Welcome
to the EziHosting .com.au Domain Name Registration
Registering
a .com.au name is a little bit different than your .com domain.
There are lots of rules and regulations to comply with. The main
.com.au rules are stated below. For full details on the .com.au
policy go here.
There
are 3 things you should do:
- Get
familiar with the rules. This will let you know what names you
can and can't apply for. (The main rules are stated below on this
page.)
- Check
for availability to see if your domain name is taken or not.
- Proceed
to the order form.
1.
Read the main rules
1.
Direct Derivation
Applicants can use either their complete commercial name, or an
abbreviation. When an abbreviation is requested:
- The
domain name can only be derived from the characters contained
in the commercial name,
- Characters
can be removed from the commercial name to create the domain name,
but the sequence of the characters cannot be altered, and
-
New characters (that do not appear in the commercial name) cannot
be introduced to the domain name.
.
2.
Generic Words
Words that represent commercial categories or sectors are overly
representative and will not be licensed for use as com.au domain
names. Some examples are in the table below.
|
Commercial
Category
|
Description
|
Examples
|
| Products,
services and professions |
Any
generic word that is defined and used to represent products,
services or professions. Typically, these are words that appear
in an Australian word list (e.g. The Macquarie Dictionary) and
also in a commercial category listing (e.g. The Yellow Pages
Index®). |
cars,
accounting, solicitor, weddings, manager, hifi, winery |
| Industries,
industry sectors and organisation types |
Any
word that represents an industry, industry sector or organisation
type. |
mining,
finance, company, bank |
| N.B.
multiple-word phrases such as 'pressrelease' or 'wedding-car-hire'
are allowed. |
3.
Offensive or Obscene Domain Names
It has been the policy of INA to reject domain names, which by themselves
or as part of a name or word, by normally accepted standards are
unacceptable because they are obscene, offensive or contrary to
public policy. Until such time as a new regulatory body of the .au
domain space has been able to determine policy in this area, INA
intends to continue to adopt a conservative policy with regard to
registration of such names.
3.
Australian Place Names
Australian place names and their common abbreviations are overly
representative (i.e. representing all commerce for a particular
community or in a geographic region) and will not be licensed for
use as com.au domain names. Some examples are in the table below.
|
Place
|
Example Names
|
Common abbreviation
|
| This country |
Australia |
au, aus, oz |
| States and Territories |
Queensland, Victoria |
qld, vic, act, nsw |
| Regions |
Gippsland |
| Local Government Areas |
Stonnington |
| Suburbs |
Paddington |
2.
Check for availability
Before you purchase your .com.au domain name, you should check and
see if the name is still available.
You
can use this form to check the availability of your domain name.
Simply enter a single word below:
Note:
for .com, .net, .org, .biz and .info domain names go here.
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