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		SilverRed on Sept 16, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Perils of an .xyz Domain It's kind of a pain to use .com.au because you have to register an ABN and have a company / yourself be directly related to that name. So I can't just come up with any cool domain name I want and create a .com.au for myself without legally registering that name too.

slj on Sept 17, 2021 [–]

There's a little-known .au TLD just for this purpose- .id.au, and I've found it's still quite easy to snag a ${name}.id.au (No ABN required, AFAIK).

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