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For the past eight months, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd has engaged a GoDaddy Broker and Belinda Breakspear from McCullough Robertson to try and acquire the short, premium, generic domain name Hancock.com.au from a client of DBR (Domain Brokers). According

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auDA have been sending out emails to every Australian domain

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I saved the “Ethereum.com.au” domain name from dropping.

The ultra-premium Australian domain name “Ethereum.com.au” was due to drop

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Domain Name and Trademark Dispute over “Bitcoin Cash City”

A legal fight that started in September 2022 over the

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For the past eight months, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd has engaged a GoDaddy Broker and Belinda Breakspear from McCullough Robertson to try and acquire the short, premium, generic domain name Hancock.com.au from a client of DBR (Domain Brokers). According

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Lambo.com domain lost – what really happened?

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auDA plan to move the goal posts for Direct .au ‘Contested Names’

auDA have been sending out emails to every Australian domain name holder

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I saved the “Ethereum.com.au” domain name from dropping.

The ultra-premium Australian domain name “Ethereum.com.au” was due to drop this morning

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Domain Name and Trademark Dispute over “Bitcoin Cash City”

A legal fight that started in September 2022 over the domain name

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Domain Names Domain Thieves Reverse Domain Name Hijacking

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For the past eight months, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd has engaged a GoDaddy Broker and Belinda Breakspear from

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Lambo.com domain lost – what really happened?

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auDA plan to move the goal posts for Direct .au ‘Contested Names’

auDA have been sending out emails to every Australian domain

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I saved the “Ethereum.com.au” domain name from dropping.

The ultra-premium Australian domain name “Ethereum.com.au” was due to drop

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A legal fight that started in September 2022 over the

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Apartments.com.au SOLD by DBR Digital Assets

Apartments.com.au has sold for a record-breaking price, possibly making the

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Domain Tasting Finally Banned

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NEWS FLASH: we have just been informed IDENTITY DIGITAL (au

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This is how auDA ruined the trust and security of Australian domain names from 2020-2024.

Rosemary Sinclair was the CEO of auDA from March 2020

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MortgageBroker.com.au purchased for $295,000

Serial Australian domain digital assets buyer and founder of Money.com.au,

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The Ultimate Domain Sales List

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auDA External Review FAIL: Superannuation.com.au

Back in June I wrote how Drop.com.au deleted my winning

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Who responds when “SEO Web Recovery” buys your domain name and you want it back?

After our Linked In post last month about… “SEO Web

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Domain Tasting is only allowed by one Registrar in Australia (possibly the world?)

Domain Tasting is currently ruining the Australian .au domain name

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Drop.com.au declare “Domain Tasting” is allowed, against what the rest of the domain world is doing.

Back in February 2024, a concerned customer of Drop.com.au wrote

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Drop.com.au allowed SEO Web Recovery to register 1238 domains, then deleted 1223 of them within auDA’s “cooling off” period.

As we posted last week, on Thursday 11 July 2024, “SEO Web

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SEO Web Recovery registered 1238 domain names in one single day.

Yesterday, Thursday 11 July 2024, SEO Web Recovery registered 1238

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Superannuation.com.au – Was I banned when I won?

I’ve been a customer of Drop.com.au since 2014 and I

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auDA Internal Review FAIL – auDA dig an even deeper hole for themselves.

auDA have replied that their Internal Reviewer agrees with their

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auDA invented a Licensing Rule sentence out of “thin air” to dismiss Superannuation.com.au complaint.

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auDA ignores market manipulation and their own policy over Superannuation.com.au dispute.

Just over a week ago, I reported that auDA began

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Don’t give your domain name away to scammers

auDA have released a “scam” alert warning domain owners not

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Synergy Wholesale (auDA Registrar) is DOWN and no one can register or renew domain names.

Synergy Wholesale, one of Australia’s largest auDA Registrars is DOWN.

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auDA are investigating: Superannuation.com.au

Today I received confirmation that auDA are officially investigating my

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auDA Complaint: Superannuation.com.au

I am making this complaint to auDA today against all

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DBR has won Superannuation.com.au for $325,000

DBR has won Superannuation.com.au for a record breaking $325,000 today

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Superannuation.com.au is dropping and we are watching.

Superannuation.com.au is currently in “Pending Purge” mode and is dropping

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Domain Sales Update – April 2024

Check out the updated top domain names sales for 2024.

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auDA CEO Rosemary Sinclair to step down.

Today, auDA announced auDA CEO Rosemary Sinclair will step down.

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I’m still banned at Drop.com.au – 3 years later . . .

3 years ago, back in May 2021, I was banned

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auDA’s “Direct .au” is showing signs of phishing and scams.

Since auDA released “Direct .au” domain names back in March

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What happened to Architect.com.au and FinancialPlanners.com.au ?

On Saturday March 2, two premium domain names were officially

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The Drop Catching Monopoly continues in 2024.

Since November 2020, when Trellian (who own Drop.com.au) acquired “Netfleet.com.au”,

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Firmable go straight to “.com” and don’t bother with “.com.au”

According to the AFR today; “Leigh Jasper, who sold his

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Let’s compare Direct .NZ domains to Direct .AU domains…

64% of New Zealand businesses, who own their ".co.nz" domain

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Over 15,000 Direct “.au” domain names dropped last week alone.

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Thousands of Direct .au domains dropping this week.

Thousands and thousands of Direct “.au” domains are being released

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auDA are making changes to the .au Licensing Rules.

auDA (au Domain Administration) are making a bunch of changes

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auDA (au Domain Administration) denied being hacked on Friday, but now admit to being hacked? (Updated 6pm AEST)

On Friday 18th August, 2023, auDA denied they had been

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DropHero.com.au cancels domain drop catching service due to auDA’s monopolistic stance.

Today DropHero.com.au has closed it's doors on offering an Australian

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The Assets Show – Episode 24 – Electricity.com.au and Biz.com.au – How much did they sell for?

We have a massive mid-year Assets Show for you guys.

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Pot, meet Kettle.

“Pot calling the kettle black” – Idiom Person 1 :

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“Above.au” domain not available to purchase from the only drop auction platform that can catch it.

Today, the domain “Above.au” is dropping and, technically, it’s supposed

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Only 2.6% of the 3650 Direct .au Domains were re-bought yesterday, with One Single Buyer buying 46% of those.

Yesterday we published an article that stated the largest amount

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3681 Direct .au Domains Dropping Today

Exactly 12 months + 30 days ago, auDA (au Domain

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Ventra IP Email Phishing Scam

Dozens of domain investors have recently contacted us to let

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In Australia, com.au is the King of domain name extensions, here’s why.

In today’s digital age, owning a domain name is an

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Homebuilder.com.au domain owner files auDRP against Homebuilder.net.au and LOSES.

In the Panel’s view, the Complainant resorted to the auDRP

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President Cheese tried to steal President.com.au domain name and lost.

In my humble opinion, these complaints seem to be weak

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Domains.com.au is dropping tomorrow.

The premium domain name Domains.com.au is dropping tomorrow. I wonder

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Who.com – available for the first time in 24 years.

Who.com is available for the first time in 24 years.

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How to register .au Direct domain names on October 4?

New .au Direct domain names are going live for registration

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.AU Direct applications closed 10 hours early.

I write this at 1:30am (AEST) on Wednesday 21 September

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auDA own ‘vidu.id.au’ and don’t obey their own policy rules.

