ccTLD The Official .COM.AU Sales, Showcase and Discussion

[End User King]

Any whois for .com.au

I cant seem to find any.
It would be nice if someone could help me.

Thanks in advance!!! :loveyou:

 

[netfleet]

That's not necessarily the case....

In fact there are some US based companies buying up big from what I've heard but keeping it quiet perhaps to invest heavily before the floodgates open. :hehe:

An overseas entity planning to trade in Australia but not necessarily be based here can apply for an ARBN which is sufficient to register a .au domain (most domains are registered by Aust based companies using the more common ABN).

With that ARBN I believe you can then register as many domains as you want.

 

[marley101]

Looks like the mainstream tech media picked up on the sale - SexToys.com.au goes for $25k: News - Communications - ZDNet Australia

 

[netfleet]

coincidentally sextoys.ca just sold at the ccTLD Traffic austion for almost the same price - 14,440 Euros!

 

[netfleet]

Some more good press on the sale:

Sextoys.com.au sells for $25,500 as domain name trading takes off - Business news, business advice and information for Australian SMEs | SmartCompany
iTWire - In the domain name selling business, sex does sell!
.AU Domain Name Sales Get Rocking - Domain Names

 

[barefoottech]

About time a few of those thousands of great names NetFleet.com.au has listed got sold for their TRUE Value.
Too many excellent keyword Names listed for $xx -$xxx prices. When the matching .com & .net would sell for $xx,xxx Plus

Plus Guessitbot.com always displays Aussie names value @ $50 Usd & often says name is still available. Which is less the Registration fee & transfer Fee. So do not go on GuessaLot.com valuations.
(Josh[estibot] you do really need help with calculating more correct valuations for Aussie Names. Either myself or NetFleet would be very helpful in working out some guidelines)


Aussie Names can and Do get international Traffic.
Have excellent credibilty worldwide. (because of the auDA rules).

Anyone one thinking of BUYING aussie name, should remember to check auDA.org.au for the registration guidelines. BEFORE buying them.
The most important one for domainers are
1/ 6 months registration period before resale.
2/ Names cannot not be purchased purely for resale. (No squatting on names)
3/ No TYPO registrations ALLOWED.
Any typo names so found to be registered Will be deleted and NO REFUNDS.
4/ Any names sold must be transferred using the approved transfer process including payment of a large transfer fee. This fee is set by the registrar and can be $250 or more
5/ Any buying a resold name must also qualify under the auDA registrant rules.




[Disclaimer:-
I am approved auDA listed reseller of .au names & a supply class member of auDA. Above comments however are not intended as advertising my reseller site]

 

[snoopinc]

Any .com.au updates?

 

[netfleet]

Well a new record domain sold the other week - sextoys.com.au for A$25,500

A new drop service has kicked off at DOMAIN8 PTY LTD - Portal Home with dozens of domains getting snapped up most days.

ICANN was hosted in Sydney with lots of .AU-ers getting together and doing deals.

Netfleet just finishing off a record month - 56 sales in August. For more info of how sales have been stacking up check - Expired Domains, Free Credits and Record Sales | Netfleet - The .AU Aftermarket

You would think that Netfleet is a small sample of what's going on in the wider market so things are looking pretty rosy in the world of .AU I reckon - onwards & upwards!

I surprised how quiet this thread has become - there's a very active .au forum out there which probably contains most of the discussion but it's a shame that the wider domaining community aren't aware of what a hot little namespace this has become!

 

[netfleet]

.AU Market Going Strong

Just an update on the .au namespace. Few things going on in Australia at the moment.

1) The general market is showing very strong growth. Total .au registrations have reached 1.5m (up from 1m 2 years ago). New registrations are 46% up on this time last year.

http://www.ausregistry.com.au/reports/2009/PUBLIC-200909.pdf

2) auDA are holding their AGM this w/e with new directors to be elected. auDA > Annual General Meetings > Notice of auDA 2009 Annual General Meeting There are several domainer-friendly candidates standing so will be interesting to see how it goes.

3) Aftermarket sales are still growing strongly just over a year after the prohibition on sales was lifted. Netfleet broke records in both July & August and whilst Sept was a little down it's still showing plenty of activity.

