CarInsurance.net.au, HomeInsurance.net.au etc

[AnthonyP]

Made me grin to see .net.au making it into the top 10 sales at dnjournal this week.

http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

 

[DavidL]

Nice to see 3 .au's in the top 5 ccTLDs too

 

[snoopy]

Made me grin to see .net.au making it into the top 10 sales at dnjournal this week.

http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

I get the same kind of feeling when I see a .cc in the list.

 

[DavidL]

You probably could have hand registered it when you start domaining snoopy!

 

[snoopy]

You probably could have hand registered it when you start domaining snoopy!

No idea when it was registered, but the owner won't be eating caviar tonight. They've made a loss which the the case for most of the "better" .com.au sales.

 

[helloworld]

.com amd .com.au names have and always will be valued and better respected than a .net or .net.au etc

For example the samsung phones now come with a ".com" button , not a .net , .org. , .whatever hot button

The safest place to invest money and build a brand is to pay more and get the .com.au or .com This is domain names 101.

many companies that own the .com.au or .com don't even waste the money getting the .net version... maybe they should but in reality the .com.au and .com name commands far greater market and customer respect

Rankings on a seach engine also does not gaurantee more people click through to that site. Personally I would click carinsurance.com.au homeinsurance.com.au houseinsurance.com.au boatinsuarance.com.au petinsurance.com.au and probably not even click .net.au if they outrated the .com.au ( which normally is paid for or just good seo ) . chances are people also still do type in the generic word and .com or .com.au on it also. I dont know anyone who would "type in" .net .net.au etc to the address bar

The efforts to make the .net prefix compete against the .com version will always be far greater money and time wise, also its near impossible to change public world perception. The world talks .com and .com.au or .co.uk or .co.nz etc etc

Would you visit these or the .com & .com.au versions first ? Godaddy.net anz.net seek.net.au carsales.net.au realestate.net.au domain.net.au facebook.net ebay.net yahoo.net amazon.net news.net.au paypal.net smh.net.au westpac.net.au etc apple.net

I don't entirely agree with this.

While I have recently migrated to .com.au from .net on my hosting website. I believe majority of our overseas clients signed up because were were a .net which in the states is (or at least was) the predominant web hosting extension.

I also find the most common mistake users find is still the .au extension.

 

[snoopy]

Godaddy.net anz.net seek.net.au carsales.net.au realestate.net.au domain.net.au facebook.net ebay.net yahoo.net amazon.net news.net.au paypal.net smh.net.au westpac.net.au etc apple.net

I'm feeling mildly ill just looking at that list.

 

[AnthonyP]

I'm feeling mildly ill just looking at that list.

Maybe you ate too much caviar last night.

 

[Rhythm]

CompareCarInsurance.net.au on netfleet (accidentally) listed at no reserve. :/

http://bit.ly/10Hfc7f