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As an Australian all I want to say is... just use the .com address. Call the company 'groupon.com' Advertise the .com. It will work!

• sushrutbidwai 16y ago
  I completely agree. I dont think not having com.au domain is that big a bottleneck. I would think that even grouponaustralia.com can work very well. Groupon already is geo targeting based on ip, so should not be that hard for them to get Australian market under way.
• michaelneale 16y ago
  You can even have groupon.com/australia/... For example, when you go to www.apple.com.au it redirects you to www.apple.com/au and no one thinks anything of it. So this is either silly, or it is about more than the domain name, and more about the trademark in use locally.
  • bluelu 16y ago
    Are you allowed to do this if you don't own the trademark on groupon in australia? I don't know!
    • nedwin 16y ago
      No, you wouldn't be able to operate your business under the name Groupon in Australia.
• gstar 16y ago
  Australians are pretty apt to type <business>.com.au - it'd be a risky trading environment when that address belonged to one of your competitors and seemed legitimate.
  • josephcooney 16y ago
    Apt to type .com.au - Really? As a red-blooded Australian I can't recall the last time I typed .com.au. Sometimes I look at it as an indicator for e-commerce purposes, but it doesn't count for much, at least to me.