Changes

Prior to the move, AusRegistry International had made big moves in integrating itself as an industry power player. It had been chosen by a number of national [[ccTLD]] registries to support their respective services, had become involved in [[IDN]]s, and supported [[ICANN]] and other industry fora as a sponsor.

Prior to the move, AusRegistry International had made big moves in integrating itself as an industry power player. It had been chosen by a number of national [[ccTLD]] registries to support their respective services, had become involved in [[IDN]]s, and supported [[ICANN]] and other industry fora as a sponsor.

==Background==

==Background==

===Involvement Outside Australia===

===Involvement Outside Australia===

They also have become the domain managers for smaller nations in the region,<ref>[http://www.ausregistry.com.au/corporate.php Ausregistry.com]</ref> such as the small island nation of Nauru. These deals are necessitated by the lack of formal infrastructure to provide national management of ones own [[ccTLD]]. The Solomon Islands relied on AusRegistry to develop their registration process from 2004-2007. Nauru, like the Solomon Islands before it, hopes that their current, beneficial deal with AusRegistry will eventually result in a national infrastructure that is able to take over management of the [[ccTLD]].<ref>[http://www.inquisitr.com/43950/ausregistry-international-to-provide-domain-name-registry-services-for-nr/ Inquistir.com]</ref>

They also have become the domain managers for smaller nations in the region,<ref>[http://www.ausregistry.com.au/corporate.php Ausregistry.com]</ref> such as the small island nation of Nauru. These deals are necessitated by the lack of formal infrastructure to provide national management of ones own [[ccTLD]]. The Solomon Islands relied on AusRegistry to develop their registration process from 2004-2007. Nauru, like the Solomon Islands before it, hopes that their current, beneficial deal with AusRegistry will eventually result in a national infrastructure that is able to take over management of the [[ccTLD]].<ref>[http://www.inquisitr.com/43950/ausregistry-international-to-provide-domain-name-registry-services-for-nr/ Inquistir.com]</ref>

===New gTLD Services===

===New gTLD Services===

AusRegistry became heavily involved in the promotion of new [[gTLD]]s in 2011, and they have focused their marketing efforts on promoting their registry back-end services. In September, 2011, one of the first public gTLD applicants, GJB Partners, announced that they would be contracting with AusRegistry for the back-end of their proposed [[.jewelers]] domain.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-wins-jewelers-deal/ AusRegistry Wins Jewelers Deal, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

AusRegistry became heavily involved in the promotion of new [[gTLD]]s in 2011, and they have focused their marketing efforts on promoting their registry back-end services. In September, 2011, one of the first public gTLD applicants, GJB Partners, announced that they would be contracting with AusRegistry for the back-end of their proposed [[.jewelers]] domain.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-wins-jewelers-deal/ AusRegistry Wins Jewelers Deal, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

==References==

==References==

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