To this day, ".au Domain Administration Ltd" own 'vidu.id.au' as

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When Ombudsman for auDA?

auDA are Judge, Jury and Executioner. What they say goes.

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auDA have reserved 86 two and three-letter “.au Direct” domains.

There appears to be some that don’t make sense as

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Trillian.com.au lost after 22 years.

We’ve been contacted by a guy called Ian who recently

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The Assets Show – Episode 14 – with Ian Garner, Buyer Broker of the domain NFTS.com bought for USD$15 Million.

Monte Cahn is Founder of RightOfTheDot (ROTD.com) a licensed business

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New DropCatcher denied by auDA

"After almost 18 months of roadblocks and delays it has

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The Assets Show – Episode 13 – Monte Cahn

Monte Cahn is Founder of RightOfTheDot (ROTD.com) a licensed business

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‘.id.au’ domain extension under attack!

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63% of EVERY Expired Domain Name in Australia during July was registered by ONE COMPANY.

The people behind ASSA clearly didn't seem to care that

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Small Business Ombudsman trying to extend .au Direct deadline. Too late.

"I’m not surprised so few people know about this as

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auDA Member Meeting – July 18, 2022 – Melbourne

I attended the auda member meeting in Melbourne on July

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Overwhelming number of endorsements flood in for new Drop Catcher!

Last Friday we asked the Australian domain name and business

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Endorse DropCatcher.com.au to become a Registrar

It’s time for a new Registrar and Drop Catcher to

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Domain Name Sales around the world are hitting new highs

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Does the new auDA Policy Director know two companies acquired 671 expired domain names last month?

Jordan Carter will join auDA as Internet Governance and Policy

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The Assets Show – Episode 5 – Domains Versus Crypto

Rob and Ed have a candid conversation in regards to

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$12 Domains at DropCatcher every day.

Buy dropping domain names for $12 every day at DropCatcher.com.au

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Pest.com.au and GarageDoors.com.au plus “20 bucks” domains on DropCatcher.

Pest.com.au and GarageDoors.com.au up for grabs this week. Plus, take

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auDA won’t give new Registrar a fair go.

Today, Mr Bell emailed an open letter to The Hon

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DropCatcher Aftermarket has launched!

Hot damn!!!! The new DropCatcher.com.au Friday Premium Aftermarket has launched!

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DropCatcher.com.au has launched!

In what can only be described as beautiful music to

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

21 days ago auDA (au Domain Administration) launched .au Direct

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.au Direct – apply for yours today!

For the first time in Australia you can register a

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

Ed and I over at DBR are proud to report

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Coin.org is for sale!

The Coin.org domain name is publicly for sale for the

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Assets Australia launches today!

We can't wait to get reacquainted with some of our

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

.AU Direct is coming in March. You can see if

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

A question a lot of domain investors and entrepreneurs have

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

Today, Ned has officially taken over the responsibility of being

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Domain Sales Update October ’21

Of the ten active domain names we are currently trying

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Direct .AU update since our recent Domainer Shows.

If a .au direct name is in contention and the

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

This Domainer Show episode is Part II of Rob and

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

auDA recently announced that direct .au domain name registrations will

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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

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Direct .AU Launch Date

auDA have just announced Direct .AU is going to be

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

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

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

Back in April, I wrote this article that outlined how

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Introducing… Backorder.com.au

Domainer would like to introduce Backorder.com.au to the domain investor

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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

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Domain Complaints are changing in 5 weeks.

auDA recently released this article on their website entitled; The

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

Watch as Rob and Ed have a candid catch-up with

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Is this a Cyber Squatter or a Domain Investor?

In 2021, there are still some business owners who don't

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

The dirty would-be thief submitted a complaint in late November

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

Rob and Ed record their last show for 2020 with

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Domainer Show – Episode 31 with Dave Diamond

Dave owns a few great Australian domain names (such as

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Domainer Show – Episode 30 with Braden Pollock

On Episode 30 of the Domainer Show, Rob and Ed

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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

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

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

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

On this episode of the Domainer Show, Ed chats with

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Drop.com.au buys Netfleet.com.au

WebCentral claim that dropcatching "will be redundant in the near

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auDA Public Consultation Sham?

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a “sham” means; “A thing

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VAS.com.au sold for $21,666

Today I'd like to report I sold my three-letter acronym

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Domainer Show – Episode 27 with Shane Cultra from DSAD.com

Shane Cultra is a fifth-generation nurserymen and a co-owner of

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Mate.com.au and Cashflow.com.au are up for grabs!

DBR are currently selling two premium domain names that have

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Domain Sherpa with Rob and Ed

Rob and Ed crash the international domain name industry's greatest

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Don’t use MailChimp, here’s why.

Mailchimp is supposed to be an easy-to-use cloud-based email marketing

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Domainer Show – Episode 26 with Andrew Rosener from MediaOptions.com

Andrew Rosener has been involved in the sale of X.com

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Domainer Show – Episode 25 with Mike Robertson from Fabulous.com

Mike Robertson sold BTC.com for $1 Million in 2014! Join

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auDA Elected Director Ballot

This morning, auDA sent an email to all Associate Members,

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Domainer Show – Episode 24 with Josh Reason from DNWE.com

Josh Reason helps companies across the world set themselves up

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Global domainer community name and shame domain name thief.

Sahil Gupta, CEO of Spase Inc, has been found guilty

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auDA postpone new Licensing Rules until May 2021.

"It is likely the launch date for the new Licensing

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New AU Domain Policy Rules Approaching.

It looks like the new long awaited AU Domain Administration

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Koala.com.au brand now valued at $500 million according to AFR.

Koala.com.au brand is now valued at $500 million.

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Gas.com.au sold for $25,000

The highly lucrative energy domain name Gas.com.au sold today for

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Can I lease an Australian Domain Name? Not anymore, says auDA.

As we discussed in last week’s Domainer Show, the domain

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Domainer Show – Episode 21 with Marc Phillips

Rob and Ed speak with Marc Phillips who's been buying

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“Mighty Men” attempt to steal a ‘.com’ after registering the ‘.com.au’.

John Swinson (WIPO Panelist) has found Mighty Men Pty Ltd,

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My exit from Registry Australia.

Last week, on June 25th, 2020, I made the decision

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auDA target generic domain name investor

Today, a domain name investor called Mr Modesto lost dozens

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iSelect dropping domain names left, right and centre.

Last week, insurance giant iSelect dropped the extremely valuable premium

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LifeInsurance.com.au sold for $100,000

The premium domain name LifeInsurance.com.au was just purchased on Drop.com.au

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Domainer Show – Episode 20 with Luke Smorgon

Luke sold Fleet.com.au for $12,000 and Link.com.au for $66,000. Watch

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Update from auDA’s Chair

auDA’s new Licensing Rules have been published – with an

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Sleep.com.au sold for $100,000

The domain name Sleep.com.au was just purchased on the Australian

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Link.com.au sold for $66,000

Melbourne entrepreneur and domain investor Luke Smorgon, who purchased the

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Does Foxtel own Binge.com.au ?

It looks like Foxtel are about to lose their domain

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Fleet.com.au (private sale) SOLD for $12,000

Fleet.com.au has just been sold privately for $12,000 by Turbine.

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auDA confiscating generic first-name Lynne.com.au

The auDA Complaints staff are at it yet again. This

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Link.com.au dropping due to a complaint.

