.au healthy despite current economic situation
Melbourne, Victoria - May 27, 2009.
The robust .au domain name industry appears to be defying the current difficult economic conditions.
Adrian Kinderis, CEO of AusRegistry, the Registry operator and wholesale provider for all commercial and non-commercial .au domain names today said "despite the difficult economic conditions both locally and internationally, the .au domain name industry continues to produce solid growth and retention figures."
With over 1.4 million active .au domains currently registered, .au is one of the most widely used country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) around the world and according to Kinderis, "this is due to the fact that the local market remains very patriotic towards .au and having a .au domain has become part of the fabric of doing business in Australia. This loyalty delivers the .au industry extremely high levels of trust in the .au brand which is demonstrated in consistently high renewal rates for .au domain names".
The number of .au domains has been steadily building with a 22% increase over the last 12 months and a very healthy 26% average increase per annum over the last 5 years.
Kinderis went on to say, "the combination of strong levels of new registrations and renewals as well as a recent increase in interest from overseas organisations to sell .au domains are strong indicators of a healthy .au market into the foreseeable future. We look forward to continuing our delivery of a world class Registry System that all Australians can be proud of."
About AusRegistry
AusRegistry is located in Melbourne, Australia and is the current Registry Operator and wholesale provider for all commercial domain names including .com.au and .net.au and non-commercial domain names, .gov.au and .edu.au.
AusRegistry was first awarded the .au tender in 2002 and holds an exclusive Registry Licence Agreement with the regulatory body, .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA). This license was recently extended by auDA for AusRegistry to provide Registry Services until 2014 due to the ongoing superior technical and administrative management of the namespace.
Media Contact:
Chris Shaw
Communications Manager
AusRegistry Pty Ltd
Ph: +61 3 9866 3710
Fax: +61 3 9866 1970
Email: chris.shaw@ausregistry.com.au
Web: www.ausregistry.com.au