4) DBS (Fabulous) have just bought Domain8 with is a .au drop catching service just 5 months old. Details aren't too clear but the total deal could be worth $1.5m Dark Blue Sea in $1.5million deal to buy Domain8 ahead of Photon takeover « eCommerce Report

Please contribute to this thread if you are interested in this namespace. I know discussion is quiet on NP because there is a very strong au focused forum that houses a lot of the regulars. However it's important ro keep everybody in the loop!

 

[Sando]

I'm an Aussie domainer too. Great to see a vibrant market for .au domains! I have about 30 listed with netfleet, and have sold a couple that way.

There are good domains being dropped every day on Domain8 - one word .com.au and geo domains. They have a pretty good catch rate, too. I will be interested to see how netfleet's new Domain Snapper competes!

 

[snoopinc]

Good time to get registering those .au domains

I see there is still plenty of worthwhile domains available for registration.

Lately i've been only registering .au domains too.

 

[barefoottech]

Good to see people finally realising the advantages of .au domains
I have been promoting them for YEARS

 

[maxeaus]

Thanks netfleet for the update. I spoke with you on here last year some time, and i regret not regging a few .com.au domains now. I may have to reappraise things.

 

[opalxx]

The beta version of estibot seems to value dot com.au's at about half that of dot coms but not sure if estibots appraisals are accurate in the valuation.

 

[netfleet]

The beta version of estibot seems to value dot com.au's at about half that of dot coms but not sure if estibots appraisals are accurate in the valuation.

That's interesting - where is this beta version? - From what i've seen it usually just shows $50 reagrdless of the domain.

I reckon it's more like 1/20th to 1/50th of .com values depending on the domain.

 

[barefoottech]

SOLD Parked.com.au at NetFleet.
WooHoo

 

[Corey]

^ congrats *w

Cheers
Corey

 

[netfleet]

Here are the top 10 reported sales for the year:

◦SexToys.com.au $25,500
◦Stay.com.au $14,000
◦Mortgage.net.au $13,500
◦TrinityBeach.com.au $10,000
◦WebDesign.net.au $10,000
◦Everybody.com.au $9,900
◦TouchPoint.com.au $7,500
◦NoAgent.com.au $8,000
◦JervisBay.com.au $7,450
◦EveryDrop.com.au $7,000
◦Selby.com.au $7,000

The other big change has been the price paid at the drops for some of the domains. Notable high bids include:

Townsville.com.au - $14,000
Backpackers.com.au - $16,000
Printing.com.au - $9,000
Motorhomes.com.au - $5,500

I think there were a few more over $5K but I can't recall. Anyone else remember any significant ones?

2010 should be a big year for .AU!!

 

[zero_haze_au]

AU Market - Portfolio to be released

Hi all,

Our company holds a substantial portfolio of premium Australian domain names and previous sales of our domains have been above $1000.

A portion of our domains are active live sites, the rest were pending development though we are now looking to offer on the market.

All up we have 50 premium domains on offer, with a current external bid in excess of $15,000 for the portfolio.

For any Australian company who has a presence on here and is interested, pls pm me for details.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[snoop]

Here are the top 10 reported sales for the year:

◦SexToys.com.au $25,500
◦Stay.com.au $14,000
◦Mortgage.net.au $13,500
◦TrinityBeach.com.au $10,000
◦WebDesign.net.au $10,000
◦Everybody.com.au $9,900
◦TouchPoint.com.au $7,500
◦NoAgent.com.au $8,000
◦JervisBay.com.au $7,450
◦EveryDrop.com.au $7,000
◦Selby.com.au $7,000

The other big change has been the price paid at the drops for some of the domains. Notable high bids include:

Townsville.com.au - $14,000
Backpackers.com.au - $16,000
Printing.com.au - $9,000
Motorhomes.com.au - $5,500

I think there were a few more over $5K but I can't recall. Anyone else remember any significant ones?

2010 should be a big year for .AU!!

Add all those sales up and it is probably enough money to sustain 3 people. I'm sure .com.au is growing alot but this is still a very small market.

 

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