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#133392 21-Oct-2013 09:18

Recently registered a .com.au , Godaddy has requested that i supply them with an ARBN number?
Do i need a company in Australia to register a .com.au to protect my brand?

Is this normal? Anyone else experience this?

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#918949 21-Oct-2013 09:20

Correct - theyre quite strict on it - had to register one for a NZ client years ago, the hoops I had to jump through were incredible.....

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#918950 21-Oct-2013 09:20

Yes it does:

http://www.domainregistration.com.au/infocentre/info-center-qd3.php

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#918951 21-Oct-2013 09:22

xpd: Correct - theyre quite strict on it - had to register one for a NZ client years ago, the hoops I had to jump through were incredible.....

What hoops did you have to jump through?
Such rubbish tho, what makes them so special?

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#918955 21-Oct-2013 09:32

BinaryLimited:
xpd: Correct - theyre quite strict on it - had to register one for a NZ client years ago, the hoops I had to jump through were incredible.....

What hoops did you have to jump through?
Such rubbish tho, what makes them so special?

The fact that you want a .com.au makes them special

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#918958 21-Oct-2013 09:34

BinaryLimited:
xpd: Correct - theyre quite strict on it - had to register one for a NZ client years ago, the hoops I had to jump through were incredible.....

What hoops did you have to jump through?
Such rubbish tho, what makes them so special?

It's to prevent cybersquatting, Cyber "terrorism", malware spreading etc etc and yes it's very annoying.

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#918959 21-Oct-2013 09:36

Klipspringer:
BinaryLimited:
xpd: Correct - theyre quite strict on it - had to register one for a NZ client years ago, the hoops I had to jump through were incredible.....

What hoops did you have to jump through?
Such rubbish tho, what makes them so special?

The fact that you want a .com.au makes them special

not cared about them....protecting my brand.

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#918961 21-Oct-2013 09:37

networkn:
BinaryLimited:
xpd: Correct - theyre quite strict on it - had to register one for a NZ client years ago, the hoops I had to jump through were incredible.....

What hoops did you have to jump through?
Such rubbish tho, what makes them so special?

It's to prevent cybersquatting, Cyber "terrorism", malware spreading etc etc and yes it's very annoying.

funny you say that, getting some very dodgy emails from anz.com? "login to upgrade to our new system"

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#918963 21-Oct-2013 09:38

IIRC I ended up registering the domain under the name of a company rep in AU to save on paperwork or else they wanted more and more info being a NZ company after a AU domain.

They do it to protect AU businesses, which is fair enough to a point.

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#918964 21-Oct-2013 09:41

BinaryLimited:
Klipspringer:
BinaryLimited:
xpd: Correct - theyre quite strict on it - had to register one for a NZ client years ago, the hoops I had to jump through were incredible.....

What hoops did you have to jump through?
Such rubbish tho, what makes them so special?

The fact that you want a .com.au makes them special

not cared about them....protecting my brand.

But you don't have a brand in Australia if you have no business there so nothing really to protect.

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#918965 21-Oct-2013 09:45

Klipspringer:
BinaryLimited:
Klipspringer:
BinaryLimited:
xpd: Correct - theyre quite strict on it - had to register one for a NZ client years ago, the hoops I had to jump through were incredible.....

What hoops did you have to jump through?
Such rubbish tho, what makes them so special?

The fact that you want a .com.au makes them special

not cared about them....protecting my brand.

But you don't have a brand in Australia if you have no business there so nothing really to protect.

Its all in the pipeline.
Basically i cant do business with people from Australia from nz? Still doesn't make sense to me.

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#918967 21-Oct-2013 09:48

xpd: IIRC I ended up registering the domain under the name of a company rep in AU to save on paperwork or else they wanted more and more info being a NZ company after a AU domain.

They do it to protect AU businesses, which is fair enough to a point.

blah who plays fair these days :)
When you say company rep....did you own the company or how does it work?

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#918971 21-Oct-2013 09:52

BinaryLimited:
xpd: Correct - theyre quite strict on it - had to register one for a NZ client years ago, the hoops I had to jump through were incredible.....

What hoops did you have to jump through?
Such rubbish tho, what makes them so special?

They aren't the only ccTLD that requires local presence - in fact many ccTLDs require it. Try and register a .bm, or a .aq, or a .cm, or a .eu, or a .fr, etc without a local presence. It's not them being "so special" at all.

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#918973 21-Oct-2013 09:58

Kyanar:
BinaryLimited:
xpd: Correct - theyre quite strict on it - had to register one for a NZ client years ago, the hoops I had to jump through were incredible.....

What hoops did you have to jump through?
Such rubbish tho, what makes them so special?

They aren't the only ccTLD that requires local presence - in fact many ccTLDs require it. Try and register a .bm, or a .aq, or a .cm, or a .eu, or a .fr, etc without a local presence. It's not them being "so special" at all.

o ok, thought it was just them.
annoying but going to have to make it work.

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#918975 21-Oct-2013 10:00

BinaryLimited:
xpd: IIRC I ended up registering the domain under the name of a company rep in AU to save on paperwork or else they wanted more and more info being a NZ company after a AU domain.

They do it to protect AU businesses, which is fair enough to a point.

blah who plays fair these days :)
When you say company rep....did you own the company or how does it work?

Was a clients company - was years ago tho so my memory might be a little fuzzy... but Im pretty sure we just used the sales rep in AU as the "company" there - used his address and details etc to sign up. I cant remember if the company had a registered business in AU or they used the reps personal company. I do remember there was a huge fight when the rep left a months later tho, he "owned" the domain. :)

XPD / Gavin

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#918976 21-Oct-2013 10:01

xpd:
BinaryLimited:
xpd: IIRC I ended up registering the domain under the name of a company rep in AU to save on paperwork or else they wanted more and more info being a NZ company after a AU domain.

They do it to protect AU businesses, which is fair enough to a point.

blah who plays fair these days :)
When you say company rep....did you own the company or how does it work?

Was a clients company - was years ago tho so my memory might be a little fuzzy... but Im pretty sure we just used the sales rep in AU as the "company" there - used his address and details etc to sign up. I cant remember if the company had a registered business in AU or they used the reps personal company. I do remember there was a huge fight when the rep left a months later tho, he "owned" the domain. :)

I do remember there was a huge fight when the rep left a months later tho, he "owned" the domain. ---- yea worried about that....

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