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| logo            = AusRegistryLogo.png

| logo            = AusRegistryLogo.png

| type            = Privately Held

| type            = Privately Held

| industry        = domain registrar

| industry        = Registry

| founded        = Melbourne, Australia (January 2000)

| founded        = Melbourne, Australia, 2000

| founder        = Adrian Kinderis

| founders        = [[Adrian Kinderis]]

| headquarters    = Level 8 10 Queens Road <br>

Melbourne, VIC 3004 <br>

| headquarters    = Level 8 10 Queens Road <br>Melbourne, VIC 3004<ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/companies/ausregistry AusRegistry on LinkedIn]</ref>

Fax: 61 3 9866 1970 <ref>[http://www.linkedin.com/companies/ausregistry AusRegistry on LinkedIn]</ref>

| country        = Australia

| country        = Australia

| employees      = 11-50

| website        = http://www.ausregistry.com.au

| keypeople      = Adrian Kinderis, CEO <ref>[http://icannwiki.org/Adrian_Kinderis Adrian Kinderis]</ref> <br>

| employees      = 80+

Krista Papac, CSO <ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100913_ausregistry_international_krista_papac_as_chief_strategy_officer/ AusRegistry International Appoints Krista Papac as Chief Strategy Officer]</ref>

| website        = [http://www.ausregistry.com.au ausregistry.com.au]

| keypeople      = [[Adrian Kinderis]], CEO<br>

}}

}}

AusRegistry is the registry operator and wholesale provider for all commercial Australian domains ([[.au]]) including .net.au and .com.au as well as non commercial Australian domain names like .edu.au and .gov.au. <ref>[http://www.ausregistrygroup.com.au/about.php AusRegistry Pty Ltd. About AusRegistry]</ref>

'''AusRegistry''' is the registry operator and wholesale provider for all commercial Australian domains ([[.au]]), including .net.au and .com.au, as well as non-commercial Australian domain names, like .edu.au and .gov.au. <ref>[http://www.ausregistrygroup.com.au/about.php AusRegistry Pty Ltd. About AusRegistry]</ref> It was the first commercial Internet registry in Australia.<ref>[http://www.ausregistry.com.au/corporate.php Ausregistry.com]</ref> Its international division, AusRegistry International, was rebranded as [[ARI Registry Services]] in 2011.

==History ==

==History ==

AusRegistry was founded in 2000 and has its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia. AusRegistry was initially founded under the name RegistrarsAsia Pty Ltd. (now AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd.).<ref>[http://www.ausregistrygroup.com.au/about.php About AusRegistry]</ref> AusRegistry Pty Ltd. is a subsidiary of the AusRegistry Group Pty Ltd. which was founded in December, 2001.  

AusRegistry secured a four year contract to operate the domain name registry for [[auDA]], the [[.au]] [[ccTLD]] manager, in 2002. A second four year period was obtained in 2005, with the contract beginning in June of 2006. The [[.au]] Registry Licence Agreement that [[auDA]] has with AusRegistry was subsequently extended until 2014<ref>[http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-26022009/ auDA extends AusRegistry's .au registry term to 2014]</ref>, which both parties announced in February, 2009.

AusRegistry secured a four year contract to operate the domain name registry for [[auDA]], in 2002. A second four year period was obtained in 2005, beginning in June of 2006. The [[.au]] Registry Licence Agreement that [[auDA]] has with AusRegistry was extended until 2014<ref>[http://www.auda.org.au/news-archive/auda-26022009/ auDA extends AusRegistry's .au registry term to 2014]</ref>, which both parties announced in February, 2009.

Given that AusRegistry manages all [[SLD]]s in Australia, is involved with the [[ccTLD]] itself, and the IT infrastructure for primary name and [[WhoIs]] servers within the .au namespace, it effectively runs much of the Internet in Australia. [[auDA]] and AusRegistry acknowledged the important roles they both play in promoting the Internet in Australia when the .au registration number hit 2 million in March, 2011.<ref>[http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/regulation/45625-aussie-au-domain-registrations-hits-2-million iTWire.com]</ref>

AusRegistry's International subsidiary, [[ARI Registry Services]], has provided registry services and consultation for a number of [[ccTLD]]s, and [[IDN]]s, and has been asserting itself in the new gTLD space as well.