The premium generic domain name Link.com.au is dropping due to,

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auDA complaints team to policy delete generic Thinkspace.com.au

A few days ago, I received a complaint from auDA

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Should I trust auDA’s decisions?

A question we get asked a lot at Domainer and

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Domainer Show – Blast from the Past with Andrew Miller & Mike “Zappy” Zapolin.

In this podcast series we are calling Domainer Show –

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Vale Peter Tonoli

Domainer shares the internet community’s shock and sadness at the

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auDA website broken due to “internet outage”?

The auDA website was down today...

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SmartMark.com.au auDRP Complaint Denied – Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking!

It gives me a lot of satisfaction when I (as

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Drop Statistics January 2020

Drop (71%), Netfleet (29%)

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Netfleet drop platform is broken.

Netfleet is broken. They don't seem to be able to

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RottnestIsland.com.au Complaint Denied.

auDA have replied to the RottnestIsland.com.au domain complaint and have

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Domain Thieves are attempting to hijack RottnestIsland.com.au

Someone is trying to steal the generic geographic domain name

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Should auDA delete all 5032 “.com.au” domain names that contain the term “Bank”?

There are currently exactly 5032 ".com.au" domain names that have

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Google now value domain names more than ever.

Finally, in the year 2020, Google have realised the importance

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auDA’s ridiculous Reserved List Policy bans the use of generic words in domain names.

auDA's reserved policy list continues to wrongly claw-back highly generic

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New auDA CEO 2020

auDA announce new CEO for 2020

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Mastermind.com sold for US$600,000 purchased by Russell Brunson from Click Funnels.

I was just watching the video below where Russell Brunson,

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It’s been two years since Afilias took over running the .au Registry from AusRegistry.

Two years ago to this month (December 2016), AusRegistry lost

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Lambo.com.au has been taken out of PD for the second time in a month.

This domain was taken out of Policy Delete mode AGAIN

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What are some of your best / favorite hand registered domains?

I was looking over my domains today having a cleanup

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Mind blowing Shopify Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2019 Sales Figures!

I was at a Shopify Meetup held in Perth last

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Are You Missing Out on Valuable Traffic from Your Domain Names?

As the Founder & CEO of a Digital Marketing Agency,

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How to ruin your chances of owning a domain name.

Have you ever thought to yourself, "What is the best

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Why did auDA place LAMBO.com.au into “Registry LOCK”? Story developing…

Why did auDA place Lambo.com.au into Registry Lock?

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auDA Survey 2019

auDA are requesting feedback on changes they are considering to

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auDA Member-Elected Directors

Today, Associate Members have been invited to elect four member-elected

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Domainer Show – Episode 19 with Rick Schwartz the Domain King

Rick has sold more than $23 million in domain names,

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The multiple ways auDA have ruined the Australian Drop Aftermarket.

auDA (au Domain Administration) have consistently stated they have "no

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Domainer Show – Episode 18 with Michael Castello

Michael Castello has been one of the worlds most successful

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Cameron Boardman resigns as CEO of auDA

The auDA Board today reluctantly accepted the resignation of auDA

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Domainer Show – Episode 17 with Ron Jackson from DNJournal.com

Rob and Ed were lucky enough to spend some time

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Crazy Domains is selling to Web.com for $105 million.

According to Investing.com(,) Crazy Domains (Dreamscape Networks) is about to

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Pay.com.au sells for $168,000

This is the largest 3-letter Australian domain name sale on

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Money.com.au sells for $400,000

The Australian domain name Money.com.au changed hands for $400,000

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Domainer Show – Episode 15

After a few month's hiatus, Domainer Show is back with

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OGIO.com.au auDRP Complaint DENIED

Callaway Golf ($1.2 Billion Revenue per year) LOSE their auDRP

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auDA’s Government Review Deadline in Jeopardy

Yesterday, auDA's Chair, Chris Leptos, resigned. Today, the Nominations Committee

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Implementation of Direct .AU Second Level Domains

Today, auDA released the following important statement regarding the updated

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Japan Domain Registration Services inform their own country via mass media.

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After 8 months of deliberations, in February this year, the PRP

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Was Domain Marketing Letter Fine Justified?

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The Big Registry Changeover on July 1st

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Free COR from July 1?

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PRP Clarify Domain Monetisation

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CMWG is auDA’s new CRC?!

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Still No Transparency auDA

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Is auDA Abusing Its Power?

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This is how auDA ruined the trust and security of Australian domain names from 2020-2024.

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Serial Australian domain digital assets buyer and founder of Money.com.au,

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auDA External Review FAIL: Superannuation.com.au

Back in June I wrote how Drop.com.au deleted my winning

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Who responds when “SEO Web Recovery” buys your domain name and you want it back?

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Domain Tasting is only allowed by one Registrar in Australia (possibly the world?)

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Drop.com.au declare “Domain Tasting” is allowed, against what the rest of the domain world is doing.

Back in February 2024, a concerned customer of Drop.com.au wrote

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Drop.com.au allowed SEO Web Recovery to register 1238 domains, then deleted 1223 of them within auDA’s “cooling off” period.

As we posted last week, on Thursday 11 July 2024, “SEO Web

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SEO Web Recovery registered 1238 domain names in one single day.

Yesterday, Thursday 11 July 2024, SEO Web Recovery registered 1238

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Superannuation.com.au – Was I banned when I won?

I’ve been a customer of Drop.com.au since 2014 and I

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auDA Internal Review FAIL – auDA dig an even deeper hole for themselves.

auDA have replied that their Internal Reviewer agrees with their

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auDA invented a Licensing Rule sentence out of “thin air” to dismiss Superannuation.com.au complaint.

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auDA ignores market manipulation and their own policy over Superannuation.com.au dispute.

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Don’t give your domain name away to scammers

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Synergy Wholesale (auDA Registrar) is DOWN and no one can register or renew domain names.

Synergy Wholesale, one of Australia’s largest auDA Registrars is DOWN.

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auDA are investigating: Superannuation.com.au

Today I received confirmation that auDA are officially investigating my

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auDA Complaint: Superannuation.com.au

I am making this complaint to auDA today against all

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DBR has won Superannuation.com.au for $325,000

DBR has won Superannuation.com.au for a record breaking $325,000 today

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Superannuation.com.au is dropping and we are watching.

Superannuation.com.au is currently in “Pending Purge” mode and is dropping

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auDA CEO Rosemary Sinclair to step down.

Today, auDA announced auDA CEO Rosemary Sinclair will step down.

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I’m still banned at Drop.com.au – 3 years later . . .

3 years ago, back in May 2021, I was banned

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auDA’s “Direct .au” is showing signs of phishing and scams.

Since auDA released “Direct .au” domain names back in March

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What happened to Architect.com.au and FinancialPlanners.com.au ?

On Saturday March 2, two premium domain names were officially

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The Drop Catching Monopoly continues in 2024.

Since November 2020, when Trellian (who own Drop.com.au) acquired “Netfleet.com.au”,

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Firmable go straight to “.com” and don’t bother with “.com.au”

According to the AFR today; “Leigh Jasper, who sold his

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Let’s compare Direct .NZ domains to Direct .AU domains…

64% of New Zealand businesses, who own their ".co.nz" domain

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Over 15,000 Direct “.au” domain names dropped last week alone.

