Knowledge Base
Home 
 
/
 iPage: .AU Eligibility Requirements - Domain Registration
Categories: iPage Legacy

iPage: .AU Eligibility Requirements - Domain Registration

.AU Eligibility Requirements - Domain Registration

This article lists the different eligibility requirements necessary to register or renew .AU domain names. In order to offer .AU domains names, we operate as an OpenSRS reseller for Tucows.

Registration requirements

  • The name length requirements for .AU domains are two to 63 characters before the TLD.
  • We support the following second-level domains: .COM.AU, .NET.AU, .ORG.AU

Residency requirements

All .AU domains, including secondary TLDs, require an Australian address.

Secondary level domain requirements

All secondary .AU TLD domain names must be an exact match, abbreviation, or acronym of the Registrant's name or otherwise closely and substantially connected to the Registrant.

As of April 12th, 2021, auDA changed eligibility requirements for .COM.AU, NET.AU, and ORG.AU to meet the Australian presence requirement. Please see details in the chart:

Secondary TLD   Requirements
.COM.AU and .NET.AU   To register a .COM.AU domain name, Registrants must be one of the following:
  • An Australian registered company.
  • Trading under a registered business name in any Australian State or Territory.
  • An Australian partnership or sole trader.
  • A foreign company licensed to trade in Australia.
  • The owner of an Australian Registered Trademark.
  • An applicant for an Australian Registered Trademark.
  • An association incorporated in any Australian State or Territory.
  • An Australian commercial statutory body.
Additionally, we need to know your company's ABN, and or company number, and the type of organization if you are a Company, Partnership, Sole Trader, or Trademark Owner.
.ORG.AU   To register a .ORG.AU domain name, Registrants must belong to one of the following:
  • An association incorporated in any Australian State or Territory.
  • A political party registered with the Australian Electoral Commission.
  • A trade union or other organization registered under the Workplace Relations Act 1996.
  • A sporting or special interest club operating in Australia.
  • A charity operating in Australia, as defined in the registrant’s constitution or other documents of incorporation.
  • A non-profit organization operating in Australia, as defined in the registrant’s constitution or other documents of incorporation.

Renewals

  • The domain name may be renewed up to 90 days before and up to 30 days after the expiry date. 
  • If the domain name fails to renew after the expiry date, the status of the domain becomes "expired hold." The domain name is removed from the DNS and cannot be updated. However, you can renew or transfer it to another Registrar.
  • Failure to renew the domain name within 30 days after the expiry date will change its status to "expired pending purge." At this point, the domain name cannot be renewed, updated, or transferred to another registrar and will be purged from the registry during the next purge cycle.

 

Get practical tips and product updates on LinkedIn.
Follow Network Solutions

Back to top ↑