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From: who where on 14 Feb 2010 01:38 On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:08:14 +1030, "Fred" <bluser(a)gaymail.com> wrote: This is the one that most restricts choices. >2. Domain names in the com.au 2LD must be: >a) an exact match, abbreviation or acronym of the registrant's name or >trademark; or >b) otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant. and is the reason so many australian would-be registrants go for a (far cheaper until crazy came along) .com name.
From: Terryc on 15 Feb 2010 21:32 Fred wrote: > "Nick Andrew" <nick(a)spamtrap.nick-andrew.net> wrote in message >> However, the eligibility rules for com.au are quite broad and are a low >> barrier for anybody to get practically any domain name they want. > > I guess it's a matter of how the guidelines are being interpreted. I do not know that they were ever that strict. If the domain name was worth $75 over three years(NSW) and no one had already had it registered in your state, you just registered a business name and quoted the business name rego number as your right and bingo it was given to you.
From: Hugh Jeego on 16 Feb 2010 16:19 Rubbish. In order to get, as an example, the domain name plop.com.au you need to have an ABN with something in the name that refers to that. Another example - you want some domain to do with lights? You need to have an ABN with a business name that refers to that business. You could have "Jon Smith Enterprises trading as Lights for all" and still get a domain to do with a lighting shop. However, you can NOT get a .com.au without an ABN at all. "pandama" <panamadomains(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:lJFdn.7569$pv.25(a)news-server.bigpond.net.au... > About 15 years ago when I first got a domain name, you had to submit > information about your business before you could get approval of a com.au > domain name (as I remember). However, now anybody can get com.au domain > names even though though are not entitled to it. > For example if you had a company Beauty Industries Pty Ltd you would have > been able to get beautyindustries.com.au and Melbourne IT would have not > allowed anyone else to get that domain unless they proved they had a > legitimate reason for getting it. But now it seems anybody could get that > domain name by just buying it online in 20 seconds flat. >
From: Pete on 17 Feb 2010 19:35 Hugh Jeego wrote: > However, you can NOT get a .com.au without an ABN at all. I thought you could get one if you were the registered owner of a trademark, and it doesn't appear that you need an ABN to register a trademark. Peter
From: Hugh Jeego on 3 Mar 2010 06:41
"Pete" <pjetson(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4B7C8B63.7020405(a)yahoo.com... > Hugh Jeego wrote: > >> However, you can NOT get a .com.au without an ABN at all. > > I thought you could get one if you were the registered owner of a > trademark, and it doesn't appear that you need an ABN to register a > trademark. > > Peter You *NEED* an ABN for a .com.au and if you don't have one specifically referring to the business within the name of the company, you cant get a ..com.au domain. Simple as that. |