Strong growth for .au

DavidL · #1 04-09-09, 04:32 PM

http://www.ausregistry.com.au/report...LIC-200908.pdf

Sales up by 20% on this time last year
Regos up by 24%

Looking very good esp when you consider the economic times and compare against other extensions (esp gTLDs)

neddy · #2 07-09-09, 02:35 PM

Hi NetFleet - have you had a chance to finalise your August stats yet? Your graph etc is great.

Thanks.

neddy · #3 08-09-09, 02:54 PM

The local market does really seem to be doing well. A client of mine passed these stats on to me.

If you have a look at http://www.ausregistry.com.au/report...LIC-200908.pdf it says there were 564 registrant transfers in August - perhaps not all were sales, but a large majority would be.

Must be a lot of off-market or direct sales to combine with those of NetFleet, Domain Market Place and Fabulous.

It all augurs well.

DomainMarketPlace · #4 08-09-09, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neddy

perhaps not all were sales, but a large majority would be.

I'd have to disagree with that statement Neddy. The majority of transfers we do as a registrar are non aftermarket related.

I think this can be backed up from last years stats (468).

DavidL · #5 08-09-09, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DomainMarketPlace

I'd have to disagree with that statement Neddy. The majority of transfers we do as a registrar are non aftermarket related.

I think this can be backed up from last years stats (468).

What are the transfers you do then if they aren't sales?

Like Ned I assumed they would pretty much all be sales...

DomainMarketPlace · #6 08-09-09, 04:30 PM

Change of legal ownership such as the sale of a business. There are many reasons.

Just recently I transferred a domain to someone else that wasn't a sale.

DavidL · #7 08-09-09, 04:34 PM

Yes but August 2007 shows 0 registrant transfers and domains were still changing hands through things like the sale of a business.

So this metric obviously reflects the transfers that have occurred since the rule change mid last year - and that change was brought in to allow sales...?

DomainMarketPlace · #8 08-09-09, 05:47 PM

Well yes it would appear that they only started recording transfers at that time as a result of the policy change.. but that number still reflects all transfers regardless of the reason.

Pretty sure I recall auDA wanting to get an idea of how many domains were changing hands after the policy change.

Here are the first two reports after the rule change:

http://www.ausregistry.com.au/report...LIC-200807.pdf
http://www.ausregistry.com.au/report...LIC-200808.pdf

468 in the first month.

neddy · #9 08-09-09, 07:53 PM

DMP, I'm sure you're right when you say there are a number of "change of business" related transfers, but surely there can't be hundreds in a month?

I think there may well be a bit of everything in the mix!

Certainly there must be plenty of private dealings - I'm sure we've all been contacted privately from time to time via WhoIs asking if we'll sell a particular domain!

Anyway, the positive out of it all is that there is activity. And activity breeds activity! It can only be good for everyone.

DomainMarketPlace · #10 08-09-09, 08:56 PM

I can only speak from our experience. The bigger registrars (Melb IT and NR) would have a better idea.

But yeah it's good to see that there has been a significant increase. Judging by the quality of the names dropping via Domain8 on a daily basis theres plently of work to be done educating business owners!

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