On Sunday, 14 October 2018 5:44:00 PM AEDT Rohan McLeod via luv-talk wrote:
- I am definitely going with this idea of first attempting to 'own'; the above domain and postponing 'hosting' it
If you want quick hosting, that can be done in a matter of minutes. Once you have a mail server with more than a few domains adding another isn't difficult.
- He has informed me via email that the requirements for 'owning' com.au and net.au are:
--An Australian registered company --Trading under a registered business name in any Australian State or Territory --An Australian partnership or sole trade
These don't appear to be enforced, but I can understand someone wanting to strictly comply with all requirements when doing unusual things. https://www.ato.gov.au/Business/Starting-your-own-business/Before-you-get-st... https://www.business.gov.au/planning/business-structures-and-types/business-... To be a sole trader just register for an ABN. https://www.business.gov.au/Registrations/Register-for-an-Australian-Busines... Applying for an ABN is free. You just have to declare that you plan to do some work as a sole trader.
my questions are : - Does the 'entity' (ie any of the above) which owns the domain need to have "jeack' in it's name ?
Not sure, but it wouldn't do any harm. "Rohan McLeod trading as Jeack Computers" sounds nice.
-- because purchasing the company and company name " Jeack Pty Ltd " is actually an option but a complex and expensive one !
You definitely don't need that.
-- IF NOT a much simpler and cheaper option is to own it via one of two "registered business names" which I already have
A registered business name which doesn't correlate to the domain name seems unlikely to be well accepted. You aren't trying to convince the people who delegate .com.au (who don't seem to care), you are trying to convince the ISP that owns the name. As you have used jeack in a lot of online correspondence related to Linux stuff, it seems almost like a personal brand for you. Making it some sort of registered business name seems like a good strategy. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/