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In order to register a .COM.AU or .NET.AU domain name, the domain owner must meet the following requirements:
- Domain name must be an exact match, abbreviation or acronym of your name, or otherwise be closely and substantially connected to it.
- Foreign companies and individuals must also have a registered trademark or a trademark application in Australia (an International trademark that includes the Australian territory is also valid) .
If you do not meet these requirements, we suggest you file a Trademark Registration Request in Australia for Domain Registration with us. This service takes around 72 hours and has a one-time fee of US $410. You can request your trademark by filling in Trademark Registration Order Form.
- Select “Word Mark”, class 38.
- Write “For .AU domain registration” in the “Goods/services” box.
The minimum registration term for “.au” extensions are 2 years.
No, we don’t offer Trustee service for this extension.
Yes, it does support third level extension, you can register domains with “.com.au” and “.net.au”
The contact information is:
Sponsoring Organisation
.au Domain Administration (auDA)
114 Cardigan Street
Carlton VIC 3053
Australia
Administrative Contact
Cameron Boardman
.au Domain Administration (auDA)
114 Cardigan Street
Carlton VIC 3053
Australia
Email: [email protected]
Voice: + 61 03 8341 4111, + 61 1300 732 929
Fax: + 61 03 8341 4112
Technical Contact
Adam King,
.au Domain Administration (auDA)
114 Cardigan Street
Carlton VIC 3053
Australia
Email: [email protected]
Voice: +61 (0)3 8341 4111
Fax: +61 (0)3 8341 4112
The authority in charge of managing this extension is “AUDA.ORG.AU”
The .AU Registry is not currently offering IDN characters
The minimum is 2 and the maximum is 63
It is possible to register the letters a to z, the numbers 0 to 9and hyphens (-), or a combination of these. It is not possible to register domains that begin or end with a hyphen “-“ and should not contain hyphens in the third and fourth position (eg. ab--cd.com.au).