Cooper Mills DomainLawyer
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Hey Rhythm, this wouldn't haven anything to do with your extensive .net.au holdings would it
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Hey Rhythm, this wouldn't haven anything to do with your extensive .net.au holdings would it
Cooper Mills DomainLawyer
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The argument I am hearing from most DNT members is that the majority of .com.au owners hold .net.au as well (defensively) and therefore .com.au owners ought to have priority of .au domains if released - in the majority of cases the .com.au owners run real businesses (mostly small businesses) from their domains while the .net.au domains are often redirected or don't resolve but are rather held defensively.
Then the .nz solution shouldn't be a problem (unless there is a .gov.au or .org.au)
findtim
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no rhythm, you have missed the point and then stated the obvious !
not wanting .au is because of the increase in cost, not that we don't want it to exist, it does make some sense in the long term, but doubling the businesses costs isn't fair.
.net.au's yes, they are the ones that came to the party to late, they are the ones that stand outside of the MCG on grand final day
.com.au does reign supreme, i think thats concensus.
tim
not wanting .au is because of the increase in cost, not that we don't want it to exist, it does make some sense in the long term, but doubling the businesses costs isn't fair.
.net.au's yes, they are the ones that came to the party to late, they are the ones that stand outside of the MCG on grand final day
.com.au does reign supreme, i think thats concensus.
GIVE.......... LOL, give it to the .com.au owner daaaaaaaaaaaaaa
tim
findtim
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just spoke to one of my clients, he needed an extra email address created, once AGAIN i took an opportunity to let him know about the possibility of a .au coming into play, he has a branded, trademarked company, he has many products in Woolies, Coles, IGA etc and he said " why don't i know about this " ?
he's trademarked and is not a generic word so he's pretty safe, but will still have to pay extra for the .au
and this is the underlying problem, i know people are saying its going to take 5 years or something but if auda aren't telling businesses now they never will, they'll tell them after it happens.
and propaganda by george virtually saying its a done deal is totally out of line IMO
and this client will never think to search and read it, the ONLY mechanism to fairness is to contact every domain name owner and its a load of crock that that can't be done, just look at the letters you get when an election is on, well this is an election IMO
+ who knows the price of .au ? has it been mentioned ? if so i missed it, so thats like they want you to have an opinion without all the proper knowledge , its like walking into a coffee shop and saying i'll have a large coffee please, how much? and them saying " we'll tell you once you get it " how silly !
tim
he's trademarked and is not a generic word so he's pretty safe, but will still have to pay extra for the .au
and this is the underlying problem, i know people are saying its going to take 5 years or something but if auda aren't telling businesses now they never will, they'll tell them after it happens.
and propaganda by george virtually saying its a done deal is totally out of line IMO
and this client will never think to search and read it, the ONLY mechanism to fairness is to contact every domain name owner and its a load of crock that that can't be done, just look at the letters you get when an election is on, well this is an election IMO
+ who knows the price of .au ? has it been mentioned ? if so i missed it, so thats like they want you to have an opinion without all the proper knowledge , its like walking into a coffee shop and saying i'll have a large coffee please, how much? and them saying " we'll tell you once you get it " how silly !
tim
findtim
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there are far to many unanswered questions here:
firstly, the committee where asked to resolve certain questions, very restrictive in my view
the first survey was created by the people who are best to profit, yes you could just write your own detailed submission but in reality who knew you could ? dubbodentist.com.au didn't
now this survey asks you just 3 points and a comments section, ohhhh and once again dubbodentist doesn't know about it either.
tim
firstly, the committee where asked to resolve certain questions, very restrictive in my view
the first survey was created by the people who are best to profit, yes you could just write your own detailed submission but in reality who knew you could ? dubbodentist.com.au didn't
now this survey asks you just 3 points and a comments section, ohhhh and once again dubbodentist doesn't know about it either.
tim
James
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.xyz was used by Google becuase they could not acquire the .com for their brand as BMW owns it - http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/10/google-is-now-alphabet-but-it-doesnt-own-alphabet-com/
I highly doubt XYZ will ever beat .com as I think the GTLD sucks.
.AU will take time for it to even be known by the general public imo maybe 5-10 years
I highly doubt XYZ will ever beat .com as I think the GTLD sucks.
.AU will take time for it to even be known by the general public imo maybe 5-10 years
findtim
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5-10yrs of revenue for no reason
tim
James
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Tho it is like my friend Pieter the guy who came to the domainers meetup in Sydney said,
If they open up .AU to anyone ABN or not then it will mean it could do well.
Andrew Wright
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Anyone? Overseas registrants?
Data Glasses
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From memory I was paying the same for a .net.au (last time I regged one) so I don't see why my claim is not as valid as a .com.au holder
Bacon Farmer
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Spacey, do you have any developed .net.au's?
Data Glasses
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Just smallbusiness.net.au which is in limbo until I find a better plan, i did have vegetarian.net.au at one stage and perhaps one or two others? My sites got hacked a few years back. Point being if I pay the same to reg a name what does it matter when comes to me getting the .au ....... both of the current extensions end in .au
Bacon Farmer
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Would you feel the same if you owned smallbusiness.com.au?
findtim
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spacey you paid the same reg for a .net.au but they went and put .net.au on sale for $1 , hmmmmmmmmm , they didn't put .com.au on sale for $1 did they ?
that $1 sale is the worst thing auda could have done before this committee , its going to come back and haunt auda, it will be fundamental IMO to what happens next.
tim
that $1 sale is the worst thing auda could have done before this committee , its going to come back and haunt auda, it will be fundamental IMO to what happens next.
tim
Data Glasses
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Well I guess it would be a case of "best cause" ..... my one is not a redirect, to me this just a can of worms waiting to explode, it is absolutely the worst thing that can happen .......... .au
snoopy
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Have you ever met a person who thinks they are biased? Neither you nor me are the balanced middle ground...sorry.
snoopy
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You've probably paid a lot less overall, depending on how much you initially paid and when you registered the name.
Speak for yourself.
