I can echo Bennett's comments. There are multiple dodgy applications coming
through. In some cases you can deduce that they are bouncing between
registrars to see if anyone will register the name.

The other challenge is that with the free email forwarding, the cost of
setup and hosting of their free email may outweigh the benefit of the actual
conversion of paying registrants in 6 months times.

The main reason to continue with the promotion is simply to get more people
using the .au namespace and have .id.au as an accepted 2ld through general
email use and exposure.

The ultimate aim is to increase value of .au in the minds of businesses and
the general community. The less emails that come from hotmail, yahoo and ISP
addresses, the greater the power of .au and the greater ownership the
community has of it.

The trial will end at some point as it is not necessarily sustainable in the
short term, however it has long term benefits the .au space. 

Cheers

Marty


-----Original Message-----
From: Bennett Oprysa [mailto:bennett§enetica.com.au] 
Sent: Monday, 22 December 2003 11:35 AM
To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
Subject: Re: [DNS] .id.au

There is no limit per registrar. Enetica stopped participating about 1 month
ago for the exact reasons you listed.

Towards the end about the only applications we had were from obviously dodgy
people trying to register suspect looking domains, often from overseas, or
from people applying for 20 or 30 domains each.

Our resellers still get discounted id.au domains, but no more free retail
ones.

Bennett.


Sean Finn wrote:

> I have noticed that there are only 10 Registrars now participating in 
> this promotion?
> 
>>From that last link:
> 
>  Domain Directors Pty Ltd
>  Domain Name Registrar (Australia) Pty Ltd (trading as Domain 
> Registration
> Services)
>  NetRegistry Pty Ltd
>  TPP Domains Pty Ltd (trading as TPP Internet)  Explorer Domains Pty 
> Ltd  Australian Style Pty Ltd (trading as Bottle Domains)  JustNet Pty 
> Ltd  Domain Candy Pty Ltd  Wobygong Pty Ltd
> 
> Did the other registrars pull out as it was consuming too many 
> resources with too little immediate returns ?
> Or does each registrar get an allocation of freebies, and the others 
> have run out?
> 
> I went to Enetica to register one for Christmass for someone, and 
> found they were no longer freebies -grin-
> 
> Cheers,
> -Sean.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marty Drill - Domain Candy [mailto:marty§domaincandy.com.au]
> Sent: Saturday, December 20, 2003 6:07 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: RE: [DNS] .id.au
> 
> 
> Hey Sean
> 
> It is still going. It is up to AusRegistry to indicate when the 50,000 
> free names level has been reached or the promo has run its course. 
> AusReg will review the continuation of the promo on a monthly basis,
> 
> Link to promo below
> 
> http://www.mywebname.com.au/IE/freetrial.php?r=home
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Marty
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Finn [mailto:sean.finn§ozservers.com.au]
> Sent: Saturday, 20 December 2003 6:59 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: [DNS] .id.au
> 
> Hi All.
> 
> When did the .id.au promotion finish?
> 
> Cheers,
> Sean.
> 
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