Assuming that's a real figure (where does your number come from?) the next question is how many of those also have a .com.au equivalent? Ron : -----Original Message----- : From: dns-bounces+ronstark=snapsite.com.au§dotau.org : [mailto:dns-bounces+ronstark=snapsite.com.au§dotau.org] On : Behalf Of Larry Bloch : Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2006 21:28 : To: '.au DNS Discussion List' : Subject: Re: [DNS] Domain dispute heats up : : 1.2m domain names registered to registrants with Australian : addresses in .com, net, org, info, biz : : -----Original Message----- : From: dns-bounces+larry.bloch=netregistry.com.au§dotau.org : [mailto:dns-bounces+larry.bloch=netregistry.com.au§dotau.org] : On Behalf Of Ron Stark : Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2006 9:15 : To: '.au DNS Discussion List' : Subject: Re: [DNS] Domain dispute heats up : : : There are some 1.2M businesses in Australia. Simple : arithmetic suggests that there's a 50% penetration of domain names. : : But it's not simple arithmetic. For example, there are 540 : 000 ABNs per year registered, all of whom qualify for a : .com.au domain name in terms of existing regulations. Now : the question is - are those without domain names : "disenfranchised" or are they simply "disinterested". I : suggest the latter. : : If .com.au regulations were the inhibitor, then there would : be many more .com's registered to Australian businesses than : .com.au's. Does anybody have that stat? In any case, : judging by the number of my clients that receive : solicitations for the .com equivalent of their existing : .com.au domain, businesses are choosing .com.au over its .com : equivalent. : : I make a simple recommendation to my clients. If it's an : Australian business with an Australian clientele, go for a : .com.au. It's all about business branding, not about domain : pricing or regulations. Nobody registers a domain name : simply because it's there. They register a domain name : because it offers some tangible value or underpins other : business objectives, be they brand protection, website or : email addresses. : : Many, and I suggest the vast majority of ABN registrants have : no use whatsoever for a domain name, let alone other services : that derive from it. : Which brings us back to the 1.2M businesses. And the 600 000 : domain names. : Consumers already have a choice - and they're choosing to not : have domain names. Period. : : Ron Stark : : : : : -----Original Message----- : : From: dns-bounces+ronstark=snapsite.com.au§dotau.org : : [mailto:dns-bounces+ronstark=snapsite.com.au§dotau.org] On : : Behalf Of Vic Cinc : : Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2006 20:49 : : To: .au DNS Discussion List : : Subject: Re: [DNS] Domain dispute heats up : : : : Darryl (Dassa) Lynch [dassa§dhs.org] wrote: : : > : : > That is the only question suppliers are interested in, and : : of course, : : > if they can profit by meeting that demand. AuDA and policy is not : : > interested in the profit and demand is qualified by the : benefits or : : > negative impact meeting the demand may introduce. Issues : : which suppliers don't care much about. : : : : nobody has come up with a single negative impact yet. yet we : : clearly have a very large disenfranchised community out there. : : : : > Vic has been tossing a figure of 1 million as wanting to : : open up the : : > namespace, personally I don't give that figure much weight : : as I don't : : > know how it was derived and I suspect it isn't a true : indication. : : > Even if accepted it means there are another 39 million people to : : > consider at a minimum before policy is changed. : : : : its actually a very conservative estimate. pick an open name : : space of an equivalent country compare the domains per capita : : to australia and then come back and tell me why .au sells so : : little and what your justification is for disenfranchising : : these people. : : : : .au is for all australians, not just those some feel are worthy. : : : : Vic : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------- : : ------------- : : List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ : : : : -------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- : List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ : : -------------------------------------------------------------- : ------------- : List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ :Received on Thu Jun 08 2006 - 11:54:48 UTC
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