AusRegistry Pty Group's International subsidiary, AusRegistry International, rebranded itself as of October, 2011 to [[ARI Registry Services]]. The move was made to enhance its image abroad, and dispel the preoccupations that working with an Australian company meant uncertainty and risks for a non-Australian organization. Along with the rebranding annoucnement, [[ARI]] also announced that it would be the first [[registry]] to offer its customers the choice between two primary locations for the operation of a [[TLD]] registry. Establishing its location outside of Australia involved deploying registry infrastructure and resources to the United States.<ref>[http://ariservices.com/news-global-rebrand.php Global Rebrand, ARIServices.com]</ref> Prior to the move, ARI already had an office in the United States, and clients on 4 continents; still, the AUS prefix was not amenable to global expansion and recognition.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/ausregistry-drops-the-aus-sets-up-in-us/ AusRegistry drops the Aus, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

== Interesting facts about AusRegistry ==

==New gTLDs==

AusRegistry has a subsidiary, named AusRegistry International, that allows for people outside Australia to buy [[.au]] domain names.  

Information on AusRegistry's new gTLD services can be found on the page of its international subsidiary, [[ARI Registry Services]].

AusRegistry, under contract to the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator (ORER), a statutory authority founded to manage the Australian Government's Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000<ref>[http://www.comlaw.gov.au/comlaw/Legislation/ActCompilation1.nsf/0/8994EB68074BFB4CCA257590000D85C9?OpenDocument ComLaw Act Compilations - Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (174)]</ref>, is the operator of the Renewable Energy Certificates Registry.<ref>[http://www.orer.gov.au/rec-registry/index.html What is the REC registry?]</ref>

AusRegistry, under contract to the Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator, a statutory authority founded to manage the Australian Government's Renewable Energy Act of 2000<ref>[http://www.comlaw.gov.au/comlaw/Legislation/ActCompilation1.nsf/0/8994EB68074BFB4CCA257590000D85C9?OpenDocument ComLaw Act Compilations - Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000 (174)]</ref>, is the operator of the Renewable Energy Certificates Registry.<ref>[http://www.orer.gov.au/rec-registry/index.html What is the REC registry?]</ref>

On October 10th, 2010, AusRegistry ma reported that there were currently over 1.8 million [[.au]] domains registered and over 1.6 million .com.au domains registered. The total number of [[.au]] and .com.au registered domains grew constantly since 2008 by about 300,000 new domains each year.<ref>[http://www.ausregistry.com.au/reports/2010/PUBLIC-201010.pdf AusRegistry EOM Report for General Release]</ref>

On October 10th, 2010, AusRegistry reported that there were currently over 1.8 million [[.au]] domains registered, and over 1.6 million .com.au domains registered. The total number of [[.au]] and .com.au registered domains grew constantly since 2008 by about 300,000 new domains each year.<ref>[http://www.ausregistry.com.au/reports/2010/PUBLIC-201010.pdf AusRegistry EOM Report for General Release]</ref> They hit the 2 million mark in March, 2011.<ref>[http://www.itwire.com/it-policy-news/regulation/45625-aussie-au-domain-registrations-hits-2-million iTWire.com]</ref>

== Awards ==

== Awards and Achievements ==

* 2002 Australian IT&T award

* 2002 Australian IT&T award

* 2003 MYOB/Telstra Victorian Government Small Business Award

* 2003 MYOB/Telstra Victorian Government Small Business Award

 

== References ==

== References ==

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== External links ==

== External links ==

[http://www.ausregistrygroup.com.au/index.php AusRegistry Group official website] <br>

* [http://www.ausregistrygroup.com.au/index.php AusRegistry Group official website] <br>

[http://www.ausregistry.com.au/index.php AusRegistry official website] <br>

* [http://www.ausregistry.com.au/index.php AusRegistry official website] <br>

[http://www.ausregistry.com/ AusRegistry International official website]

* [http://www.ausregistry.com/ AusRegistry International official website]

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