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auDA Board FAIL – international news explains how 1 million Australian domain names will be deleted!

As we reported last week, the auDA Board (au Domain

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auDA Board’s monumental stupidity is now international news, and growing…

The world’s most trusted and popular professional Domain Name Industry

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The day auDA ruined 26 years of Australian domain name trust and value.

You know how you’ve been allowed to register Australian domain

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Drop.com.au become even less transparent, if that’s even possible?

Here is a screenshot from the Drop.com.au “Public Domain Auctions”

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‘Uber.com.au’ dropped. The public never got a bid.

The ultra-premium ‘Uber.com.au‘ domain name was captured off-market for under

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You have ONE DAY to lodge your auDA Response and we’ve made a TEMPLATE for you. Act now!

If you hold ‘.com.au’, ‘.net.au’, or ‘.au’ domains for resale,

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Why auDA’s 2026 ‘Rules Review’ Matters to ‘.com.au’ and ‘.au’ Domain Investors

For more than 25 years, Australian Domain Investors have treated

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Hancock Prospecting LOSE their auDRP WIPO Domain Name complaint against Hancock.com.au with RDNH charge!

Although today is April Fools Day, the following is not

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Anthony Peake has left Drop.com.au

Multiple domain name industry veterans have reported to us that

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 Hancock (Part 1) – Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd wish to own the “Hancock.com.au” domain name

For the past eight months, Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd has

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Lambo.com domain lost – what really happened?

A Google Search for “Lambo.com Domain” shows that Richard Blair

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Home.com.au for sale, plus more…

We have some amazing premium domain names on our books

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Ethereum.com.au

⚡ JUST LISTED — Ethereum.com.au ⚡ 🇦🇺 The definitive Australian

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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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Domain Name and Trademark Dispute over “Bitcoin Cash City”

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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How much did Homes.com.au sell for?

Many Australian domain investors and entrepreneurs contacted us here at

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Domain Tasting Finally Banned

Back in July 2024, we wrote the first article exposing

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IMPORTANT NEWS FLASH: NO DOMAIN TASTING

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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Who were the Top 20 Domain Investors buying expired domains over the last 3 months?

Happy September everybody, Spring has sprung! If you were to

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The Ultimate Domain Sales List

A few days ago, the most extensive Australian Domain Sales

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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.

Yesterday I wrote the article “auDA ignores market manipulation and

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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.

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?

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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Rings.com.au – auDA allow this Registrar to exclusively sell their own current customer’s domain name to a new customer for $9,990 profit.

Did you know?! Today, Rings.com.au is owned by a customer

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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!

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

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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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NFTs.com domain sells for a princely sum of US$15 Million.

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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 Sales Update July 2022

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

In today's The Assets Show, Rob and Ed talk with

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

Find out how much MelbourneIT charged me for a Change

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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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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!

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

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auHQ.com.au was supposed to drop yesterday.

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

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Current Afilias Team Leader worked for Jonathan Horne.

According to Linked In, the current Technical Support Team Leader

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Your last chance to VOTE on big domain changes!

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

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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

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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

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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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Ex-auDA Director cautions auDA Board that attempts to impose restrictions will be seen as anti-competitive behaviour

Simon Johnson is a former Board Director of auDA and

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Well-informed submission made by Internet Commerce Association

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

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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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VOTE AGAINST PRP FINAL REPORT TODAY!

You are at risk of possibly losing your domain name

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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

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PRP Final Report – Section 3.3 – Resale and Warehousing

I believe Section 3.3 - the Resale and Warehousing part

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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

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LNP.com.au dropped by the Liberal National Party

Late last week, The Australian newspaper wrote an article stating

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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

The establishment of these two committees is mandated by the

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Rugby Australia lose complaint to hijack Wallabies.com.au - Land.com.au sells

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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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Who made the Land.com.au complaint?

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

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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

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Domainer Show – Episode 12 with Mike Mann.

On Episode 12 of the Domainer Show, Rob and Ed

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Legitimate Domain Name Use

Before someone who wants to own a particular domain name

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Ran.com.au Locked & Reserved by Afilias

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

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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!

You may remember we initially noticed and contacted the 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

Fred Schebesta co-founded CreditCardFinder.com.au in 2009, then re-branded to 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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Let’s Expose Disgusting Domain Name Thieves and Bias auDRP Panelists!

The current state of corporate domain name thievery is absolutely

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TPP Wholesale is DEAD

And if not dead, then surely on its last few

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Jealous Domain Thieves

Another week goes by, and here's another example of a

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Reserved Policy List

Below, you will find the current list of domain names

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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?

With so much turmoil surrounding our Australian domain name space

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Locked By Registry

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

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

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

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Domainer Show – Episode 9

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Domainer Show – Episode 8

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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”

Pictured: Bacon Farmer aka David Priest Last night an infamous

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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

  The Consultation Model Working Group released the following statement

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From the auDA Chair, Building auDA 2.0

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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Tim Connell Leaves auDA Board

auDA have publicly released a statement saying Tim Connell has

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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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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

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

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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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The PRP is still Broken

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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?

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

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Summary of Policy Review Panel Submissions

  Submissions to the Registrant Policy Issues Paper consultation have