Well, auDA are the governing body for the .au domain name space – and with it, they have the power to delete any .au domains if they feel they have sufficient grounds (eg your eligibility for the domain contravenes their policies). One such policy is you cannot register a domain for the sole purpose of resale. Please see here:

<a href="http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2008-05/&quot; target="_blank">http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2008-05/</a&gt;

Having said that – auDA is a complaints based organisation, and generally will not act unless they receive a complaint. Furthermore, specifically for the sole purpose of resale clause, of course if you had intentions to develop the site (and maybe didn’t get a chance to yet), or had parked the site to get some revenue from advertising, it could be demonstrated you did not register the domain for the <strong>sole</strong> purpose of resale

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Mark

How is it any of auDa’s business?

Is there something I’m missing here? What’s the problem with it?

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Mike

That’s correct – the key word here is ‘sole’. If you were to register a domain name for the sole purpose to sell it, you run the risk of breaching auDA policy if a complaint is made. Of course, if you have plans to develop or monetise the site, or anything that can show you did not have the sole purpose of selling the domain, that you would most likely not breach this policy.

auDA would only react on the basis of a complaint, and each complaint would be judged on a case by case basis. If you are unsure, I’d suggest you contact auDA

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Mark

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Rebekah

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