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There are many that are squatted, but there is little active enforcement.

I just entered 3 random domains to test them and two were squatted.

http://ddp.com.au http://pbm.com.au



I admit I’ve never gone looking.

Of those two, ddp.com.au is squatted, but pbm.com.au isn’t, though there’s a fair chance of it failing the eligibility criteria or violating other auDA rules.

I’d be interested to see someone do a widespread squatting scan and submit a bunch of complaints and see what comes of it. But it’d take long enough that I’m not going to do it.


Years ago it was a very common tactic to buy up any three-letter domains you could get and find targets to pitch them to. I think the going rate was about $800. People would grab them off the drop list and have a pretty decent strike rate. In the case of PJG there were things like P* J* Graphics or P* J* Group.




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