[DNS] Domain dispute heats up

[DNS] Domain dispute heats up

From: Ron Stark <ronstark§snapsite.com.au>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 21:54:48 +1000
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&#167;dotau.org 
: [mailto:dns-bounces+ronstark=snapsite.com.au&#167;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&#167;dotau.org
: [mailto:dns-bounces+larry.bloch=netregistry.com.au&#167;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&#167;dotau.org
: : [mailto:dns-bounces+ronstark=snapsite.com.au&#167;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&#167;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
: : 
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