Of the roughly 15,000 Direct ".au" domains that dropped last

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Thousands of Direct .au domains dropping this week.

Thousands and thousands of Direct “.au” domains are being released

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auDA are making changes to the .au Licensing Rules.

auDA (au Domain Administration) are making a bunch of changes

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auDA (au Domain Administration) denied being hacked on Friday, but now admit to being hacked? (Updated 6pm AEST)

On Friday 18th August, 2023, auDA denied they had been

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DropHero.com.au cancels domain drop catching service due to auDA’s monopolistic stance.

Today DropHero.com.au has closed it's doors on offering an Australian

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The Assets Show – Episode 24 – Electricity.com.au and Biz.com.au – How much did they sell for?

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Pot, meet Kettle.

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“Above.au” domain not available to purchase from the only drop auction platform that can catch it.

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Only 2.6% of the 3650 Direct .au Domains were re-bought yesterday, with One Single Buyer buying 46% of those.

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3681 Direct .au Domains Dropping Today

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Ventra IP Email Phishing Scam

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In Australia, com.au is the King of domain name extensions, here’s why.

In today’s digital age, owning a domain name is an

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Homebuilder.com.au domain owner files auDRP against Homebuilder.net.au and LOSES.

In the Panel’s view, the Complainant resorted to the auDRP

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President Cheese tried to steal President.com.au domain name and lost.

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Domains.com.au is dropping tomorrow.

The premium domain name Domains.com.au is dropping tomorrow. I wonder

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Who.com – available for the first time in 24 years.

Who.com is available for the first time in 24 years.

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How to register .au Direct domain names on October 4?

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.AU Direct applications closed 10 hours early.

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auDA own ‘vidu.id.au’ and don’t obey their own policy rules.

To this day, ".au Domain Administration Ltd" own 'vidu.id.au' as

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When Ombudsman for auDA?

auDA are Judge, Jury and Executioner. What they say goes.

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auDA have reserved 86 two and three-letter “.au Direct” domains.

There appears to be some that don’t make sense as

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Trillian.com.au lost after 22 years.

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The Assets Show – Episode 14 – with Ian Garner, Buyer Broker of the domain NFTS.com bought for USD$15 Million.

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New DropCatcher denied by auDA

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63% of EVERY Expired Domain Name in Australia during July was registered by ONE COMPANY.

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Small Business Ombudsman trying to extend .au Direct deadline. Too late.

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auDA Member Meeting – July 18, 2022 – Melbourne

I attended the auda member meeting in Melbourne on July

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Overwhelming number of endorsements flood in for new Drop Catcher!

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Endorse DropCatcher.com.au to become a Registrar

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Does the new auDA Policy Director know two companies acquired 671 expired domain names last month?

Jordan Carter will join auDA as Internet Governance and Policy

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Rob and Ed have a candid conversation in regards to

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Buy dropping domain names for $12 every day at DropCatcher.com.au

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Pest.com.au and GarageDoors.com.au plus “20 bucks” domains on DropCatcher.

Pest.com.au and GarageDoors.com.au up for grabs this week. Plus, take

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auDA won’t give new Registrar a fair go.

Today, Mr Bell emailed an open letter to The Hon

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DropCatcher Aftermarket has launched!

Hot damn!!!! The new DropCatcher.com.au Friday Premium Aftermarket has launched!

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DropCatcher.com.au has launched!

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

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.au Direct – apply for yours today!

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

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Assets Australia launches today!

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

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

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Domain Complaints are changing in 5 weeks.

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

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

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Sleep.com.au sold for $100,000

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Link.com.au sold for $66,000

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Link.com.au dropping due to a complaint.

The premium generic domain name Link.com.au is dropping due to,

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auDA complaints team to policy delete generic Thinkspace.com.au

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auDA website broken due to “internet outage”?

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SmartMark.com.au auDRP Complaint Denied – Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking!

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Netfleet drop platform is broken.

Netfleet is broken. They don't seem to be able to

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RottnestIsland.com.au Complaint Denied.

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Should auDA delete all 5032 “.com.au” domain names that contain the term “Bank”?

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auDA’s ridiculous Reserved List Policy bans the use of generic words in domain names.

auDA's reserved policy list continues to wrongly claw-back highly generic

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Mastermind.com sold for US$600,000 purchased by Russell Brunson from Click Funnels.

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Lambo.com.au has been taken out of PD for the second time in a month.

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Cameron Boardman resigns as CEO of auDA

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Crazy Domains is selling to Web.com for $105 million.

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Pay.com.au sells for $168,000

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Money.com.au sells for $400,000

The Australian domain name Money.com.au changed hands for $400,000

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OGIO.com.au auDRP Complaint DENIED

Callaway Golf ($1.2 Billion Revenue per year) LOSE their auDRP

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auDA’s Government Review Deadline in Jeopardy

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Land.com.au mysteriously drops for the fourth time this year.

Today, June 12th, auDA released a statement on their website

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All of a sudden, Netfleet winning all the drop-domains!

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auHQ.com.au was supposed to drop yesterday.

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Current Afilias Team Leader worked for Jonathan Horne.

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Your last chance to VOTE on big domain changes!

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auDA Licensing Rules Final Consultation

The rules governing the issuing of licences for the use

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Has auDA been running a sham consultation process for Direct .AU Registrations?

On Sept 2017 – auDA approved Direct .AU Registrations “in

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Well-informed submission made by Internet Commerce Association

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Japan Domain Registration Services inform their own country via mass media.

Why has auDA never bothered to inform the Australian public

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Is auDA deliberately confusing the closing date for PRP Final Report submissions?

auDA seemed to have brought submissions for The PRP Final

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The PRP has unanimously recommended auDA Board approve Direct .AU Registrations

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LNP.com.au dropped by the Liberal National Party

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Telstra given permission to take BelongEnergy.com.au from current owner for free.

Belong Energy have been ordered to transfer the domain names

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64,000 Registrants are “Domain Investors” and own One Million .com.au domains.

64,000 Australian businesses own more than 10 domain names each,

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Why the sudden rush, auDA?

Why the sudden rush to railroad the latest PRP Consultation

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Appointments made on auDA Advisory Standing Committee members

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Brad Kam from Unstoppable Domains discuss using Domain Names on

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Rugby Australia auDRP Complaint DENIED for Wallabies.com.au

Rugby Australia LOSES COMPLAINT to grab Wallabies.com.au - "The Panel

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DIWG disbanded

As many people have said before me, I am greatly

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The new Land.com.au owner will NOT be allowed to own Land.au

Land.com.au was purchased for $100,000 on Thursday. On that SAME

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Land.com.au sells for $100,000!

Land.com.au dropped three days in a row and finally sold

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Did Land.com.au drop for $42,000 on Netfleet?

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Ran.com.au Locked & Reserved by Afilias

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Trademark-Owning Bank files UDRP Complaint and Loses.

ClearBank Limited of London hired lawfirm Lawdit Solicitors in the

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australia.net.au Back to its Rightful Owner!

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Direct .AU Registration Update – Dec 2018

As Chairman of The PRP (Policy Review Panel), John Swinson

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Domainer Show – Episode 11 with Fred Schebesta, founder of Finder.com.au

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auDA release 2018 in Review

At 30 June 2018, there were 3,153,979 names registered in

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Generic Domain Name Owned for 22 Years Ripped Away

Two days ago, a businessman who has owned the domain

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Are the PRP to blame for generic domains being confiscated?

