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

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