Australia Rules & Regulations

CountryAustralia
CodeAU
CurrencyUSD
Available TLDsau com.au net.au org.au id.au

Why register a Australia domain name?

Conducting business in Australia--being that it's the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth largest country by total area--it's imperative to have a strong, reliable online presence... so people can find you. The .AU country code extension is one of the most popular top level domains with more than 2.8 million registrations to date, and counting.

Anyone can register a .com domain--and you likely already have the .com (or .com.au, .net.au) for your business. Why not extend your brand presence with a shorter, easier to remember, domain--a ccTLD that differentiates you from competitors. Identify yourself as a fellow Aussie and give your clients and constituents more confidence as they interact with you online.

What requirements, documents or other details are needed to register the domain?

.AU

Local (Australian) presence required.

  • Provide your Australian trademark number (in Australian ATMOSS database) registered or in process, OR provide Australian company name, address, phone, and ACN, ABN, or ARBN number; OR
  • If an Australian trademark is used as the basis for meeting the Australian presence requirements, the domain name the registrants choose must be an exact match to the words which are the subject matter of the Australian trademark.

COM.AU / .ORG.AU

  • Exact match Australian trademark
  • Exact match Australian Company
  • The Acronyms of a company name
 

See also Licensing Rules: Eligibility and Allocation Criteria:
https://www.auda.org.au/policy/au-domain-administration-rules-licensing#2-4

Are Safenames able to fulfil the registration requirement for me?

Yes

Are Local Contact / Proxy services available

Yes

Is registry-level locking available?

No

Is DNSSEC supported?

Yes

Is WhoIs privacy supported?

No

Additional Information

What are the different registration term options for the domain?

1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 years.

How long does it take to register the domain?

Usually 10 to 20 working days.

Link to current domain registration agreement:

View agreement →

What are the domain’s valid characters and length?

Be at least two characters long; contain only letters (a-z), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (-), or a combination of these; start and end with a number or a letter, not a hyphen; and not contain hyphens in the third and fourth position (for example, ab—cd.com.au).

Are Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) supported?

A Person may apply to register an Internationalised Domain Name in the .au namespace using the syntax requirements set out in the applicable IDN Tables. The initial scripts supported are:

      Chinese (Simplified);
      (2) Korean;
      (3) Japanese;
      (4) Arabic; and
      (5) Vietnamese.

2.8.2 A domain name within .au must be at least two letters long

NOTE: For example, δΎ‹.au (xn—fsq.au) will not be allowed.

 

 

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