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Locked By Registry

On Saturday just gone, the domain name Banking.com.au was accidentally

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Massive Changes to the .AU Domain Name Space!

  Today marks massive changes to the future of the

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DIWG Meeting Thursday

  The DIWG (Domain Investor Working Group) is meeting for

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auDA Constitution EGM & Webinar

  auDA invites you to an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)

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DNTrade filters and protects its “crew”

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Domainer Show – Episode 6

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DIWG (Domain Investor Working Group) Formed

As mentioned on the auDA website last Friday, I am

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Proposed auDA Membership Model

auDA have just released their historical new membership model for

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CMWG Membership Model Webinar No 3

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auDA’s Chair, Chris Leptos, released the following statement: Dear Members

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ex-Director’s questions to auDA today

Nearly two weeks ago, auDA Demand-Class Independent Director Tim Connell

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Domain Market Is Back

It is now safe to say that the strength of

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Domainer Show – Episode 5

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Tim Connell Leaves auDA Board

auDA have publicly released a statement saying Tim Connell has

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Domainer Show – Episode 4

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CMWG Meeting on Monday

The CMWG (Consultation Model Working Group) will be holding an

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Special General Meeting

This morning at 10:00 am Melbourne time, auDA are holding

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Domainer Show – Episode 2

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auDA’s Defence to the Upcoming SGM

auDA’s Independent Chair, Chris Leptos, has released an official statement

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GoFundMe Grumpier Campaign

The Grumpier.com.au campaign has been created for auDA Members to legally

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It’s Official, Melbourne IT Have Given Up

Since 2004, auDA have had a policy in place called

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WHOIS and Drop-Catching Update

Afilias have released a blog today detailing the lifecycle of

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University.com.au Hand-Registration

Last night, a very lucky individual hand-registered University.com.au over at Crazy

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It’s Official, TPP Have Given Up

It’s official. TPP Wholesale have given up. Nine days ago,

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Afilas respond to AusRegistry’s “Setting The Record Straight”

Afilias have officially responded to AusRegistry’s “Setting The Record Straight”

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.au Registry Migration Aftermath

The first day seeing Afilias as the new .AU Registry

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AusRegistry set the record straight

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Australian Domain Registry Migration is here

There’s two days to go until the world’s biggest ever

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Short-notice for new membership model

According to IT Wire, some auDA members are not happy

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Please explain this complaint: auDA & Synergy?!

I wouldn’t be surprised if the complaints team at auDA

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auDA’s PRP are ruining 30 years of trust and value in Australian Domain Names

After 8 months of deliberations, in February this year, the PRP

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Anonymous Complaints Need To Stop

Last month one of my DBR clients received a complaint

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Was Domain Marketing Letter Fine Justified?

Was Domain Marketing Letter Fine Justified? In 2017, a company

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The Big Registry Changeover on July 1st

As many of us know, the massive Australian Domain Name

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Free COR from July 1?

Today I make a post from a concerned auDA member

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PRP Clarify Domain Monetisation

It is now crystal clear what the intention of the

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CMWG is auDA’s new CRC?!

Dictators inevitably always fail to people power, because the people

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Still No Transparency auDA

I can’t think of many reasons why so many people

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Is auDA Abusing Its Power?

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Apartments.com.au SOLD by DBR Digital Assets

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auDA External Review FAIL: Superannuation.com.au

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After our Linked In post last month about… “SEO Web Recovery” registered

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Domain Tasting is currently ruining the Australian .au domain name system (according

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Drop.com.au declare “Domain Tasting” is allowed, against what the rest of the domain world is doing.

Back in February 2024, a concerned customer of Drop.com.au wrote on an

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Drop.com.au allowed SEO Web Recovery to register 1238 domains, then deleted 1223 of them within auDA’s “cooling off” period.

As we posted last week, on Thursday 11 July 2024, “SEO Web Recovery” registered 1238 expired domain

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SEO Web Recovery registered 1238 domain names in one single day.

Yesterday, Thursday 11 July 2024, SEO Web Recovery registered 1238 expired domain

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Superannuation.com.au – Was I banned when I won?

I’ve been a customer of Drop.com.au since 2014 and I have the

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auDA Internal Review FAIL – auDA dig an even deeper hole for themselves.

auDA have replied that their Internal Reviewer agrees with their initial complaint

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auDA invented a Licensing Rule sentence out of “thin air” to dismiss Superannuation.com.au complaint.

Yesterday I wrote the article “auDA ignores market manipulation and their own

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auDA ignores market manipulation and their own policy over Superannuation.com.au dispute.

Just over a week ago, I reported that auDA began an investigation

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Don’t give your domain name away to scammers

auDA have released a “scam” alert warning domain owners not to click

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Synergy Wholesale (auDA Registrar) is DOWN and no one can register or renew domain names.

Synergy Wholesale, one of Australia’s largest auDA Registrars is DOWN. This is

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auDA are investigating: Superannuation.com.au

Today I received confirmation that auDA are officially investigating my open public

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auDA Complaint: Superannuation.com.au

I am making this complaint to auDA today against all of the

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DBR has won Superannuation.com.au for $325,000

DBR has won Superannuation.com.au for a record breaking $325,000 today on the

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Superannuation.com.au is dropping and we are watching.

Superannuation.com.au is currently in “Pending Purge” mode and is dropping tomorrow. Someone

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Check out the updated top domain names sales for 2024.

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auDA CEO Rosemary Sinclair to step down.

Today, auDA announced auDA CEO Rosemary Sinclair will step down. She has

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I’m still banned at Drop.com.au – 3 years later . . .

3 years ago, back in May 2021, I was banned by Drop.com.au

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auDA’s “Direct .au” is showing signs of phishing and scams.

Since auDA released “Direct .au” domain names back in March 2022, there

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What happened to Architect.com.au and FinancialPlanners.com.au ?

On Saturday March 2, two premium domain names were officially set to

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The Drop Catching Monopoly continues in 2024.

Since November 2020, when Trellian (who own Drop.com.au) acquired “Netfleet.com.au”, they have

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Firmable go straight to “.com” and don’t bother with “.com.au”

According to the AFR today; “Leigh Jasper, who sold his previous technology

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64% of New Zealand businesses, who own their ".co.nz" domain name, don't

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Over 15,000 Direct “.au” domain names dropped last week alone.

Of the roughly 15,000 Direct ".au" domains that dropped last week, only

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Thousands of Direct .au domains dropping this week.

Thousands and thousands of Direct “.au” domains are being released and discarded

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auDA are making changes to the .au Licensing Rules.

auDA (au Domain Administration) are making a bunch of changes to the

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On Friday 18th August, 2023, auDA denied they had been hacked and

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DropHero.com.au cancels domain drop catching service due to auDA’s monopolistic stance.

Today DropHero.com.au has closed it's doors on offering an Australian Domain Name

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We have a massive mid-year Assets Show for you guys. Rob and

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Pot, meet Kettle.

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“Above.au” domain not available to purchase from the only drop auction platform that can catch it.

Today, the domain “Above.au” is dropping and, technically, it’s supposed to be

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Only 2.6% of the 3650 Direct .au Domains were re-bought yesterday, with One Single Buyer buying 46% of those.

