Last month I sent a post how iRegistrations (www.iregistrations.com) had
merged with Ezinames (www.ezinames.com) aka Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd.

iRegistrations becomes Ezinames aka Domain Names Australia
http://dotau.org/archive/2004-08/0005.html

Now, according to their updated terms and conditions, Internet Registrations
Australia Pty Ltd is the company behind the business.

They have also reduced their "free trial period" from 7 days to 3.  Which
means that unsuspecting people who think they are registering a domain name
for $US5.95 get slug with a $US599 hosting package on top of that if they
don't opt-out of the "free trial" in 3 days!

I looked up ASIC and found that Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd has
been deregistered.

Is it possible to hold a valid contact with a company that no longer exists?

from: http://www.search.asic.gov.au/cgi-bin/gns030c?acn=096256110

" ...

Extracted from ASIC's database at 08:07:24 on 25/09/2004 

Name			INTERNET REGISTRATIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 
ACN			096 256 110 
 
ABN			96 096 256 110 
 
Type				Australian Proprietary Company, Limited By
Shares 
Registration Date		19/03/2001 
Next Review Date		19/03/2004 
Status			Deregistered 
Locality of Registered Office  not available 
Jurisdiction		Australian Securities & Investments Commission 
  
Former Name(s)		INTERNET NAME REGISTRATIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 
				INTERNET NAMES REGISTRY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

... "

from:
http://www.ezinames.com/index.php?act=other&feat=terms

" ... Terms and Conditions ...

Parties

1.1 Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd trading as ezinames.com and
hereafter for the purposes of this contract referred to as ezinames, is the
service provider under this contract.

... 

2.6.2 Currently each new ezinames account attracts the provision of the
following services for the first domain registered from ezinames : Bulk
500MB Hosting account, host up to 20 domains with up to 20,000MB data
transfer (20GB), 500x POP email accounts, 20 MySQL Databases, 200 FTP
accounts, 200 Mailing Lists, 500 Sub-domains, CGI-Bin, Control Panel, Search
engine submission (provided in hosting control panel).

... 

2.6.4 ezinames offers these services free for a trial period of 3 days from
the date of domain name registration.

... 

2.6.9 Billing after the initial free trial period is by direct debit from
the registrants nominated credit card at the rate of $US595 for 1 year
service period. This charge will be billed in $AU at the then current
exchange rate as provided at www.x-rates.com

...

2.6.13 Should any fees charged by ezinames to the registrants nominated
credit card for the account be charged back (including but not limited to
fees for domain registration, hosting, or search engine submission) then
ezinames shall gain full ownership, control and possession of the domain
name involved. The registrant will also be liable to pay ezinames a
chargeback administrative fee of $30.00.

... "


With regards to Paul Fox, who Bradley and Chesley both attest has nothing to
do with any of their current operations; his name is found in an undertaking
signed by Bradley Norrish on behalf of Internet Registrations Australia Pty
Ltd.

ACCC - Undertakings register (s. 87B) 2002 - Internet Registrations
Australia Pty Ltd
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/331708

http://www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=331708&nodeId=file40036b387
663e&fn=d02_63700.pdf

" ...

3.3 Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd undertakes at its own expense
to procure that Mr Bradley Norrish and Mr Paul Fox each swear and provide to
the Applicant no later than February 2003 an affidavit verifying (and
annexing adequate documentary evidence) that Internet Registrations
Australia Pty Ltd has carried out its obligations 

... "


Ezinames, Domain Names Australia, Internet Registrations Australia, Chesley
Rafferty, Bradley Norrish, Paul Fox
http://whatsinaname.com.au/slammers/


Josh
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http://josh.id.au/