auDA, the administrator of .au domain names, has launched an auction process for 3006 domain names which were previously classified as generic, and therefore unavailable to businesses.
Stuff.com.au has been contracted to manage the application and auction process for auDA.
auDA CEO Chris Disspain said a market-based allocation system was seen to be the best option to prevent what he described as a landrush, and to make sure there was a fair and equitable outcome.
Closing date for applications is January 31 next year. Applicants are able to check whether a domain name is available at www.stuff.com.au/auda.asp. 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.
Successful applicants will be able to use their domain name once a new domain name policy is introduced by auDA. Disspain was uanble to put a date on when this would be completed, but anticipates it's likely to be by mid 2002. He said it would depend on when the test bed process was completed.
well well Dispane, or shall I say mr Melbourne IT.
This reeks of big brother taking advantage of the very tricks they have tried to prevent from happening. Mr. Melbourne AUDA IT, shame on you. Oh and where may I ask will the profits of this laughable lotto go toward. It looks like you've been watching the .info .biz lotto process. And we all know what happened to Melbourne it and the courts re that lotto. Have a nice day Mr. dispane or is it Mr. dispense?