Yesterday we published an article that stated the largest amount of Australian

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3681 Direct .au Domains Dropping Today

Exactly 12 months + 30 days ago, auDA (au Domain Administration) stated:

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Ventra IP Email Phishing Scam

Dozens of domain investors have recently contacted us to let us know

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In Australia, com.au is the King of domain name extensions, here’s why.

In today’s digital age, owning a domain name is an essential part

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Homebuilder.com.au domain owner files auDRP against Homebuilder.net.au and LOSES.

In the Panel’s view, the Complainant resorted to the auDRP as a

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President Cheese tried to steal President.com.au domain name and lost.

In my humble opinion, these complaints seem to be weak speculation at

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Domains.com.au is dropping tomorrow.

The premium domain name Domains.com.au is dropping tomorrow. I wonder who will

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Who.com – available for the first time in 24 years.

Who.com is available for the first time in 24 years.

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How to register .au Direct domain names on October 4?

New .au Direct domain names are going live for registration on 4

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.AU Direct applications closed 10 hours early.

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auDA own ‘vidu.id.au’ and don’t obey their own policy rules.

To this day, ".au Domain Administration Ltd" own 'vidu.id.au' as an organisation

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When Ombudsman for auDA?

auDA are Judge, Jury and Executioner. What they say goes. They answer

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auDA have reserved 86 two and three-letter “.au Direct” domains.

There appears to be some that don’t make sense as to why

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Trillian.com.au lost after 22 years.

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The Assets Show – Episode 14 – with Ian Garner, Buyer Broker of the domain NFTS.com bought for USD$15 Million.

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New DropCatcher denied by auDA

"After almost 18 months of roadblocks and delays it has become clear

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The Assets Show – Episode 13 – Monte Cahn

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‘.id.au’ domain extension under attack!

Here are just a few prime ".id.au" domain names auDA have Policy

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63% of EVERY Expired Domain Name in Australia during July was registered by ONE COMPANY.

The people behind ASSA clearly didn't seem to care that auDA recently

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Small Business Ombudsman trying to extend .au Direct deadline. Too late.

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auDA Member Meeting – July 18, 2022 – Melbourne

I attended the auda member meeting in Melbourne on July 18, 2022.

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Overwhelming number of endorsements flood in for new Drop Catcher!

Last Friday we asked the Australian domain name and business communities to

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Endorse DropCatcher.com.au to become a Registrar

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Domain Name Sales around the world are hitting new highs and we’re

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Does the new auDA Policy Director know two companies acquired 671 expired domain names last month?

Jordan Carter will join auDA as Internet Governance and Policy Director in

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The Assets Show – Episode 8 – Staff are an Asset with Adam Schwab, Co-Founder & CEO of LuxuryEscapes.com

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Buy dropping domain names for $12 every day at DropCatcher.com.au

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Pest.com.au and GarageDoors.com.au plus “20 bucks” domains on DropCatcher.

Pest.com.au and GarageDoors.com.au up for grabs this week. Plus, take a look

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auDA won’t give new Registrar a fair go.

Today, Mr Bell emailed an open letter to The Hon Paul Fletcher

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DropCatcher Aftermarket has launched!

Hot damn!!!! The new DropCatcher.com.au Friday Premium Aftermarket has launched! There are

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DropCatcher.com.au has launched!

In what can only be described as beautiful music to the ears

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

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

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.au Direct – apply for yours today!

For the first time in Australia you can register a new .au

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

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Coin.org is for sale!

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

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Assets Australia launches today!

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

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

A question a lot of domain investors and entrepreneurs have been asking

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

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Domain Sales Update October ’21

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

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Direct .AU update since our recent Domainer Shows.

If a .au direct name is in contention and the matter is

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

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

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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

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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

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auDA have just announced Direct .AU is going to be launched on

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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").

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

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

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

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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

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Domain Complaints are changing in 5 weeks.

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

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

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

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Is this a Cyber Squatter or a Domain Investor?

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

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

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

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

Rob and Ed record their last show for 2020 with Luke Watson

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Domainer Show – Episode 31 with Dave Diamond

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

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Domainer Show – Episode 30 with Braden Pollock

On Episode 30 of the Domainer Show, Rob and Ed meet with

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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,

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

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

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

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

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Drop.com.au buys Netfleet.com.au

WebCentral claim that dropcatching "will be redundant in the near future once

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auDA Public Consultation Sham?

According to the Oxford Dictionary, a “sham” means; “A thing that is

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VAS.com.au sold for $21,666

Today I'd like to report I sold my three-letter acronym domain VAS.com.au

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Domainer Show – Episode 27 with Shane Cultra from DSAD.com

Shane Cultra is a fifth-generation nurserymen and a co-owner of Country Arbors

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Mate.com.au and Cashflow.com.au are up for grabs!

DBR are currently selling two premium domain names that have not been

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Domain Sherpa with Rob and Ed

Rob and Ed crash the international domain name industry's greatest domain name

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Don’t use MailChimp, here’s why.

Mailchimp is supposed to be an easy-to-use cloud-based email marketing system. The

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Domainer Show – Episode 26 with Andrew Rosener from MediaOptions.com

Andrew Rosener has been involved in the sale of X.com to Elon

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Mike Robertson sold BTC.com for $1 Million in 2014! Join Rob and

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auDA Elected Director Ballot

This morning, auDA sent an email to all Associate Members, inviting them

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Domainer Show – Episode 24 with Josh Reason from DNWE.com

Josh Reason helps companies across the world set themselves up for success

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Global domainer community name and shame domain name thief.

Sahil Gupta, CEO of Spase Inc, has been found guilty of attempting

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auDA postpone new Licensing Rules until May 2021.

"It is likely the launch date for the new Licensing Rules will

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New AU Domain Policy Rules Approaching.

It looks like the new long awaited AU Domain Administration Licensing Rules

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Koala.com.au brand now valued at $500 million according to AFR.

Koala.com.au brand is now valued at $500 million.

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Gas.com.au sold for $25,000

The highly lucrative energy domain name Gas.com.au sold today for $25,000 on

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Can I lease an Australian Domain Name? Not anymore, says auDA.

As we discussed in last week’s Domainer Show, the domain name PhoneNumber.com.au

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Rob and Ed speak with Marc Phillips who's been buying Australian domain

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“Mighty Men” attempt to steal a ‘.com’ after registering the ‘.com.au’.

John Swinson (WIPO Panelist) has found Mighty Men Pty Ltd, trading as

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My exit from Registry Australia.

Last week, on June 25th, 2020, I made the decision to exit

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auDA target generic domain name investor

Today, a domain name investor called Mr Modesto lost dozens of generic

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iSelect dropping domain names left, right and centre.

Last week, insurance giant iSelect dropped the extremely valuable premium domain name

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LifeInsurance.com.au sold for $100,000

The premium domain name LifeInsurance.com.au was just purchased on Drop.com.au for $100,000.

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Domainer Show – Episode 20 with Luke Smorgon

Luke sold Fleet.com.au for $12,000 and Link.com.au for $66,000. Watch the show

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Update from auDA’s Chair

auDA’s new Licensing Rules have been published – with an implementation date

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Sleep.com.au sold for $100,000

The domain name Sleep.com.au was just purchased on the Australian domain name

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Link.com.au sold for $66,000

Melbourne entrepreneur and domain investor Luke Smorgon, who purchased the name on

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Does Foxtel own Binge.com.au ?

