[plug] [OT] domain name registration

[Onno Benschop]

On Wed, 2004-01-28 at 18:11, Russ Powers wrote:
> Sad fact is most people just type your name with .com on the end. So you 
>   it's usually a good idea to get the .com and .com.au if you can.

That fact is not true and poor advice to boot.

Let me provide an analogy:
        Start a business, register a phone number, wait for the phone to
        ring.

This is a sure fire way to go out of business. Instead you advertise
your services appropriately. With domain names the same is true.


> > IMHO, either you're a company or you're not, 
> 
> Well, yeah, it is a company. But what's the difference if you're a 
> company, a charity, a non profit org, or an individual. The internet is 
> international.

Your examples of different bodies is covered here:
	<http://www.auda.org.au/register/>

Using that list:
	company		.com.au
	charity		.asn.au or .org.au (depending on registration)
	non-profit	.org.au
	individual	.id.au


> If you want to get seen it's slightly easier with .com.

That is absolute and utter rubbish.


> > either you're Australian or
> > you're not, etc.
> 
> Well, actually, in this case I'm both, US and Australian citizen. 

Irrelevant, except if you wish to register a .id.au.


> And we have companies registered in both countries.

If those companies have the same name in both countries, then - and only
then - should you register both domains.


> What about companies that do business all over the world?

I do business all over the world. I am registered as .com.au.

If you are talking about a company like Microsoft, then, yes, they can
register all over the world - as long as the company is registered in
the country of the domain.


Onno Benschop 

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