Drops Today - August 2016
- Thread starter Cal
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DomainNames
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http://www.netfleet.com.au/research/
budgetinsurance.com.au $11,013 Netfleet's drop auction
budgetcarinsurance.com.au $5,500 Netfleet's drop auction
Good names. Great money for Netfleet!
budgetinsurance.com.au $11,013 Netfleet's drop auction
budgetcarinsurance.com.au $5,500 Netfleet's drop auction
Good names. Great money for Netfleet!
Shane
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Big money for those two, but potentially risky given the existence of Budget Direct. I actually expected to see their name when I did the whois search...
Bacon Farmer
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The new owner does work for them.
DomainNames
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Budget Insurance is a generic term. Two generic words. Budget Direct does not have any automatic rights to such a generic term or generic domain name.
Type in "+budget+insurance" into google.
chris
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Ditto, must be a record...
Shane
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Righto. Makes a lot more sense.
Scott7
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They were registered by a company involved in real estate software and website design.
neddy
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I did a quick analysis of the drops today on Domainer.
There were 1674 domains dropping - and having just checked, only 32 were bid on at Netfleet. Lots of dough down the gurgler.
With only just over 3,039,000 .au domains in existence as at July 2016 (according to AusRegistry) – and over 1000 domains on average expiring each and every day – do we really need to "grow" the market with the introduction of “direct registrations”?
Who benefits?
There were 1674 domains dropping - and having just checked, only 32 were bid on at Netfleet. Lots of dough down the gurgler.
With only just over 3,039,000 .au domains in existence as at July 2016 (according to AusRegistry) – and over 1000 domains on average expiring each and every day – do we really need to "grow" the market with the introduction of “direct registrations”?
Who benefits?
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Bacon Farmer
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Foreign corporations who own local registries.
neddy
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Couldn't think of a more appropriate registrant!Neddy.com.au nabbed by Neddy.
Nice one Ned
DomainNames
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Actually it should never been allowed as a trademark... another typical mistake from trademark approvers much like the "Ugg Boots" and Colour "Purple" trademark farces etc.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxing_kangaroo
History
The idea of a boxing kangaroo originates from the animal's defensive behavior, in which it will use its smaller forelegs (its "arms") to hold an attacker in place while using the claws on its larger hind legs to try to kick, slash or disembowel them. This stance gives the impression that the kangaroo appears to be "boxing" with its attacker.
The image of the boxing kangaroo has been known since at least 1891, when a cartoon titled "Jack, the fighting Kangaroo with Professor Lendermann" appeared in the magazine Melbourne Punch.[2][3] In the late 19th century, outback travelling shows featured kangaroos wearing boxing gloves fighting against men.[4] Das Boxende Känguruh, an 1895 German silent film directed by Max Skladanowsky, and an English silent film produced by Birt Acres in 1896 also both featured kangaroos boxing against men, while the American animated shorts The Boxing Kangaroo (1920), Mickey's Kangaroo (1935) and Pop 'Im Pop! (1949) helped establish the concept of a boxing kangaroo as a popular culture cliché.[citation needed]. The 1978 Hollywood movie Matilda, which starred Elliott Gould and Robert Mitchum, featured a boxing kangaroo that was exploited for prize fighting.
During World War II boxing kangaroos were stencilled on Australian fighter aircraft of No. 21 Squadron RAAF based in Singapore and Malaya to differentiate their aircraft from British planes.[citation needed] The practice soon spread to other units, as well as onto ships in the Royal Australian Navy.[citation needed]
In 1983 the boxing kangaroo received national and international prominence when it served as the symbol for the successful Australian challenge for the America's Cup, where the boxing kangaroo flag, a red-gloved golden kangaroo on a green background, was flown from the yacht Australia II. Alan Bond (owner of the Australia II yacht) owned the image and licensed it for mass production. The image was later bought by the Australian Olympic Committee, and is used as a mascot to represent the Australian Olympic team and to promote sport and fair play in schools.[5][6]
