US resident looking to register for a domain in AUS.

13 years ago

I'm an Australian and to register a domain in Australia you need to have an ABN (Australian Business Number) and the domain needs to be closely related to the name of your business or business activity. Each domain has to be manually approved. You may find the odd dodgy registrar who will overlook the rules but if you or they ever get caught out then it's your problem.

They do this to basically stop people from doing what you want to do. People from other countries buying our domains and using them for purposes for which they were not intended. .com.au is for Australian businesses and shouldn't be used for any other purposes.

They are also more expensive at about $25 for 2 years. I am pretty sure 2 years is the minimum term you can purchase the domains. Once again this would be to help deter people buying them willy nilly.

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briancassingena

13 years ago

Are you sure every .com.au domain is manually approved? Seems silly but I'm not doubting it's quite possible...

I'm in South Australia and I've never bought a .com.au, I have more than 50 .coms, .orgs, .nets, and here's my take Samaurikat:

Who says you have to buy a .com.au to do biz here? Any reason you want one? Do you want one? (You never said specifically...)

Pay no attention to WillR. He does not represent the aussie entrepreneur. (Unless you know something about SamauriKat that I don't WillR?) Go ahead and cash in big if you find something legal and ethical that we're "missing out on". At least WillR is right about the price of a .com.au, though there are other much more expensive domains...

Originally Posted by WillR

I'm an Australian and to register a domain in Australia you need to have an ABN (Australian Business Number) and the domain needs to be closely related to the name of your business or business activity. Each domain has to be manually approved. You may find the odd dodgy registrar who will overlook the rules but if you or they ever get caught out then it's your problem.

They do this to basically stop people from doing what you want to do. People from other countries buying our domains and using them for purposes for which they were not intended. .com.au is for Australian businesses and shouldn't be used for any other purposes.

They are also more expensive at about $25 for 2 years. I am pretty sure 2 years is the minimum term you can purchase the domains. Once again this would be to help deter people buying them willy nilly.

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Richard Van

13 years ago

Originally Posted by briancassingena

Pay no attention to WillR. He does not represent the aussie entrepreneur.

Bit harsh isn't it?

I'd pay a lot of attention to what he says because he speaks a lot of sense and is a jolly good bloke.

How do you know he's not an Entrpreneur and, out of interest only, what exactly is the difference between an Aussie (that's a capital "A" by the way) entrepeneur and any other one?

Just asking. :p

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WillR

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Richard Van

Bit harsh isn't it?

I'd pay a lot of attention to what he says because he speaks a lot of sense and is a jolly good bloke.

How do you know he's not an Entrpreneur and, out of interest only, what exactly is the difference between as Aussie (that's a capital "A" by the way) entrepeneur and any other one?

Just asking. :p

He may be getting a little confused. An entrepreneur is someone who often takes risks - that doesn't mean breaking the law. It's not a huge thing, I agree, but when you start building a business that relies on 'manipulating' the law, however big or small, you run the risk of having everything pulled out from under you at any time.

Not the sort of business I want to build and not the sort of business I want to see anyone else build either. All I can offer you is my advice. What you choose to do with it is totally up to you.

On that note, it's 6pm here in Australia and we have the next 5 days off because of Easter. Time to get into the city and drink copious amounts of alcohol. Wish me luck.

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Richard Van

13 years ago

Originally Posted by WillR

On that note, it's 6pm here in Australia and we have the next 5 days off because of Easter. Time to get into the city and drink copious amounts of alcohol. Wish me luck.

5 days? You jammy git, we only get 4. Oh well, I'll be finished by about 4pm (9.20am now) so my session begins then.

St Georges Day Saturday too and the pubs open at 10am, that should be fun, you'd probably better wish me good luck!

Enjoy Easter Will.

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Chris Worner

13 years ago

Originally Posted by WillR

I'm an Australian and to register a domain in Australia you need to have an ABN (Australian Business Number) and the domain needs to be closely related to the name of your business or business activity. Each domain has to be manually approved. You may find the odd dodgy registrar who will overlook the rules but if you or they ever get caught out then it's your problem.

