New Zealanders have already bought hundreds of domains from a handful of international companies, including aero domains, and they’re going to get even more.
Quartz reported on Tuesday that the domain name bought by a group of Kiwis in August for $200,000 will soon become the first Aussie domain bought from a US company.
The purchase comes just months after a large number of Kiwi companies purchased domains from Aussie-based domain registrars.
Aero domains are the domain names that contain aero technologies that give a machine the ability to perform aerobatics, or hover, such as the A380’s wing-shaped wing.
Domain registraries like Aussie Domain Registry offer a wide range of Aussie domains, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies, to make it easy for businesses to manage their Aussie assets.
The domain names in question were purchased from a company called Aero-Domain Registry, a subsidiary of Domain Registration International.
In the past, AussieDomain Registry has made significant purchases from other registrarians, including Namecheap.com, and even the American-based Domain Registration Service, which bought a large chunk of domains owned by New Zealand domain registrar Namechep.
While AussieDomains is a subsidiary, the company is owned by Australian-based Internet company DomainNames.com.
DomainNames CEO Mark Hickey told Quartz that the purchase by Kiwis “is a milestone in the development of Airtime Domain Management,” a service that he says will allow Kiwis to manage Aussie addresses on the Internet.
“It is our intention to use this to enable Kiwis across the globe to create the best and most effective online services for their businesses,” he said in a statement.
In December, DomainNames sold DomainNames’ Aussie address hosting company, Domains.com for $4.9 million, with a majority stake going to Airtimes customers.
Domain Names has also announced that it plans to sell its Aussie and New Zealand-based registrar, Airtures, to the company that will become its successor.
In a statement, Domain Names said: “Airtimes Domain Management will be renamed Domain Names and Airtames New Zealand Registrant will be retained to manage the Airtimate domain.
Airtines customers can also sign up for the Domain Names Domain Registry service and have DomainNames Domain Server software installed, which can then handle the registration of their domain names. “
The Airtimates existing Airtage customers will continue to have access to the same Airtages great service and all of the same benefits and features, including the ability for Airties customers to purchase domain names from Airtiains customers, purchase domains through the Auctions platform, and use their own Airtese to create their own domains.”
Airtines customers can also sign up for the Domain Names Domain Registry service and have DomainNames Domain Server software installed, which can then handle the registration of their domain names.
“Domains Domain Server will allow domain names to be created and managed from any computer on the planet, from the comfort of their own home,” the company said.
“A domain name is a single name that can be easily managed and stored in one place.
Domain Name Server allows domain owners to control, organize, and manage their domain name.”