com au domain names can now be registered as .au The release of the .au top level domain name gives any business or person that has an Australian connection the opportunity to purchase a .au domain name. Footy, tradie, arvo. Shortening words is an Australian hobby. It’s a great opportunity to shorten an existing domain name or register a new one for the first time.
For organisations that have built their brand and have had an internet presence using Australian TLDs top level domains it is strongly recommended they register a .au version of their domain name.
The priority to register for the new .au domain names expired for individuals, organisations and businesses that had an existing .com.au net.au org.au asn.au domain name on September 20, 2022. Now any individual or organisation with a verified connection to Australia is eligible to register a .au direct domain name. Domain names that didn’t receive a priority application during the Priority Allocation process became available for registration by the public in October 2022.
You can find more information via the auDA website .au Domain Administration Rules: Licensing
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Registrations for the new .au domain names opened on the 24th of March 2022.
Prices will be determined by each domain name Registrar. A Registrar is a business that handles the reservations of domain names and the assignment of IP addresses for those domain names. Think Webcentral or Melbourne IT.
Any existing domain names registered prior to the launch date will be reserved from being registered as .au names for 6 months – know as the Priority Allocation period. During this period, only the existing registrants of reserved names will be able to apply for the equivalent .au. For more information on the Priority Allocation process, please visit auDA
If two or more eligible people apply to register for the same new .au, there will be a conflict. auDA, the governing body for .au domain names is finalising the conflict resolution process, but it looks likely that the two contesting parties will negotiate directly with each other to find the best resolution.
Anyone who satisfies the “Australian Presence” criteria will be able to register it in the same way .au domain names are registered today. To register a domain name, click here.
auDA provide a priority status tool which you can use to validate the status of your domain name. The details can be found here.
By being any one of the following:
By providing any one of the following:
auDA, the governing body for .au domain names, defines the eligibility rules. More information on auDA can be found at auda.org.au. We will update this page with more detail on the eligibility rules soon.
“yourname.com.au” is the domain name, “yourname” is the domain and “.com.au” is the domain extension.
.com.au, .net.au, .org.au, asn.au, .id.au are the main domain extensions, but there are also domains available to government, educational and religious organisations like gov.au and edu. au, .nsw.gov.au, .vic.edu.au, catholic.edu.au etc.