.AU Domains Now Available through OpenSRS plus 1 more

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.AU Domains Now Available through OpenSRS Posted: 24 Sep 2010 06:11 AM PDT As of today, you can add .au domains to the ever-growing list of ccTLDs available through OpenSRS. We thought about doing a typical blog post full of Australian references to things we think go on "Down Under" – like putting another shrimp on the barbie, Paul Hogan (aka Crocodile Dundee), lots of happy kangaroos and koala bears, a big can of Fosters and a warning about some common toad that can kill a grown man with it's skin. But, of course, we didn't want to risk offending our Australian friends. As igloo-dwelling, beer drinking, Canadians protected by red-suited Mounties on horseback who say "eh" and apologize constantly, we'll instead just point out that Australia is a large country with a well-connected population of about 22.5 million people. With more than 8 million Australians online and a total of 1,676,068 .au domains registered (as of March 2010), you can see there is still plenty of opportunity. There are a few things you should research before you start selling .au domains. Consult the documentation and domains policies page to ensure that you are up-to-speed on the various policies and regulations around who can buy which of the different extensions. You should also visit our .au marketing page to learn more about the various .au second-level domains and other information to help you position and sell .au to your customers. .au domains are $20USD for a two-year registration through OpenSRS and you'll be enabled to sell them automatically in your Reseller Account. Those using OpenSRS Storefront are also able to sell .au domains as of today. If you use Storefront, .au has automatically been enabled at a selling price of $23USD for a two-year registration. Of course, you are free to enable or disable .au domains and set your own pricing. G'day!

CIRA 2010 Symposium and AGM Posted: 24 Sep 2010 04:15 AM PDT The Canadian Internet Registry Authority (CIRA), the governing body that maintains the dotCA domain registry held its annual general meeting and Symposium in Toronto this week. CIRA’s President, Byron Holland described the relentless change on the Internet, year after year and the impossibility to predict that change. CIRA operates in a 100% uptime environment and has to be able to adapt and work in that kind of environment. A lot of changes have happened with the Registry over the past ten years and Byron committed his team will continue to make changes to improve the professionalism and operations of the Registry to ensure CIRA can adapt to the future needs of the Internet for Canadians. In addition to panelist John Demco sharing a brief history about the Canadian Internet and a history of DNS from its original author, Paul Vixie, keynotes were delivered by marketing and branding experts, Terry O’Reilly and Mitch Joel, Mitch and Terry delivered some great insight about the changing landscape of Internet marketing: Terry talked about the importance about telling your story and the value of Canadian companies embracing a dotCA domain name. There’s a reason travelers sew the Canadian flag on their backpack– people like dealing with Canadians. The same can be true for businesses operating online in Canada. Mitch, author of the best selling book, Six Pixels of Separation delivered on his promise of some crazy statistics which showed that clicks to banner ads have dropped more than 50% in the past year and grandparents than high school students are on Facebook. The event was webcast and we’ll share the link once the archives are online. To learn more visit the CIRA Annual Report 2010 home page. On a related note, the CIRA Board of Director election is also underway, so if you’re a dotCA member, we encourage you to review the candidates and participate in a process that can help shape the future of the dotCA.

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