Howdy,

I am a very curious about how the whole sale pricing works. Based on
http://whatsinaname.com.au/, I have observed there is AusReg fees/auDA
fees at the bottom of the chart.

Would anyone be able to confirm if the Ausregistry Fee payable by .au
registrars is GST inclusive? (or attracts GST)

If so, are Namescout exempt from paying the GST on this fee because
they're an "overseas" company?

I am under the assumption that Namescout can trade more competitively
because they may be exempt from GST on .au purchases to Ausregistry, and
they also do not need to include GST for domain name registration sales.

I may be incorrect in assuming this, however can someone please confirm
or deny this assumption?

Regards,

Phill



-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Finn [mailto:sean.finn§ozservers.com.au] 
Sent: Saturday, 15 May 2004 3:03 PM
To: dns§dotau.org
Subject: RE: [DNS] Cat got your tongue Chris?

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Im not saying that a select few arent getting rich, but what i AM saying
is
that the current pricing is just-about-right.

As for the Namescout issue, im not aware of whats going on there, been
too
flat out actually doing business, however it would also seem fair that
it
should be looked at, and if some sort of original deal was struck back
in
the good old days, 2 years ago is an eternity in I.T.

Chris, if this is the case, then it might be beneficial to shake up
NameScout a bit to pull their finger out and get on-par with everyone
else
by end of july or there abouts.

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