It looks like Foxtel are about to lose their domain name Binge.com.au

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Fleet.com.au (private sale) SOLD for $12,000

Fleet.com.au has just been sold privately for $12,000 by Turbine.

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auDA confiscating generic first-name Lynne.com.au

The auDA Complaints staff are at it yet again. This week they’re

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Link.com.au dropping due to a complaint.

The premium generic domain name Link.com.au is dropping due to, what looks

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auDA complaints team to policy delete generic Thinkspace.com.au

A few days ago, I received a complaint from auDA against the

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Should I trust auDA’s decisions?

A question we get asked a lot at Domainer and DBR is,

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Domainer Show – Blast from the Past with Andrew Miller & Mike “Zappy” Zapolin.

In this podcast series we are calling Domainer Show – Blast from

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Vale Peter Tonoli

Domainer shares the internet community’s shock and sadness at the news of

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auDA website broken due to “internet outage”?

The auDA website was down today...

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SmartMark.com.au auDRP Complaint Denied – Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking!

It gives me a lot of satisfaction when I (as an everyday

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Drop (71%), Netfleet (29%)

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Netfleet drop platform is broken.

Netfleet is broken. They don't seem to be able to win any

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RottnestIsland.com.au Complaint Denied.

auDA have replied to the RottnestIsland.com.au domain complaint and have denied it

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Domain Thieves are attempting to hijack RottnestIsland.com.au

Someone is trying to steal the generic geographic domain name RottnestIsland.com.au

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Should auDA delete all 5032 “.com.au” domain names that contain the term “Bank”?

There are currently exactly 5032 ".com.au" domain names that have the term

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Google now value domain names more than ever.

Finally, in the year 2020, Google have realised the importance and influence

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auDA’s ridiculous Reserved List Policy bans the use of generic words in domain names.

auDA's reserved policy list continues to wrongly claw-back highly generic domain names

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New auDA CEO 2020

auDA announce new CEO for 2020

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MelbourneIT was a prominent Domain Registrar in the ’90s. Now, they’re totally useless…

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Mastermind.com sold for US$600,000 purchased by Russell Brunson from Click Funnels.

I was just watching the video below where Russell Brunson, Founder of

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It’s been two years since Afilias took over running the .au Registry from AusRegistry.

Two years ago to this month (December 2016), AusRegistry lost the right

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Lambo.com.au has been taken out of PD for the second time in a month.

This domain was taken out of Policy Delete mode AGAIN at THE

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What are some of your best / favorite hand registered domains?

I was looking over my domains today having a cleanup and getting

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Mind blowing Shopify Black Friday / Cyber Monday 2019 Sales Figures!

I was at a Shopify Meetup held in Perth last night with

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Are You Missing Out on Valuable Traffic from Your Domain Names?

As the Founder & CEO of a Digital Marketing Agency, I often

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How to ruin your chances of owning a domain name.

Have you ever thought to yourself, "What is the best way I

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Why did auDA place LAMBO.com.au into “Registry LOCK”? Story developing…

Why did auDA place Lambo.com.au into Registry Lock?

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auDA Survey 2019

auDA are requesting feedback on changes they are considering to the existing

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auDA Member-Elected Directors

Today, Associate Members have been invited to elect four member-elected directors, out

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Domainer Show – Episode 19 with Rick Schwartz the Domain King

Rick has sold more than $23 million in domain names, and has

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The multiple ways auDA have ruined the Australian Drop Aftermarket.

auDA (au Domain Administration) have consistently stated they have "no control or

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Domainer Show – Episode 18 with Michael Castello

Michael Castello has been one of the worlds most successful domain name

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Cameron Boardman resigns as CEO of auDA

The auDA Board today reluctantly accepted the resignation of auDA Chief Executive

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Domainer Show – Episode 17 with Ron Jackson from DNJournal.com

Rob and Ed were lucky enough to spend some time with Ron

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Crazy Domains is selling to Web.com for $105 million.

According to Investing.com(,) Crazy Domains (Dreamscape Networks) is about to sell to

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Pay.com.au sells for $168,000

This is the largest 3-letter Australian domain name sale on record and

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Money.com.au sells for $400,000

The Australian domain name Money.com.au changed hands for $400,000

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Domainer Show – Episode 15

After a few month's hiatus, Domainer Show is back with Rob and

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OGIO.com.au auDRP Complaint DENIED

Callaway Golf ($1.2 Billion Revenue per year) LOSE their auDRP Domain Name

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auDA’s Government Review Deadline in Jeopardy

Yesterday, auDA's Chair, Chris Leptos, resigned. Today, the Nominations Committee was formed

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Implementation of Direct .AU Second Level Domains

Today, auDA released the following important statement regarding the updated new to

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Land.com.au mysteriously drops for the fourth time this year.

Today, June 12th, auDA released a statement on their website regarding the

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All of a sudden, Netfleet winning all the drop-domains!

Ever since Afilias took over running Australia's domain name registry from AusRegistry

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auHQ.com.au was supposed to drop yesterday.

... however, for some strange reason, even though the domain name had

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Current Afilias Team Leader worked for Jonathan Horne.

According to Linked In, the current Technical Support Team Leader (Gaby Facci)

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Your last chance to VOTE on big domain changes!

Australia's Domain Name Policy Reform and Direct ".au" Implementation Plan is HERE!

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When will corporations learn it’s NOT OKAY to steal domain names?

Here's another example of a massive corporation attempting to hijack a domain

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22 years after the internet invented, guy registers ABN and demands geo-generic domain name for free.

If this isn't blatant attempted domain name thievery, I don't know what

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auDA Licensing Rules Final Consultation

The rules governing the issuing of licences for the use of domain

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Has auDA been running a sham consultation process for Direct .AU Registrations?

On Sept 2017 – auDA approved Direct .AU Registrations “in principle” according

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Well-informed submission made by Internet Commerce Association

ICA have made their submission on The PRP's Final Report stating The

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Japan Domain Registration Services inform their own country via mass media.

Why has auDA never bothered to inform the Australian public about our

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Is auDA deliberately confusing the closing date for PRP Final Report submissions?

auDA seemed to have brought submissions for The PRP Final Report forward

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VOTE AGAINST PRP FINAL REPORT TODAY!

You are at risk of possibly losing your domain name and being

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auDA’s own “spin-doctor” can’t wait for tens of thousands of Australian domain names to be confiscated.

As previously mentioned on ITWire.com(,) Ian Hanke is an expensive PR practitioner

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PRP Final Report – Section 3.3 – Resale and Warehousing

I believe Section 3.3 - the Resale and Warehousing part of the

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The PRP has unanimously recommended auDA Board approve Direct .AU Registrations

The 20th May, 2019, is now the OFFICIAL DATE when Direct Registration

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LNP.com.au dropped by the Liberal National Party

Late last week, The Australian newspaper wrote an article stating that the

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Telstra given permission to take BelongEnergy.com.au from current owner for free.

Belong Energy have been ordered to transfer the domain names belong.energy and

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64,000 Registrants are “Domain Investors” and own One Million .com.au domains.

64,000 Australian businesses own more than 10 domain names each, but collectively

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Why the sudden rush, auDA?

Why the sudden rush to railroad the latest PRP Consultation Paper into

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Appointments made on auDA Advisory Standing Committee members

The establishment of these two committees is mandated by the new auDA

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Domainer Show – Episode 14

Brad Kam from Unstoppable Domains discuss using Domain Names on the Blockchain.

