FREEAU
Free Domain Giveaway for 1 year from VentraIP
Domains available are:
com.au.
id.au
org.au
net.au
asn.au
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Free Domain Name for 1 Year (New Customers) @ VentraIP
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toobzy on 27/01/2021 - 18:54 ventraip.com.au (3311 clicks)
Last edited 27/01/2021 - 22:22 by 1 other user
Last edited 27/01/2021 - 22:22 by 1 other user
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Its good to have big dreams.
Interesting that G00GLE.com.au is still available but not free!
I registered a known financial company domain a few years back.
Got contacted by their lawyers
Lawyered myself up and they got me a decent settelment in exchange to resell them the domain@Clear: How to make a fortune using ozbargain lol
Well i remember posting a forum topic about qartaba homes 7 years ago, invested with them and made a nice 7 figure return lol
@Specificagent1: They were initially land developers. Now they have diversified their portfolio to other venues of property development
@easternculture: I think they made a mistake to get lawyer involved in the first place. The lawyer also maybe don't know that there is auDA that they can go to to resolve a domain dispute.
@jpl: Any idea what view they take of domains that are legitimate in name but unused? Could another company with an equal claim to the name argue to take it?
@DingoBlue: If it is unused, anyone can register the domain. However the problem comes in when the owner of the "traditional name" who thinks that they have the right over the name files a complain.
The main argument is, someone who registered that name has actually use it without ill/evil faith. For example if you register mysmh.com.au , and SMH comes after you for using part of their name. The dispute resolution will be, did you use that name with bad intention like using it as a news website with similar content as SMH or you are actually referring to My Small Maple House, a website that talks about how you build your small house.
There are a lot of interesting read on auDA decisions here
It is not available. It is registered to one JAVIER CORDOBA ABN 79087976030.
@bio: Looks like an Ozbargainer likely bought g00gle.com.au - registered yesterday ;) - best of luck to them - will be curious as to what appears there!…
@evanssm2jp: There have been 6 changes on 4 unique name servers over 8 years (https://whois.domaintools.com/g00gle.com.au), so probably registered long ago.
PS: Not sure why my previous comment got downvoted. Domain name ownership is public information. Anyone can go to https://whois.auda.org.au/ to query a name.
Someone actually did register google's domain once a couple of years back.
Except that google and its mis-pells are on auda's restricted list due to the phising risks and potential to impact so many people.
Must be worth at least $100 to them.
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doesnt work code didnt apply
OP should note, this offer is only available to new customers of VentraIP Australia and is limited to one free domain name per account
If you already have an account with VentraIP, this code will not apply.Otherwise if you are eligible and having issues, there is a LiveChat service that can help troubleshoot and get you up and running! (bottom right of the page to start a chat!)
Waiting for Bill Gates to buy compuglobalhypermega.net off me.
VaccinateMyPC.com
Fine, it's not important. What really matters is your title. Make yourself junior vice president.
Hey - Cheers for posting!
Don't forget to make sure you're eligible for a domain first:
https://ventraip.com.au/faq/article/eligibility-criteria-for…If you just want something to play with, honestly just grab a .id.au - you can grab your nickname instead if you prefer, and have it redirect to whatever site you want - and use email forwarders for competitions you don't want endless spam from.
Only eligibility is to be Australian resident/citizen and have the domain be your name exactly/your nickname (will probably need to send through an eTicket/email to Billing/Sales if it's not clear that it is your nickname)Promo cannot be set to any items… a .tech domain
That's correct, FREEAU only applies to domains ending in .au
I have to say I am impressed with VentraIP's hosting.
I compared Crazy Domains, Digital Pacific, Micron21, Cloudways and Ventra. VentraIP had the best uptime, good technical performance (measured using pagespeed insights over a few months) for the price point and the extra's I cared about (SSL cert for example).
I don't have an abn as the site I'm making isn't a business/for profit site. Do I need an abn to make a free domain? And do I need to pay to have an account with you guys?
For a comau, you will need an ABN.
For an idau you won't :)Depending on the nature of the registration - you could also try for asn.au which is covered by special interest groups/sporting clubs.
To get into the nitty gritty of what is and isn't able to be used as eligibility details for your domain name license registration, I do recommend visiting auda.org.au and reviewing the eligibility policy for your desired 2LD type.
Good job Mr. K!
Thank you, Mr. X!
How? Don’t you need ABN that’s associated with name?
yes!
Hi, if I transfer my .com.au from Zuver (expires on 20/02/2021) using this FREEAU code, will it be free for 1 year until 20/02/2022? It says '1 Year - $0.00' in my cart now. Thanks
Hey Lado!
Unfortunately not, this promotion is for registrations only.
.au transfers are free, so the $0 price you will be seeing is just to move the domain name to VentraIP - not to renew on transfer. If you proceed, the domain will still expire on 20/02/2021. You will have the option to renew, but this will come at the standard renewal cost.
