.com.au is for trading commercially.

$150 bux or so per year is nothing if you expect to trade commercially with
a .com.au 

ABN's are free anyway. 

If they want personal domains for family websites, why the heck would they
use a commercial domain , its not a service they provide or product they
sell.

Just cos .com.au looks nice?

Bwah.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+sean.finn=ozservers.com.au§dotau.org [mailto:dns-
> bounces+sean.finn=ozservers.com.au§dotau.org] On Behalf Of Skeeve Stevens
> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 11:05 AM
> To: '.au DNS Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Time for the rules tochangeregardingtransferring
> domainname licences
> 
> The local market is suffering from its own rules.
> 
> I assist some hundreds of domains being registered per year (not much
> compared to some).  In 90% of occasions I recommend that they get global
> .com/.net/.org/.info domains.  Why? Because .com.au/.net.au cost at least
> double that of a US domain, and doesn't even take into account you have to
> spend $100+ on a business name.  Also, many people are wanting personal
> domains for family websites, blogging, etc etc etc and couldn't care less
> about the worthless .id.au namespace so they also get global domains.
> 
> Hence, in my experience, and I am sure Vic would agree... That .au
> namespace
> is losing tens of thousands of domains per year to overseas TLD's simply
> because of the cost and simplicity of dealing with them.
> 
> ...Skeeve
> 
> _______________________________________________________
> Skeeve Stevens, RHCE     Email: skeeve§skeeve.org
> Si vis pacem, para bellum
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+skeeve=skeeve.org§dotau.org
> [mailto:dns-bounces+skeeve=skeeve.org§dotau.org] On Behalf Of Dassa
> Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2005 8:05 AM
> To: '.au DNS Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Time for the rules to changeregardingtransferring
> domainname licences
> 
> |> -----Original Message-----
> |> From: dns-bounces+dassa=dhs.org§dotau.org
> |> [mailto:dns-bounces+dassa=dhs.org§dotau.org] On Behalf Of Deus Ex
> |> Machina
> |> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 11:07 PM
> |> To: .au DNS Discussion List
> |> Subject: Re: [DNS] Time for the rules to change regardingtransferring
> |> domainname licences
> |>
> |> Jon Lawrence [jon§jonlawrence.com] wrote:
> |> > That's a fair question Kim, but it misses the point that
> |> there already
> |> > is (and to some extent always has been) a secondary market
> |> for .au domain names.
> |> >
> |> > Now that auDA has (finally) caught up with reality and
> |> released the
> |> > remaining generic and geographic names that weren't
> |> registered when Mr
> |> > Elz was away on holiday back in the mid 90's, it would seem a good
> |> > time to remove another artificial (and ineffective)
> |> restriction on the
> |> > development of the .au domain name industry.
> |> >
> |> > Perhaps while we're doing that we could also finally
> |> dispense with the
> |> > farcical allocation rules (exact match, derived or
> |> "otherwise closely
> |> > and substantially connected to the registrant") that serve only to
> |> > artifically inflate the revenue of ASIC and the state
> |> business registration authorities.
> |>
> |> it would be a positive step forward if the allocation rules where
> |> retired. allowing names to be sold overseas would be in keeping with
> |> all other major registries. these are all artificial barriers that no
> |> longer serve any purpose.
> 
> The Australian namespace and market hasn't matured enough as yet.  There
> are
> a lot of positive outcomes still to be gained by keeping tight controls
> over
> .au.  As the local market matures and more businesses and the public
> adjust
> to the online environment, then it would likely be beneficial to open up
> the
> rules.  At the moment the only people who would benefit to the detriment
> of
> the public are a few individuals who would leverage their profits.
> 
> The value in .au names is partly due to the controls in place.  I see a
> lowering in value for names already held if the market was widened.
> 
> Darryl (Dassa) Lynch
> 
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