Hi Neil Many thanks for this information. I also found another site which was very helpful about domains etc. http://www.igoldrush.com Regards Peter On 19/01/2010, at 12:19 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
> > Hi Peter, > > I recently purchased a .org.au domain from Netregistry > <http://www.netregistry.com.au/> > It all went very well and everything seems to work as it should. > > They had a special at the time - so it cost me all of $8.25 for two years > registration - though come renewal time it will be back to their normal rate > (currently $13.75 for 2 years). > > I notice that, at present, they still seem to have their specials on - it > presents itself as a special, Web only 40% discount for the next 2 hours - > with a timer counting down the 2 hours. > > Note that the $8.25 was only for .org.au domains - other .au domains are > more expensive but the 40% of applies across them all. > > Also, I seem to remember when I purchased this that I was looking at various > other options and the 2 hour special expired - however I had no real problem > making a fresh start and triggering a new "2 hour window" - I can't remember > whether I just used another browser (Safari instead of Firefox) or whether I > stayed in Firefox and just cleared the cache and any Netregistry cookies. > > Also note that there is no requirement to stay with the same registrar - if > down the track you find a registrar who you prefer for whatever reason > (price etc) you can transfer your domain registration from one registrar to > another (just don't let it expire!) - however I believe some registrars make > this easier than others - that is one thing that impressed me about > Netregistry - they seem to give you all the tools to do all this up front > (with some set-ups you might have to "request" to make the transfer) which > lead me to suspect/hope that they rely on you staying with them because of > their service - time will tell. > > Note also that there are various restrictions on .au categories such as > .org.au and .com.au (whereas these restrictions are not applied to general > .com or .org domain names). > > If you are going for a non-Australian (eg .com) domain rather than a .au > domain then you have a much larger choice of registrars and prices - but I > have no particular recommendations - the Whirlpool forums might be a good > place to start, eg: > > <http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=160491> > > WARNING - 15 pages of personal opinions;) > > > HTH > > > Cheers > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > on 18/1/10 10:24 PM, Peter Curtis at [email protected] wrote: > >> >> Hi all >> Having given this due consideration I intend to proceed down this route, can >> you recommend a good domain registrar (in Australia?) Questions arise as to >> how to know if a registrar is reliable or not?. Also and/or point me in the >> direction of some further information for a basic computer user on this >> subject? >> Thanks >> Peter >> On 31/12/2009, at 11:12 AM, Glenn Nicholas wrote: >> > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
