Adrian Kinderis, MD of AusRegistry – Live from Traffic DownUnder 2008
November 18, 3 CommentsAusRegistry 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.
