Are .com.au worth anything?

[dantex45]

Hello! Seeing that there are even companies that specialize in .com.au, I wondered if they are worth anything today?

 

[Kyle Tully]

Yes, but mostly good 1-word names or category-killer names.

 

[jmcc]

Hello! Seeing that there are even companies that specialize in .com.au, I wondered if they are worth anything today?

In Australia they probably are and there is a domainer community there. There were some considerations that limited them to Australian residents and businesses so they did not develop much of a market outside Australia.

Regards...jmcc

 

[jamesau]

Simple answer is no. There are restrictions on ownership of .au which means the market is just too small.

 

[mixing]

As James said, most of us can't register them because of restrictions (domain owner contact needs to provide a valid Australian postal address), so I guess for most of us they aren't worth much. However, if you live in Australia and can register them, then I would say there is at least a small market for them. I know there are communities on the web dedicated to Australian domains, and according to this site they are the 19th richest country in the world - ahead of countries like the United Kingdom and France which both have pretty decent domain markets. If you could get your hands on some premium words/phrases, they would likely have some value!