Searching registered domains .au

[laxation]

Is there a way to search through already registered domain names to see if someone (eg. a competitor) has registered a name that may infringe on trade marks?

For example, if I worked for Coke, I would be looking for anyone who registered coke-services.com.au

Cheers

 

[johno69]

http://whois.ausregistry.net.au/whois/whois_local.jsp?tab=0

 

[laxation]

http://whois.ausregistry.net.au/whois/whois_local.jsp?tab=0

Sorry I didn't get that out quite correctly...

If I need to check if anyone has registered anything with the word 'Coke' in it, is there a way to check that?

Eg. I have no idea if they registered coke-sucks.com.au or cokeisawesome.com.au, but would like to see if there is anything at all registered in, say, the last month with the word Coke in it.

 

[johno69]

Nothing i'm aware of.

 

[Bacon Farmer]

A work around would be to put coke into the Google adword keyword tool and get the top results and the put them in a spreadsheet and add .com.au and then whack it in a bulk checker like this one https://www.drop.com.au/my_account/domainchecker.php?search=bulkregister

 

[James]

Just download all typos for your brand and known brand + Keyword tools from Adwords/ Search Console or GKT as noted above and run bulk queries by a team member you can usually do 100 a time and 1000 in a few minutes.

When I worked in house at Virgin Mobile many years ago we always use to do this as affiliates would infringe on the trademark.

 

[laxation]

Thanks for that workaround guys!

Am I correct to say that relies on me guessing the exact domain that was registered?

 

[James]

Thanks for that workaround guys!

Am I correct to say that relies on me guessing the exact domain that was registered?

You can make an "educated guess" usually anyone who buys a domain and tries to infringe on a trademark is going to buy it based on Traffic metrics or typo. you can easily scan for your top 1000 typos.

 

[jamesau]

PM me the keyword and I can run a check for you. It's not comprehensive but it might cover 60 - 70% of AU domains.

 

[laxation]

Thats a good point!

I've been trying to figure out how to put the word into the GKT, but can't find where to put it in... Any tips for a beginner?

You can make an "educated guess" usually anyone who buys a domain and tries to infringe on a trademark is going to buy it based on Traffic metrics or typo. you can easily scan for your top 1000 typos.

 

[laxation]

When I try to go to
https://adwords.google.com/KeywordPlanner

It goes straight to setting up my first ads. I don't want to make any ads though...

 

[Bacon Farmer]

I got caught in that loop the other day but can't remember how I got out of it. Here's where you want to get to anyway.