Is the launch of .au Direct in Australia already a failure?

21 days ago auDA (au Domain Administration) launched .au Direct domain names in Australia for

.au Direct – apply for yours today!

For the first time in Australia you can register a new .au Direct domain name,

888 people just paid $2.8mill for 888 bits of a blown-up Lamborghini.

I awoke early to find some outliers on my twitter discussing buying a rare NFT

DBR sold over $500,000 worth of domain names in January!

Ed and I over at DBR are proud to report that we've sold $538,000 ex

Coin.org is for sale!

The Coin.org domain name is publicly for sale for the first time in 8 years.

Assets Australia launches today!

We can't wait to get reacquainted with some of our old friends, and make some

How can I check if my Direct .AU domain is ‘contested’?

.AU Direct is coming in March. You can see if your existing domain name allows

New Licensing Rules: are we allowed to ‘park’ our domain names?

A question a lot of domain investors and entrepreneurs have been asking lately is this;

Gday.com.au auDRP Denied!

Discovery Holiday Parks and Minter Ellison filed a complaint against the generic domain name gday.com.au

Robert has sold Domainer.com.au back to Ned.

Today, Ned has officially taken over the responsibility of being Publisher of Domainer.com.au (after this

Domain Sales Update October ’21

Of the ten active domain names we are currently trying to acquire on behalf of

Direct .AU update since our recent Domainer Shows.

If a .au direct name is in contention and the matter is not resolved within

Domainer Show – Episode 35 – Direct .AU Problems – Part II

This Domainer Show episode is Part II of Rob and Ed's opinions on what is

What are the positives and negatives about Direct .AU Registrations being implemented in March?

auDA recently announced that direct .au domain name registrations will commence from 24 March 2022,

Domainer Show – Episode 34 – Direct .AU is coming! What you need to know! Part I

Direct .AU domain names are coming into existence in March 2022. This means as well

Direct .AU Launch Date

auDA have just announced Direct .AU is going to be launched on March 24, 2022.

TradingRoom.com.au sells for $15,000 on the Drops.

Today TradingRoom.com.au sold for $15,000 on the drop catcher aftermarket (the "drops").

Affirm, Inc. lose their attempt to hijack Affirm.com.au

Back in April, I wrote this article that outlined how Affirm Inc. decided that they

Introducing… Backorder.com.au

Domainer would like to introduce Backorder.com.au to the domain investor community with a few free

Affirm Inc. were founded in 2012. They’ve just filed an auDRP against Affirm.com.au that’s been owned since 2006.

Affirm Inc. recently engaged law firm DLA Piper, most notably Robynne Sanders and Adnan Meher,

Domain Complaints are changing in 5 weeks.

auDA recently released this article on their website entitled; The complaints process under the new

Domainer Show – Episode 33 with Kate Buckley from BuckleyMedia.com

Watch as Rob and Ed have a candid catch-up with Kate as she discusses how

Is this a Cyber Squatter or a Domain Investor?

In 2021, there are still some business owners who don't understand the difference between a

Jealous Thief tries to steal my ABNLookup.com.au domain.

The dirty would-be thief submitted a complaint in late November against my domain name in

Domainer Show – Episode 32 with Luke Watson from Home.com.au

Rob and Ed record their last show for 2020 with Luke Watson from Home.com.au &

Domainer Show – Episode 31 with Dave Diamond

Dave owns a few great Australian domain names (such as Beacon.com.au), sold Petsy.com.au to a

Domainer Show – Episode 30 with Braden Pollock

On Episode 30 of the Domainer Show, Rob and Ed meet with Braden Pollock, who's

Domainer Show – Episode 29 with Gabby Leibovich from Catch.com.au(,) MenuLog.com.au(,) Scoopon.com.au(.)

Our guest on this episode of the Domainer Show is Gabby Leibovich, Co-founder of Catch

Mate.com.au and Cashflow.com.au SOLD

DBR Domain Brokerage has now successfully sold Mate.com.au and Cashflow.com.au(.)

Domainer Show – Episode 28 with Richard Lau from Logo.com

On this episode of the Domainer Show, Ed chats with Richard Lau, the founder of