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I've owned chester.id.au for over a decade. AuDA has relatively strict registration rules[0], which I appreciate. To accommodate individuals and families they i

I've owned chester.id.au for over a decade. AuDA has relatively strict registration rules[0], which I appreciate. To accommodate individuals and families they introduced .id.au. Not as great as I'd hoped. I have to spell it carefully on the phone and have it read back to me. Nobody outside Australia has heard of .id.au. Almost nobody inside Australia has heard of it either. I recently saw a .ci domain being hijacked[1]. Not even subtly. Just plain old stolen. So I'd avoid Côte d'Ivoire's TLD for the foreseeable future. [0] https://www.auda.org.au/industry-information/au-domains/ https://www.auda.org.au/industry-information/au-domains/ [1] https://medium.com/concourse-ci/were-switchin-domains-5597dcd0b48b https://medium.com/concourse-ci/were-switchin-domains-5597dc...

rozenmd 9y ago
Can confirm, am Aussie, first I've heard of .id.au.
diggan 9y ago
Funny, just hours ago I was looking at buying a .ci domain and couldn't even find a registrar that offered me to purchase it... Good to know so thanks for posting!
dingaling 9y ago
Spelling in speech is a great point, regardless of TLD. I have what I thought was a simple .org.uk domain, but human ingenuity has found about three ways to pronounce it. And when I started to spell it out I found that even six letters is too much for most people to put in the right order. So to the questioner I'd advise: 1. Don't worry about the TLD too much, but do try to pick one that has a stable price forecast. I'd avoid any that are targeted at specific professions or industries as those tend to have their renewal prices raised 2. Do put a lot of effort into the domain name part. Have friends pronounce it. Spell it to them. If you know English-as-second-languaage speakers, ask their opinion.
- stevekemp 9y ago
  I had a few problems with people not getting the double-suffix on my domain "steve.org.uk", but I think that problem has disappeared over the past few years. Since moving to Finland I checked on steve.fi, on a whim, and saw that it was due to expire in a couple of months, so I registered that when it became available and now prefer it. I have a few org,net,com,io domains, but I'd probably avoid any of the smaller ones - partly due to potential cost-hikes in the future, and partly because some of the smaller TLDs seem less reliable.

rozenmd 9y ago

Can confirm, am Aussie, first I've heard of .id.au.

diggan 9y ago

Funny, just hours ago I was looking at buying a .ci domain and couldn't even find a registrar that offered me to purchase it... Good to know so thanks for posting!

dingaling 9y ago

Spelling in speech is a great point, regardless of TLD. I have what I thought was a simple .org.uk domain, but human ingenuity has found about three ways to pronounce it. And when I started to spell it out I found that even six letters is too much for most people to put in the right order. So to the questioner I'd advise: 1. Don't worry about the TLD too much, but do try to pick one that has a stable price forecast. I'd avoid any that are targeted at specific professions or industries as those tend to have their renewal prices raised 2. Do put a lot of effort into the domain name part. Have friends pronounce it. Spell it to them. If you know English-as-second-languaage speakers, ask their opinion.

stevekemp 9y ago
I had a few problems with people not getting the double-suffix on my domain "steve.org.uk", but I think that problem has disappeared over the past few years. Since moving to Finland I checked on steve.fi, on a whim, and saw that it was due to expire in a couple of months, so I registered that when it became available and now prefer it. I have a few org,net,com,io domains, but I'd probably avoid any of the smaller ones - partly due to potential cost-hikes in the future, and partly because some of the smaller TLDs seem less reliable.