooking with Gas
.com.au Nostalgia – 2002 auDA Auctions
Who here remembers the 2002 auDA auctions? I know I do! At the time, auDA auctioned off some 3,000 generic domain names that were previously quarantined. They were quarantined because it was feared granting any one of them to any one business would give that business an unfair … [Read more...] about .com.au Nostalgia – 2002 auDA Auctions