Domain name seller Netfleet.com.au today said it had sold the SexToys.com.au domain name for $25,550; one of the highest sale prices ever for an Australian domain name.
Tennis Australia has admitted it paid a "hefty fee" to a scalper of the domain name kind in order to obtain the web address it wanted as part of a rebranding campaign.
While Australia never suffered the extreme examples of Internet domain mania seen in the US, it seems many local registrars are still prepared to go to extreme lengths to secure desirable domains.
NetRegistry has called on the Australian domain regulator to change its public consultation processes to get more input from domain name purchasers.
Australia's domain name administrator today called for public comment on the practice of registering large numbers of domain names for the purpose of selling click-through advertising.
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