27/09/2015
Please help to urgently stop this ridiculous money grab by big business to add an additional category.
Domains ending in .au
I have just received this e-mail from my domain registrar, and see that we only have until 30th Sep to vote on this.
That means we will have domains ending in the normal .com.au as well as this new .au
Can you imagine what chaos this will cause? this means mean that all business will now have to try and register their business names with the new .au domain.
How will we search for domains in future? Will it be .com.au as always or this stupid idea .au?
The only people who will gain from this stupid idea, are the domain registration companies.
Please help small business from being trampled once again by big business and get this stupid idea thrown out.
You can sign our Petition at http://trulyaustralian.com.au
Click Here for Petition
Customer Communication
You may have seen discussions recently regarding the proposal by auDA (.au Domain Administration) to simplify the Australian domain space by allowing businesses to register domain names directly in the second level, for example as companyname.au instead of companyname.com.au.
The introduction of direct .au registrations would have a number of benefits for Australian businesses, including:
• The option of a shorter domain name which is easier for customers to remember
• Reducing the risk of misdirected traffic through customers misremembering addresses, for example typing .net.au instead of .com.au
• Providing shorter addresses without sacrificing the visibility and trust associated with an .au domain
When second-level registrations have been opened up overseas, for example .uk and .nz, it has been remarkably successful. This strongly suggests that .au would be similarly popular.
If you support giving businesses the option of registering domains directly under .au, please cast your vote in favour of the proposal — simply click YES for all questions.
Voting closes on Wednesday, 30th September.
Kind regards,
Melbourne IT Support Team
This is an email I received yesterday. You may have seen discussions recently regarding the proposal by auDA (.au Domain Administration) to simplify the Australian domain space by allowing businesses to register domain names directly in the second level, for example as companyname.au instead of comp…