Data Glasses
Top Contributor
Can we see an example please
The rising popularity of .Com in Australia
- Thread starter snoopy
- Start date
snoopy
Top Contributor
Advice promoted by Victorian Government on naming. Note article only talks about availability of .com. Doesn’t even mention .com.au.
Times are a changing....
https://hub.business.vic.gov.au/marketing/how-a-professional-business-namer-comes-up-with-ideas/
Times are a changing....
https://hub.business.vic.gov.au/marketing/how-a-professional-business-namer-comes-up-with-ideas/
chris
Top Contributor
I reckon they're just referring to "domains" rather than recommending .com, .com.au is a must for Aussie businesses. I don't think the average person in the street sees .com.au any different than they have in the past.
Good article though
snoopy
Top Contributor
I reckon they're just referring to "domains" rather than recommending .com, .com.au is a must for Aussie businesses. I don't think the average person in the street sees .com.au any different than they have in the past.
Good article though
I think the author is suggesting that for a startup .com is what they would use,
.com.au is no longer "a must" for Aussie business, many use .com and that is perfect for export sales/international expansion as well. It would be good to have both but .com.au is no longer essential because Australians are so used to .com sites, they use them far more than .com.au sites.
chris
Top Contributor
I agree, for expansion etc .com is ideal - or even just for protection, but agree to disagree that .com.au is no longer essential.
Even though Australians are used to going to .com's, com.au is still very trusted and often the default choice for many local businesses.
Do you mean as users, or using for their businesses URLs?
snoopy
Top Contributor
I mean the websites people Australian's use every day, it is mostly .com's and that % is gradually going higher over time (see the first post of this thread). That growth is driven by overseas sites, local sites switching to .com and local sites now starting on .com.
Data Glasses
Top Contributor
I was surprised to see on Channel Ten News ...... adopt a dog (on Friday's) web = DogsHome/Com
snoopy
Top Contributor
Somewhat unusual for a charity to use .com.
Still I remember about 20 years ago working in a non profit org. They were needing to register a domain and the IT person's advice was "Really we should have a .org.au domain". The boss's response was "I would like this website to actually get found though" and she told them to register a .com.
This was before Google was popular and she was talking about how ridiculous it we be to tell someone the address ends in .org.au.
Data Glasses
Top Contributor
Created in 2000 according to Dynadot, funny to see that Dynadot has a "make an offer" link, Guessing the Lost Dogs Home are unaware of this.
Data Glasses
Top Contributor
"wow 66 new gtld's have self terminated! .... http://domainincite.com/24727-bumpe...ampaign=Feed:+DomainIncite+(DomainIncite.com)"
snoopy
Top Contributor
Big business knows these extensions are duds.
snoopy
Top Contributor
Explosion of .com news today with Australian companies buying July.com (price undisclosed) after upgrading from getjuly.com, and another Australian company buying cospaces.com for $34,000.
(for July the the .com.au sites with a for sale page)
https://july.com
https://domainnamewire.com/2019/09/18/a-bumper-crop-of-end-user-domain-sales-at-uniregistry/
No longer the case that Australian companies "need" a .com.au.
(for July the the .com.au sites with a for sale page)
https://july.com
https://domainnamewire.com/2019/09/18/a-bumper-crop-of-end-user-domain-sales-at-uniregistry/
No longer the case that Australian companies "need" a .com.au.
eBranding.com.au
Top Contributor
Thanks for sharing this info. I try to keep an eye on domain transactions in the coworking industry and hadn't seen this.
helloworld
Top Contributor
I have started a new business recently. I have not bothered with the .com.au
I did aquire the .com as a hand reg and a variable from a landing page approx $1300 AUD
I did aquire the .com as a hand reg and a variable from a landing page approx $1300 AUD
johno69
Top Contributor
What does this mean?
Data Glasses
Top Contributor
I would guess they purchased a similar .com domain for $999 (u.s)
helloworld
Top Contributor
This guess is correct. You move on to next round.
Q: which profession does not need SEO. Hint they are in Dubbo
Data Glasses
Top Contributor
I refuse to answer on the grounds that I have a .........toothache
snoopy
Top Contributor
The new face of retailing in Australia.
Was just at Doncaster shopping town and couldn't help but notice how many retailers are now advertising domains ending in .com. I think for some it is about shortness and memorability but I'd also say a big chunk of it is also for international expansion. I think many are opening small numbers of locations in other countries like NZ or Hong Kong and just using .com simplifies things greatly.
Was just at Doncaster shopping town and couldn't help but notice how many retailers are now advertising domains ending in .com. I think for some it is about shortness and memorability but I'd also say a big chunk of it is also for international expansion. I think many are opening small numbers of locations in other countries like NZ or Hong Kong and just using .com simplifies things greatly.
snoopy
Top Contributor
News today that July has been getting considerable attention in Australia and just raised $10.5million, it seems only online and through its own stores.
(also another story on front pay of the AFR but behind a paywall)
https://www.insideretail.com.au/news/strandbags-owner-invests-8-million-in-luggage-startup-201910
Community sponsors
