auDA has today announced that the auDA Board has approved an increase in the wholesale price of .au domain name licences. This price adjustment, effective from 1 October 2024, will see the annual fee rise from AUD $7.78 to AUD $8.45 (excluding GST). This change impacts domain … [Read more...] about Upcoming Change to .au Domain Name Licence Wholesale Price
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Trends in the .au Domain Name Space
Overview auDA held the Domain Portfolio Holders Monthly Briefing on May 14, 2024, which provided an insightful update on the status and trends within the .au domain space. Key metrics discussed included the number of names under management, new domain creates, renewal rates, … [Read more...] about Trends in the .au Domain Name Space
.au Contentions Decline
As at 31 July 2023 auDA reported that the number of contended domain names had dropped to 6,060. Contended domains are .au domain names where more than one eligible party has applied for the .au for example test.au. We previously reported that in November 2022 there were 6,301 … [Read more...] about .au Contentions Decline
.au Domain Name Creates Maintain Momentum
According to auDA's April domain name creation figures 9,113 new .au domains were registered in April 2023, slightly down from the 11,083 .au domains registered in March 2023. The monthly average of .au domain name registrations from November 2022 to April 2023 is 10,357. Many … [Read more...] about .au Domain Name Creates Maintain Momentum
.au Priority Allocation Status Update
Following the completion of the .au sunrise the latest statistics on .au contentions are as follows: 6,301 names out of 700,000 still in contention, as of end of Nov 2022; 85 per cent of content names between just two parties *Source auDA … [Read more...] about .au Priority Allocation Status Update