AusRegistry was co-founded in 2001. Since then its had substantial growth:
- 1 million .au names in November 2007
- 1 million .com.au names in June 2008
- Currently 1.25+ million .au names
- Average 25% annual growth
Adrian talked a LOT (in fact too much) 
about AusRegistry, explained some auDA policy around domain name monetization. For example, you can acquire a name if your primary business is to monetize. While there is no formal policy on domain tasting, there is a 3 day grace period.
Here is an interest graph of growth in the sector:
Personal comment: Given the low CPC rates and the population, I’d still question the viability of this space.
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Tags: Adrian Kinderis, auda, AusRegistry, gnso, icann
November 18th, 2008 at 1:27 am
In Austraila, are more people using dot com or (.au and .com.au)?
What about locally…which is used more… dot com or (.au and .com.au)?
Never been to Austraila…looking to go there early next year.
November 18th, 2008 at 2:14 am
I would think more and more peope use .au & .com.au - Its similar in the UK most people use the .co.uk
Regards,
Robbie
Founder
RegFeeNames.com
November 19th, 2008 at 7:49 am
A point of clarification. This evening an individual pointed out to me that someone could possibly misinterpret a statement I made in the above article relating to the comment “Adrian talked a LOT (in fact too much)”. While I fully stand by that statement, in my opinion Adrian’s speech was quite casual and he appeared to make many jokes throughout it (thus my comment). In order to clarify this position, for those people who were not there, I’ve placed a little smiley face next to the statement.
Blogging a conference live is quite a challenge in itself; often things get “lost in translation”, so I really appreciate the constructive feedback.