Australian Domain Name Registration Rules
If you want to register a domain name in Australia, important rules apply. During the registration process, you will be required to warrant you meet the requirements below.
Australian domain names: .COM.AU & .NET.AU
Popular amongst commercial entities, based in Australia, serving an Australian market. Must be an Australian registered company, or business to secure a domain, and must meet one of the following criteria:
- An exact match of the business' name or trademark
- An abbreviation of the business' name or trademark
- An acronym of the business' name or trademark
- Product that the business manufactures or sells
- A program that the business administers
- An activity that your business facilitates, teaches or trains
- A service that your business provides
- A venue that the business operates
- A profession that is practiced by the business' employees or members
- An event that your business organises or sponsors
- Place names in Australia are disallowed as domain names
- Domain names can be 2 to 63 letters, and words can be separated by hyphens, but not spaces
Australian domain names: .AU.COM
Policy free, anyone can register any domain name, regardless of their rights to that domain name. If you own a company name, or a trademark, it does not prevent someone registering that name.
- register domain names for your company and/or business names
- register domain names for your industry sector
- register domain names for your town name
- register domain names for your product names
Australian domain names: .ORG.AU
Charities, or not-for-profit organisations, as specified in your articles of association, you must be a registered company, or business, or incorporated association to acquire an org.au domain name, and must meet one of the following criteria:
- Product that the business manufactures or sells
- A program that the business administers
- A program that the business administers
- An activity that your business facilitates, teaches or trains
- A service that your business provides
- A venue that the business operates
- A profession that is practiced by the business' employees or members
- An event that your business organises or sponsors
Australian domain names: .ASN.AU
Applicants must either an incorporated association, registered political party, registered trade union, or a sporting or special interest club operating within Australia, and must meet one of the following criteria:
- A program that the business administers
- An activity that your business facilitates, teaches or trains
- A service that your business provides
- A venue that the business operates
- A profession that is practiced by the business' employees or members
- An event that your business organises or sponsors
Australian domain names: .ID.AU
Especially designed for individuals, who reside in Australia. Applicant must meet the following criteria:
- Derived from or includes the individuals' name