Re: Domain name registration question

[Lara]

Toby Oldham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Nah, doesn't seem to. Melbourne IT seems to be a large, established 
> company ... but I don't understand how/why they can charge as they do.
> Weird.

After the panix.com disaster, I'm astonished anyone does business with
MelbourneIT at all.

Lara

Re: Domain name registration question

[Wez]

Chuck in my 2c

I had a very cheap domain registrar in Australia (was $15 or there 
abouts for a couple years i think)


They ended up going under and screwing me over rather well. After a 
lot of trouble i ended up getting the domain again off the provider 
they sold all their domains too and i've had way better service with 
them. (boy that was painful though to start)


I think cheapest prices are down to sub $10US if you look on the web 
(not .au of course as they are way dearer)


So couple things to note.

Do you need a .au? if that's what you are after
Can you afford to lose that domain name if it all goes really wrong?

And i think what you are paying for is the quality of service. A good 
server where you can change domain details readily is critical. 
Automated systems work fine for me.


WEZ!

probably go with recommendations i think as a best starting point

Re: Domain name registration question

[Toby Oldham]

Excellent - thanks for all the feedback guys. :)

Tobes.



On 02/02/2005, at 1:24 PM, Phillip McGree wrote:


There's no difference.  Nothing.  Zip.  Nada.

It's just a matter of profit markups, I think that for each .au domain  
name, the registrar pays $45-50 to the Australian Domain Authority (ie  
AuDA).


Personally, I recommend Bottle Domains... call them on 1300 88 74 74  
or check out http://www.bottledomains.com.au ... tell them what price  
you saw the domain name at, and they'll match it.  Why Bottle? Because  
they have a toll free phone number, regular staff (ie it's always the  
same people, and they are sensible), and their web site is by far the  
best when it comes to updating domain name details.  And the bloke  
that owns the company also runs it hands on.  Oh yeah, the owner  
(Nick) is also a Mac bloke, he's got a PowerBook G4 and he's recently  
been buying heaps of Xserves for web hosting.


I've dealt with a bunch of different registrars over the last couple  
of years, and I've found Bottle to be the easiest to deal with so far.


MelbourneIT are a bit like Telstra...  their services aren't anything  
spectacular, but their name recognition lets them get away with  
charging higher prices than others, and many people still go to them  
by default.



Regards,
Phil


Why would I register a domain name with Melbourne IT for $140.00 for  
2 years when Conexim Australia would do it for $79.00? Or Netregistry  
for $55.00?


I can't discern any differences ... would someone enlighten me?

Cheers,
Tobes.



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Re: Domain name registration question

[Phillip McGree]

There's no difference.  Nothing.  Zip.  Nada.

It's just a matter of profit markups, I think that for each .au 
domain name, the registrar pays $45-50 to the Australian Domain 
Authority (ie AuDA).


Personally, I recommend Bottle Domains... call them on 1300 88 74 74 
or check out http://www.bottledomains.com.au ... tell them what price 
you saw the domain name at, and they'll match it.  Why Bottle? 
Because they have a toll free phone number, regular staff (ie it's 
always the same people, and they are sensible), and their web site is 
by far the best when it comes to updating domain name details.  And 
the bloke that owns the company also runs it hands on.  Oh yeah, the 
owner (Nick) is also a Mac bloke, he's got a PowerBook G4 and he's 
recently been buying heaps of Xserves for web hosting.


I've dealt with a bunch of different registrars over the last couple 
of years, and I've found Bottle to be the easiest to deal with so far.


MelbourneIT are a bit like Telstra...  their services aren't anything 
spectacular, but their name recognition lets them get away with 
charging higher prices than others, and many people still go to them 
by default.



Regards,
Phil


Why would I register a domain name with Melbourne IT for $140.00 for 
2 years when Conexim Australia would do it for $79.00? Or 
Netregistry for $55.00?


I can't discern any differences ... would someone enlighten me?

Cheers,
Tobes.



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Re: Domain name registration question

[Greg Sharp]

I was with Melbourne IT when I registered my first domain years ago. Now I
have registered many and am much smarter. I use NetRegistry they provide a
far superior product financially with no loss in quality. Melbourne IT are
just way too dear.


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On 2/2/05 3:32 PM, "Toby Oldham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Why would I register a domain name with Melbourne IT for $140.00 for 2
> years when Conexim Australia would do it for $79.00? Or Netregistry for
> $55.00?
> 
> I can't discern any differences ... would someone enlighten me?

Re: Domain name registration question

[James Devenish]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 01:05:47PM +0800, Toby Oldham wrote:
> Nah, doesn't seem to. Melbourne IT seems to be a large, established 
> company ... but I don't understand how/why they can charge as they do. 
> Weird.

A lot of our clubs who have their own domain names have used very
cheap registrars and have no end of trouble with them. They can't
use the domains to their potential. In contrast, I've not had any
hassles using MelbourneIT, so I imagine that one component of the
price is "customer service". I don't have any opinion on the matter
myself, as all I do these days is renew domains that already work.

Re: Domain name registration question

[Toby Oldham]

Nah, doesn't seem to. Melbourne IT seems to be a large, established 
company ... but I don't understand how/why they can charge as they do. 
Weird.


T.

On 02/02/2005, at 12:41 PM, wyvern wrote:


hey Tobes,

does the Melbourne IT include web space and hosting which the others 
might not?


Yvonne

On Wednesday, February 2, 2005, at 12:32  PM, Toby Oldham wrote:



Why would I register a domain name with Melbourne IT for $140.00 for 
2 years when Conexim Australia would do it for $79.00? Or Netregistry 
for $55.00?


I can't discern any differences ... would someone enlighten me?

Cheers,
Tobes.


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Re: Domain name registration question

[wyvern]

hey Tobes,

does the Melbourne IT include web space and hosting which the others 
might not?


Yvonne

On Wednesday, February 2, 2005, at 12:32  PM, Toby Oldham wrote:



Why would I register a domain name with Melbourne IT for $140.00 for 2 
years when Conexim Australia would do it for $79.00? Or Netregistry 
for $55.00?


I can't discern any differences ... would someone enlighten me?

Cheers,
Tobes.


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Domain name registration question

[Toby Oldham]

Why would I register a domain name with Melbourne IT for $140.00 for 2 
years when Conexim Australia would do it for $79.00? Or Netregistry for 
$55.00?


I can't discern any differences ... would someone enlighten me?

Cheers,
Tobes.