Hi, I have not applied any promotion coupon, just transferred my domains. It clearly said in my order: 'Domain Transfer - 1 year', it also clearly said in the description of transfer: 'Includes renewal of the domain name in the cost'. But after my order went through with status 'Completed' I saw outstanding invoices of $14.95 in my account. Not sure what to do now and will be defimitely asking to honor my order as my transfer from Zuver is presumably completed
https://ventraip.com.au/domain-names/register/#domainnamelis…
Then click at the question mark next to 'Transfer'. It clearly says: 'Includes renewal of the domain name in the cost'What are you trying to do here Lado? Scam VentraIP out of 1 year domain rego? The OP clearly stated the promo was for new regos only, yet you still went ahead and transferred thinking you would get it for free. Domain transfers of .com.au domains are free, but you're still up for renewal on 20/02. So you should have just left it with Zuver and saved yourself $4.45 and the hassle.
FYI, Zuver is the budget arm of VentraIP and they are both resellers of Synergy Wholesale. You'd be best to stay with Zuver at $10.50/year (their control panels are basically the same). Even better, register a new domain as a new customer with VentraIP then transfer for free to Zuver. Transfers are almost instant (not the usual 24-48 hours) because they are the same company.
Thanks for your advice, butI don't need any new domain, just want to keep my existing
apple1phone.com.au
Negging due to past issues with both billing practices and business practices of company.
Had a server with another company who was acquired by VentraIP, ~6 months left prepaid on said server. Part of the accusation I was informed prepaid servers would still be honoured following the sale. Their staff were very assuring of all this after I had originally requested a refund for the server upon hearing of the accusation. They had also stated the server would remain on the same hardware and in the same location.
About a month post accusation tracert completely changes (ie appeared server was moved to a new location), VentraIP refused to refund the remaining credit. Was stuck with a server in a less ideal location.
Ended up needing to purchase a second server back in the location I wanted and had it running alongside this one while I moved services across. Didn't get everything across in time and was slapped with a renewal fee of I believe $49.95 for a month when I originally paid I believe $4.95/Mo, though paid for 12 months and thus received a 2 month discount. This increased fee was not communicated until the DAY it was invoiced.
I thankfully had regular archived backups of the data and didn't need to pay the $49.95… was able to move fully to new provider without too much down time.
tl;dr:
Had essentially a bait and switch issue with company and claims made by their reps.
Would not use them for critical services.
Would not link a payment method or setup automatic paymentsWhile it's free, it's great. Make sure to remove your payment method to ensure it stays that way.
Bother VentraIP tries to pull their usually BS of saying I've confused them with another company… Invoice #4942201
Who was the company you were originally with before being acquired (assuming you mean acquisition and not accusation)
I'm guessing NetOrigin, didn't have the same experience here, my balance was still valid.
Acquisition yes, was a typo
I don't recall the name of the company, I can look it up tonight though. Was a small provider in Melbourne
OnACloud was the company
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/onacloud.com.au
I forgot the exact deal I got it on but I was paying literal dollars (100% sure it was <$5/Mo), then got billed for $49.95/Mo lol
Note for fairness I should state - VentraIP has since reached out apologising for the issues I mention. They admitted the acquisition was a quite a mess.. previously they had instead simply denied the issues ever happening, saying I was a delusional customer who was confusing them with another company lol.
I have been with them for a few years now, no issues. But I see where you're coming from. That doesn't sit well with me. VentraIP, it's worth noting that treating customers like this is not on. Customers are loyal, keep this up and we'll easily move.
So who to use? Net registry is even worse, won’t let you add wildcard catch all sub domains.
mikerowesoft.com
Why not just use digitalocean or something similar?
It really isn't that hard.
Because DigitalOcean doesn't offer domain registrations?
It really isn't that hard.
Use ventra for domain and point it to your DO server, easy.
Cool, I didn't ask
Thanks OP
Got a few really good .com.au and .net.au domain names for my or SMSF (ABN) & my shelf company (ACN)Did anyone else get told they seem dodgy and they will manually review first, or is it just dodgy me? :)
Not just you, I just signed up via VPN and had the same notice. Hope they approve dodgy you!
rejected…. unless provide id…. I replied with ID… email bounced… need to log on to help desk to respond to ticket … can't, they've blocked my account.
I don't think I want to deal with this mob
edit: just fixed a typo
They were quick for me, and emails didn't bounce. Something fishy going on there, sorry to hear it.
I used Zuver, one of their cheaper companies, for domains over the last seven years and haven't had this trouble.
They just updated their control panel, perhaps this process is new and they're using free domains to attract guinea pigs?
Anyone getting overdue invoice emails issued from these guys, even though the outstanding balance is $0.00? Getting one regularly, and being told that if I don't "pay" by 10/02/2021, my new domain name will be cancelled?
Pretty unprofessional.
Think I have had about 5 emails since signing up demanding money…
timing to get google.com.au when it expires to resell to google. Or when google leaves the country ill take domain and wait for them to come back