best place for .au domains

[Cider]

Hi All,
Hope this isn't too much of a noob question, but where do you mostly obtain the quality .au domain names, e.g. register fresh ones after going through various names until you score good ones not yet taken? or auctions? or offer owners directly?

Which methods have you used to obtain your best .au domain names?

Thanks
John

 

[Rhythm]

I've hand-regged and bought at auctions most of mine. With the auctions giving me better quality at a more premium price.

 

[Honan]

Hi All,
Hope this isn't too much of a noob question, but where do you mostly obtain the quality .au domain names, e.g. register fresh ones after going through various names until you score good ones not yet taken? or auctions? or offer owners directly?

Which methods have you used to obtain your best .au domain names?

Thanks
John

The choices are for .au are
Expired name auctions at drop.com.au and netfleet.com.au
Aftermarket auctions at netfleet
For sale by offer of target price at Netfleet.com.au
For sale by offer or fixed price in this forum and other forums For sale by offer or fixed price at listing places like sedo.com, namedrive.com
For sale lists at places like fabulousnames.com or me me me me me me , I mean my site. Sorry for the plug www.joes.com.au
For sale links on the web site of a domain
Approaching registrants directly
Registering new names for between $20 and $99 depending what registrar you use

Most noobies choose to register new names and then try and sell for exhorbitant amounts 6 months later because they think they have found a name unregistered that everyone else has missed
In the industry, they are known as the deluded

You understand the 6 month rule yeah?

Nobody can decide for you what path to take and of course the rules prevent you from registering a name for the sole purpose of selling

My own advice
Free is advice is usually worth what you paid for it

Buy the name you want, for a price that you can afford.
Develop it immediately

Take your time choosing

 

[shags38]

Most noobies choose to register new names and then try and sell for exhorbitant amounts 6 months later because they think they have found a name unregistered that everyone else has missed
In the industry, they are known as the deluded

I am the Chief Deluded - I am the most deluded to have passed through these doors, 2,268 times deluded - Take Joes advice

 

[Cider]

Thanks for the replies, sorts the puzzle out a bit more for me.

I have done the old typing in what I could find available new to register, and was thinking to myself that I'd end up registering 100's of names that I'd later find to be worthless.

So thought I best learn ALOT more before I start.

No Honan I wasn't aware of the 6 month rule? Do you have to hold for 6 mth before you can sell?

Also I don't fully understand the expired domain auctions? Why are they auctioned and not just returned to the pool so to speak, so people can just register them, as with new registrations?

Thanks again
John.

 

[Data Glasses]

names will return to the pool if not picked up when dropping , yes you must wait six months before selling a name

catching dropped names is one way of acquiring quality names that some foolish person has let expire , recent examples would be electricity/com/au + creditcard/net/au

 

[Cider]

Hi Spacey,
Thanks for the reply. I do understand if not picked up on dropping they are returned. But guess my question is the how, when, what and why of the dropping auctions lol.
Like if people are biding who are they bidding them off? Who gets the winning bidders money? and why do such companies have the rights to Auction them? Is it the auda themselves?

Thanks
John.

 

[davids]

With dropping technically they have been returned to the pool, but the dropping services exist to pick up ones that have been returned to the pool within milliseconds/seconds of their return.

The service who is trying to pick up that dropped/expired domain gets the winning bidders money. I'm fairly certain and domain registrar or anyone with an agreement with one is able to provide a drop catch service as they have the most direct connections to try and register quicker.

 

[Cider]

thanks Davids, so when you're bidding on one you're bidding across dropping service providers?

 

[davids]

All of the platforms compete, so you're just bidding on that one platform. If you're really keen on a domain that's dropping it's best to bid on a couple of the platforms and ensure you have the highest bid on each.

 

[coreyg]

You can also sign up and have the latest expired domain list emailed to you daily
@ D Host :: Expired AU Domains Report http://www.dhost.com.au/expired-domains-report.php

Cheers
Corey

 

[Cider]

thanks for that link mate.

 

[Honan]

The source
http://www.auda.org.au/domains/drop-list/

 

[johno69]

You can also sign up and have the latest expired domain list emailed to you daily
@ D Host :: Expired AU Domains Report http://www.dhost.com.au/expired-domains-report.php

Cheers
Corey

I have found this email kinda pointless tbh. They send you the previous days drops, and an incomplete list at that.

So any half decent names would be gone by then anyway.

the NF or Drop email makes much more sense.