Really? I registered my own name and got approval from auDA in less than a minute, automatically.

They are also more expensive at about $25 for 2 years. I am pretty sure 2 years is the minimum term you can purchase the domains. Once again this would be to help deter people buying them willy nilly.

I paid $18 fo two years

@OP

Unless you have a trademark on a particular name and can prove it, you need to be an Australian citizen with an ABN, as Will pointed out.

Chris

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WillR 13 years ago

Originally Posted by Chris Worner

Really? I registered my own name and got approval from auDA in less than a minute, automatically.

When I say manually approved I mean they usually have to verify your ABN details, etc before they will approve the domain. Well this is how it is suppose to happen. Some of these registrars may have systems set up that automatically check the details against the ABN database automatically.

And then of course there are those registrars who probably just let you register anything because all they care about is the money.
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Jason Clay

13 years ago

Originally Posted by SamuraiKat

I just found a fair amount of untapped money to be made in AUS. Just wanted to know if there was an easy way to do it.

TIA
SK

I just did a Google search and found this site:

Australia Domain Name Registration Services | .com.au Domains

I tried to register a domain myself and it looks like if you select the "personal" option, you may be able to register even from the USA. Good luck!

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Sheryl Polomka

13 years ago

I bought a .com.au domain a few years ago and it cost me around the $30 mark. It wasn't manually approved but that was a few years ago so I don't know if they have changed anything since then.

I no longer have that domain, as much as the .au on the end distinguishes Australian sites when searching for something online, I don't like the thought of paying the higher prices for a .au name.

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rondo

13 years ago

"To own a .com.au or .net.au you must be an Australian registered company, or business with a registered business number (ABN, BRN, BN)."

Rules for Australia domain registration

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WillR

13 years ago

Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka

I bought a .com.au domain a few years ago and it cost me around the $30 mark. It wasn't manually approved but that was a few years ago so I don't know if they have changed anything since then.

I no longer have that domain, as much as the .au on the end distinguishes Australian sites when searching for something online, I don't like the thought of paying the higher prices for a .au name.

Originally Posted by briancassingena

Are you sure every .com.au domain is manually approved? Seems silly but I'm not doubting it's quite possible...

I'm in South Australia and I've never bought a .com.au, I have more than 50 .coms, .orgs, .nets, and here's my take Samaurikat:

Who says you have to buy a .com.au to do biz here? Any reason you want one? Do you want one? (You never said specifically...)

Pay no attention to WillR. He does not represent the aussie entrepreneur. (Unless you know something about SamauriKat that I don't WillR?) Go ahead and cash in big if you find something legal and ethical that we're "missing out on". At least WillR is right about the price of a .com.au, though there are other much more expensive domains...

Originally Posted by Josh Rossdale

I just did a Google search and found this site:

Australia Domain Name Registration Services | .com.au Domains

I tried to register a domain myself and it looks like if you select the "personal" option, you may be able to register even from the USA. Good luck!

I am not making this stuff up, I have registered plenty of these domains in the past. I also said, as with anything, you may find someone who is willing to bend the rules or doesn't follow the law - that doesn't mean it is right and you won't get into trouble.

Here are just some of the rules you might be interested in:

Domain name licence renewal period

4. The domain name licence period is fixed at 2 years. It is not possible to license a domain name for a shorter or longer period.

SCHEDULE C

ELIGIBILITY AND ALLOCATION RULES FOR COM.AU

The com.au 2LD is for commercial purposes.

The following rules are to be read in conjunction with the Eligibility and Allocation Rules for All Open 2LDs, contained in Schedule A of this document.

1. To be eligible for a domain name in the com.au 2LD, registrants must be:

a) an Australian registered company; or
b) trading under a registered business name in any Australian State or Territory; or
c) an Australian partnership or sole trader; or
d) a foreign company licensed to trade in Australia; or
e) an owner of an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or
f) an applicant for an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or
g) an association incorporated in any Australian State or Territory; or
h) an Australian commercial statutory body.

2. Domain names in the com.au 2LD must be:

a) an exact match, abbreviation or acronym of the registrant’s name or trademark; or
b) otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant.

Source: http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2008-05/