.id.au

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Hello,
Reading this thread

It says that:

At the moment the .id.au eligibility requirement is still name/nickname:

(i) Includes, or is derived from, one or more words of registrant's personal
(ii) A name by which the registrant is commonly known

Source: http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2008-06/

After the 2010 Names Panel outcomes are implemented, auDA will expand eligibility in the .id.au space, with the policy to be relaxed to
include domain names that refer to personal hobbies and interests

Source: http://www.auda.org.au/pdf/2010npp-final-report.pdf

Right now if you register a generic name and cannot convince auDA that it is a nickname by which you are commonly known, they will likely policy delete it.

I'm curious to see how they implement the wording of the new policy and what this will mean for monetisation in the .id.au 2LD.

Any update on this, is there more leniency now or is it sill only for names?

Thanks

 

[Cooper Mills DomainLawyer]

The board approved the proposed changes to .id.au but they havent been implemented 12 months on. If you are an auDA member it would be worth asking this question at the AGM

 

[djuqa]

How can you convince them of a NickName.

Can I just tell the registrar my nickname is "CarInsurance" or "CreditCard"

 

[snoopy]

How can you convince them of a NickName.

Can I just tell the registrar my nickname is "CarInsurance" or "CreditCard"

A few suggestions,

"I'm known around town as the local sugar daddy so my friends call me credit card".
"I've written off my car 8 times so my friends call me car insurance"

Have said that AUDA are probably doing everyone a huge favour making them hard to register, they probably should do the same community service with .net.au and hyphen names.

 

[Cooper Mills DomainLawyer]

How can you convince them of a NickName.

Can I just tell the registrar my nickname is "CarInsurance" or "CreditCard"

Dont worry auDA are onto that - apparently they once had someone who said his nickname was Ebay - no chance, unless there was some overwhelming evidence.

 

[djuqa]

Dont worry auDA are onto that - apparently they once had someone who said his nickname was Ebay - no chance, unless there was some overwhelming evidence.

Bugger!