.au domain pricing and requirements

Note: Prices are subject to change. Please recheck this website for the most current pricing.

Registration Restrictions

• Check of X-AU-DOMAIN-IDNUMBER / X-AU-OWNER-ORGANIZATION For AddDomains, for Trades and for Modifies affecting the respective extensions checks will be done to make sure that the data provided is valid (X-AU-DOMAIN-IDNUMBER, X-AU-OWNER-ORGANIZATION). X-AU-DOMAIN-IDTYPE determines if, respectively, how the check is done, as we access different external databases or might not have a database available (when Type = OTHER), depending on this type. We check IDs of the type ABN or ACN against the entries of the ABR. For IDs of the type TM there is a trademark database. Until recently it was also compared with the entry "Organization" at the Domain Owner. But this check was removed now.
• Physical persons can only register ID.AU domains.
• Companies can only register *.COM.AU, *.NET.AU, *.ORG.AU domains.
• .COM.AU - Domain names must be an exact match, abbreviation, or acronym of the Registrant's name or trademark, or otherwise closely and substantially connected to the Registrant.
• .NET.AU - Domain names must be an exact match, abbreviation, or acronym of the Registrant's name or trademark, or otherwise closely and substantially connected to the Registrant.
• .ID.AU - Domain names must be an exact match, abbreviation, or acronym of the Registrant's personal name or otherwise closely and substantially connected to the Registrant. The name must include or be derived from one or more words of the Registrant's name or the name by which the Registrant is commonly known (nickname).
• .ORG.AU - Domain names must be an exact match, abbreviation, or acronym of the Registrant's name or otherwise closely and substantially connected to the Registrant.
• Notes: The Eligibility Type must correspond to the Eligibility Name. This can be validated/checked through an ABN checker like http://abr.business.gov.au/. I've outlined the available eligibility types for each TLD above.

Domain Transfer Details

Transfer Procedure

• A .au domain transfer must be initiated with a so-called "Authorisation Code", which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner or Admin-C of the domain.
• Please ensure, that you have a correct "Authorisation Code" associated with the domain, before initiating the transfer, otherwise it will fail.
• Please note that you need a signed request from the registrant before you initiate the transfer.
• Initiate the transfer on time and not just shortly before the domain expires.
• The transfer request is confirmed by FoA email and will be processed after confirmation

Transfer Notes

• Please note that you need a signed request from the registrant before you initiate the transfer.
• Initiate the transfer on time and not just shortly before the domain expires.
• The transfer request is confirmed by FoA email and will be processed after confirmation

Authorization Codes

• A .au domain transfer must be initiated with a so-called "Authorisation Code", which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner or Admin-C of the domain.
• Please ensure, that you have a correct "Authorisation Code" associated with the domain, before initiating the transfer, otherwise it will fail.

WHOIS and domain management

• WHOIS server: Open the registry WHOIS service
• Renewal settings: Review the renewal mode and account balance for each domain in your account.

Additional Information

• Registration Time: real-time

• Deletion Timeframe: 2 days prior to paiduntil date

• Redemption Period: 30 days

For registry-specific policies and reference information, visit http://www.auda.org.au/domains/au-domains/.