.AU Registration Rules

Want your website to show off your Australian pride or simply targeting the Australian market? Here are the rules you need to follow to make it possible: 

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

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

  EligibilityID Type : You need to choose an appropriate EligibilityID 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

  • Other

       EligibilityID : Mention the ID of the EligibilityID Type you selected above and click the Confirm Eligibility button to validate the details submitted.

       Entity type : This will be automatically fetched depending on the EligibilityID Type and EligibilityID 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 EligibilityID 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 EligibilityID type and EligibilityID submitted above. This field will be displayed only for the following EligibilityID 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 EligibilityID type as Trademark, you need to provide the Eligibility Name, which will be your company name.

• Registrant Name : Depending on the EligibilityID Type and EligibilityID submitted above, this will be automatically fetched only for the following EligibilityID Type values.

  • Australian Company Number (ACN)

  • Australian Business Number (ABN)

  • ARBN

  In case of the remaining EligibilityID 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.