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		alastairpat on April 22, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Meet the 'Mann' who registered 14,962 domains in 2... I'm pretty sure for .au domains you need to have a connexion with the domain (either it being your name or the name of a registered business you own.)

patrickk on April 22, 2012 [–]

Probably the same for many other country domain suffixes. It's the same for .ie (Ireland) for example, you have to have a connection to the country as well as the domain name itself. Typical examples would be your own name or business name.

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