More than 700,000 au-domains are registered. How can a company or private person register an au-domain? Since July 1 2002 there are new rules for au-domains: The net.au and com.au-domains are still restricted to Australian Companies, but also a foreign company licenced to trade in Australia, an owner or applicant of a Trade Mark are entiteled to com.au-domains. The foreign company must not have an Australian Trade Mark: an international trade mark valid in Australia is sufficient.

The au-domains should be identical with the companies name or the trade marks, but can also be an acronym or abbreviation of the business name or trademark. And it is also sufficient, that the domain names are otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant, because they refer to a product, service, an event, an activity, a venue or a profession of the registrant.

Since July 1 2002 also one important rule has changed: The number of au-domains per applicant is no longer limited. In other words: A company or private person can register as many domain names as it is needed.

There are several eligibility criterias:

-trading under an Australian registered business name -a foreign company licensed to trade in Australia -an owner of an Australian registered Trade Mark -an applicant for an Australian registered Trade Mark -an owner of International Trade Mark valid in Australia

Download of detailled rules: http://www.domainregistry.de/au-domain.html

Every Australian and every Resident in Australia is entiteled to register id.au-domain names.

The domain name must reflect the personal name, be an abbreviation or acronym of the name, or be derived from one or more words of word of the name(or contain one or more words of your name).

The number of domain names per applicant is no longer limited.

Download of detailled rules: http://www.domainregistry.de/au-domain.html

An association, political party, a trade union, a sporting or interesting club is entiteled to register asn.au-domains.

The domain asn.au-domains must be identical with the association's name, but can also be an acronym or abbreviation of the association's name. And it is also sufficient, that the domain names are otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant, because they refer to a product, service, an event, an activity, a venue or a profession of the registrant. The number of domain names per applicant is no longer limited.

Download of detailled rules: http://www.domainregistry.de/au-domain.html

Registrants must be a non profit organisation charity operating in Australia in order to register org.au-domains.

The domain names must be identical with the organization's name, but can also be an acronym or abbreviation of the name or trademark. And it is also sufficient, that the domain names are otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant, because they refer to a product, service, an event, an activity, a venue or a profession of the registrant

The number of domain names per applicant is no longer limited.

Download of detailled rules: http://www.domainregistry.de/au-domain.html

Hans-Peter Oswald https://www.au-domains.com http://www.domainregistry.de/au-domain.htmö

About the Author

Hans Peter Oswald is the CEO of ICANN accredited Registrar Secura