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Rugby Australia lose complaint to hijack Wallabies.com.au - Land.com.au sells for $100,000

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Rugby Australia auDRP Complaint DENIED for Wallabies.com.au

Rugby Australia LOSES COMPLAINT to grab Wallabies.com.au - "The Panel considers that

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DIWG disbanded

As many people have said before me, I am greatly concerned that

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The new Land.com.au owner will NOT be allowed to own Land.au

Land.com.au was purchased for $100,000 on Thursday. On that SAME DAY, auDA

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Land.com.au sells for $100,000!

Land.com.au dropped three days in a row and finally sold today for

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Who made the Land.com.au complaint?

We've found some ABN LOOKUP factual data that we will now publish,

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Did Land.com.au drop for $42,000 on Netfleet?

Land.com.au is DROPPING for the THIRD DAY IN A ROW today!

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February 2019 Update

Why so quiet, Domainer? Not quiet. BUSY! Plus, we're all waiting to

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Domainer Show – Episode 12 with Mike Mann.

On Episode 12 of the Domainer Show, Rob and Ed talk with

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Before someone who wants to own a particular domain name goes ahead

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Ran.com.au Locked & Reserved by Afilias

auDA's crazy "generic-commercial" update to their Reserved Policy List in January 2018

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Trademark-Owning Bank files UDRP Complaint and Loses.

ClearBank Limited of London hired lawfirm Lawdit Solicitors in the UK in

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australia.net.au Back to its Rightful Owner!

You may remember we initially noticed and contacted the owner of Australia.net.au

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Direct .AU Registration Update – Dec 2018

As Chairman of The PRP (Policy Review Panel), John Swinson has publicly

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Domainer Show – Episode 11 with Fred Schebesta, founder of Finder.com.au

Fred Schebesta co-founded CreditCardFinder.com.au in 2009, then re-branded to Finder.com.au in 2012,

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auDA release 2018 in Review

At 30 June 2018, there were 3,153,979 names registered in the .au

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The current state of corporate domain name thievery is absolutely out of

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TPP Wholesale is DEAD

And if not dead, then surely on its last few breaths. This

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Another week goes by, and here's another example of a jealous company-manager

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Reserved Policy List

Below, you will find the current list of domain names we believe

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Generic Domain Name Owned for 22 Years Ripped Away

Two days ago, a businessman who has owned the domain name Australia.net.au

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Are the PRP to blame for generic domains being confiscated?

With so much turmoil surrounding our Australian domain name space over the

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Locked By Registry

On Saturday just gone, the domain name Banking.com.au was accidentally dropped by

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Domainer Show – Episode 10 with Morgan Linton from Bold Metrics and MorganLinton.com

 On Episode 10 of the Domainer Show, Rob and Ed talk

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Domainer Show – Blast from the Past with Michael & David Castello

In this podcast series we are calling Domainer Show – Blast from

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Domainer Show – Episode 9

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Domainer Show – Episode 8

 Ed and I return after concentrating on our DIWG (Domain Investor

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Massive Changes to the .AU Domain Name Space!

  Today marks massive changes to the future of the .au domain

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DIWG Meeting Thursday

  The DIWG (Domain Investor Working Group) is meeting for the first

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auDA Constitution EGM & Webinar

  auDA invites you to an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of auDA

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Domainer Show – Episode 7

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DNTrade filters and protects its “crew”

Pictured: Bacon Farmer aka David Priest Last night an infamous domain industry

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Domainer Show – Episode 6

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DIWG (Domain Investor Working Group) Formed

As mentioned on the auDA website last Friday, I am convening a

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Proposed auDA Membership Model

auDA have just released their historical new membership model for member consideration.

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CMWG Membership Model Webinar No 3

  The Consultation Model Working Group released the following statement today: Dear

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auDA’s Chair, Chris Leptos, released the following statement: Dear Members and Stakeholders,

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ex-Director’s questions to auDA today

Nearly two weeks ago, auDA Demand-Class Independent Director Tim Connell resigned from

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Domain Market Is Back

It is now safe to say that the strength of the Australian

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Domainer Show – Episode 5

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Tim Connell Leaves auDA Board

auDA have publicly released a statement saying Tim Connell has resigned as

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Domainer Show – Episode 4

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CMWG Meeting on Monday

The CMWG (Consultation Model Working Group) will be holding an upcoming workshop

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Special General Meeting

This morning at 10:00 am Melbourne time, auDA are holding a Special

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Domainer Show – Episode 2

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auDA’s Defence to the Upcoming SGM

auDA’s Independent Chair, Chris Leptos, has released an official statement regarding auDA

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GoFundMe Grumpier Campaign

The Grumpier.com.au campaign has been created for auDA Members to legally express their

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It’s Official, Melbourne IT Have Given Up

Since 2004, auDA have had a policy in place called the 2004

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WHOIS and Drop-Catching Update

Afilias have released a blog today detailing the lifecycle of a .au

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University.com.au Hand-Registration

Last night, a very lucky individual hand-registered University.com.au over at Crazy Domains. It’s

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It’s Official, TPP Have Given Up

It’s official. TPP Wholesale have given up. Nine days ago, every Australian

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Afilas respond to AusRegistry’s “Setting The Record Straight”

Afilias have officially responded to AusRegistry’s “Setting The Record Straight” post from

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Domain Names

.au Registry Migration Aftermath

The first day seeing Afilias as the new .AU Registry Operator is

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AusRegistry set the record straight

AusRegistry sets the record straight: https://www.ausregistry.com.au/setting-story-straight-neustars-role-audas-registry-transformation-project/ Most notably, they state: At 00:00:00

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Domain Names

Australian Domain Registry Migration is here

There’s two days to go until the world’s biggest ever domain name

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Domain Names

Short-notice for new membership model

According to IT Wire, some auDA members are not happy about a

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Domain Names

Please explain this complaint: auDA & Synergy?!

I wouldn’t be surprised if the complaints team at auDA and the

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auDA’s PRP are ruining 30 years of trust and value in Australian Domain Names

After 8 months of deliberations, in February this year, the PRP went on

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Anonymous Complaints Need To Stop

Last month one of my DBR clients received a complaint from the

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Was Domain Marketing Letter Fine Justified?

Was Domain Marketing Letter Fine Justified? In 2017, a company called Domain

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Domain Names

The Big Registry Changeover on July 1st

As many of us know, the massive Australian Domain Name Registry database

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Domain Names

Free COR from July 1?

Today I make a post from a concerned auDA member who makes

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Domain Names

PRP Clarify Domain Monetisation

It is now crystal clear what the intention of the current PRP

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Domain Names

CMWG is auDA’s new CRC?!

Dictators inevitably always fail to people power, because the people eventually see

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Domain Names

Still No Transparency auDA

I can’t think of many reasons why so many people would want

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Is auDA Abusing Its Power?

Has auDA hijacked Registry.au and WHOIS.au before Direct .AU Registrations even exist?

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Summary of Policy Review Panel Submissions

  Submissions to the Registrant Policy Issues Paper consultation have now been

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Every week Rob and Ed provide updates on interesting Assets in Australia and across the world. If you have any interesting Assets news, or would like to be interviewed on The Assets Show, please contact us. We’re always looking for interesting Assets stories!