You *really* want to pay C$140 for a 2 year .com.au or would you prefer to pay C1/3 (even allowing for US$/A$ conversion) of that for a 3 year (or up to 10 year) .com domain
If you want to hold off for a short while the prices should plummet for .com.au when competition kicks in. As for the business name - well the business name (or your company name, or your personal name) has to contain the letters, in the same order, as the domain name. There was an interesting one the other day where a strong domain name was derived by selecting characters in sequence from a totally unrelated business name. I cannot remember the detail, but it was quite cunning. On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Matt - wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have recently been interested in registering > a domain name for myself. I am guessing that > this SLUG list has a pretty large group of people > who know the ins and outs of domain registration > so I was hoping I could get some experienced > information. > > Firstly, I want it to be a .com.au domain name. > Does this mean I HAVE TO register a business > name with the words I want in my domain name ? > > So if I want to register joespizza.com.au I > need to own a business name "Joes Pizza Pty Ltd" ? > > Is this the only way to do it ? > > Secondly, where should I go to do this at the > best price ? Can you guys please distinguish > the difference between NetRegistry.com.au, > MelbourneIT.com.au and inww.com ? Who should > I go to, are the prices fixed ? > > Thirdly, how long does the process take ? > > Thanks very much guys, any extra advice will > appreciated. I'm sure some of you know some > tricks that will speed up the process and/or > make it easier. > > Thanks again ! :) > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
