.AU Domain Name Rules and Requirements

pdHosting provides 3rd Level Domain Registration, under .COM.AU and .NET.AU.

Domain Theft Protection feature is not supported for .AU domain names.

.AU Domain Name Registration

– A .AU domain name can be Registered for 1-5 years.
– The .AU Registry prohibits the Registration of some domain names 3 such as those related to Red Cross, United Nations, Olympics, etc..
– A .AU domain name has a 1 day Money Back Grace Period.
– .AU domain names do not support Internationalized Domain Names (IDN).

How do I register a COM.AU domain name?

Simply use our Domain Search tool to check the availability of your .COM.AU domain (COM.AU Domain name registration), add the domain name to your cart and start the checkout process. Pop in a few details and you’re done – your .AU domain will be registered within seconds.

.AU Domain Name Renewal

– A .AU domain name can be Renewed for 1-5 years. (However, you may Renew your .AU domain name anytime from 90 days prior to it’s Expiry until 30 days after it Expires.)
– Upon Expiry of a .AU domain name; any service such as email, website, etc., configured for this domain name would stop functioning, until the domain name is Renewed. If the .AU domain name is not Renewed until 30 days, the domain name would get Deleted and would immediately be available for Registration.

.AU Domain Name Transfer

– Transferring a .AU domain name to PD Hosting is free of cost.
– Transfer does not include a Renewal of a .AU domain name.
– .AU domain names have a 60-Day Transfer Lock placed on them after they are Transferred.
– All .AU domain names have a Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code.
– The length of a Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code may vary between 6 to 32 characters.
– Upon placing a Transfer request for your .AU domain name with PD Hosting, we would validate your Domain (Transfer) Secret Key/Authorization Code with the .AU Registry.

.AU Domain Name Delete

– A .AU domain name has a Money Back Grace Period of 1 day.

Contact Details related Rules

.AU domain names are only available for registration to Australian entities or companies incorporated in Australia.

.AU domain names use the General Contact database in the system.

.AU domain names use the following 4 Contacts itself:
– Registrant Contact
– Administrative Contact
– Technical Contact
– Billing Contact

While adding a .AU Contact, you need to provide the following additional details about the Registrant:

Eligibility ID Type

You need to choose an appropriate Eligibility ID Type by selecting one of the following values.

– Australian Company Number (ACN)
– Australian Business Number (ABN)
– Victoria Business Number (VIC BN)
– New South Wales Business Number (NSW BN)
– South Australia Business Number (SA BN)
– Northern Territory Business Number (NT BN)
– Western Australia Business Number (WA BN)
– Tasmania Business Number (TAS BN)
– Australian Capital Territory Business Number (ACT BN)
– Queensland Business Number (QLD BN)
– Trademark (TM)
– ARBN

Entity type

This will be automatically fetched depending on the Eligibility ID Type and Eligibility ID submitted above and will have one of the following values.

– Commercial Statutory Body
– Company
– Incorporated Association
– Partnership
– Pending TM Owner
– Foreign Company
– Registered Business
– Sole Trader

If you have selected Eligibility ID Type as Trademark, you need to select Entity Type as either Trademark Owner or Pending TM Owner.

Eligibility Name

This will be automatically fetched depending on the Eligibility ID Type and Eligibility ID submitted above. This field will be displayed only for the following Eligibility ID Type values.

– Victoria Business Number (VIC BN)
– New South Wales Business Number (NSW BN)
– South Australia Business Number (SA BN)
– Northern Territory Business Number (NT BN)
– Western Australia Business Number (WA BN)
– Tasmania Business Number (TAS BN)
– Australian Capital Territory Business Number (ACT BN)
– Queensland Business Number (QLD BN)

If you have selected Eligibility ID Type as Trademark, you need to provide the Eligibility Name which will be your company name.

Registrant Name

Depending on the Eligibility ID Type and Eligibility ID submitted above, this will be automatically fetched only for the following Eligibility ID Type values.

– Australian Company Number (ACN)
– Australian Business Number (ABN)
– ARBN

In case of the remaining Eligibility ID Type values, you need to enter the proprietor’s name in this field. Note that the proprietor should be an individual.

Eligibility Reason

Select one of the following options to indicate how you are related to the Registration name you listed above and submit the form to register your .AU domain name:

– Domain Name is an Exact Match OR Abbreviation OR Acronym of your Entity or Trading Name.
– Close and substantial connection between the domain name and the operations of your Entity.

Note:

– .AU Contacts do not support accented characters.
– .AU domain names do not support PDHosting’s Privacy Protection feature.
– The .AU Registry does not display Street Address, Telephone and Fax numbers of the Registrant Contact in Whois Lookups.

Name Servers and Child Name Servers related Rules

– Each .AU domain name needs to have at least 2 Name Servers and may have upto 13 Name Servers.
– There is no limitation on the number of Child Name Servers you can create.
– You may associate upto 13 IP Address per Child Name Server.
– You may associate IPv6 Address in Child Name Servers.
– While you may modify a Name Server, you can not modify a Child Name Server. You may instead delete the existing Child Name Server and add another one.

How do I buy a Domain Name?

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