Chris Disspain, chief executive officer at .au Domain Administration (auDA) said he was delighted with the response.
In total there are more than 3000 names on the list, with 1360 of these applied for so far.
Applications for generic domain names up for auction closes on January 31.
Disspain said after that date each application would need to be reviewed, to assess whether the applicant was eligible. He is anticipating responses to all applicants will be made by the end of February.
The names on the list of those being auctioned were previously classified as generic, and therefore unavailable to businesses. This list doesn't include geographic names, because the prohibition on their use remains in place until auDA has completed a policy review, due for next year.
I Love the irony - the auDA restrict the domain names as "generic" to prevent people buying them and then selling them off to the highest bidder - and now what are they doing? It's auction time!