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.com.au typically represents an Australian business and can only be registered by such. You can only register your .com.au domain for a period of 2 years and registration costs £29.99.
Australians are much more at ease dealing with an Australian company and this is particularly important if you're looking to sell online. Having a .com.au domain name lets your customers know you're a legitimate Australian business.
An Australian domain name can help potential Australian customers find you. Search engines such as google.com.au and au.yahoo.com ask if you want to search Australian pages only, so if you have a .com.au domain you are more likely to have a higher search engine ranking.
To be register a .com.au domain name, your organisation must be:
- 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
- An 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.
.com.au domain names must:
- Exactly match, acronym or abbreviation of the registrant’s company or trading name, organisation or association name or trademark
- Be otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant.






