Country extension · Australia
.asn.au domain name
What you need to know about .asn.au: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .asn.au
- Country
- Australia
- Registration period
- 1 to 5 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 5 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Renewal on transfer
- no
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 13
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .asn.au?
- You don't need an Australian address. Australian citizens living abroad can also register.
- If you do provide an Australian address, you must enter a valid state or territory: VIC, NSW, SA, NT, WA, TAS, ACT, QLD or JBT.
- Individuals can only register a domain under the personal Australian variant. To do so, you must be an Australian citizen or resident of Australia.
- With the personal variant, the name must match your own name or nickname, be an abbreviation of it or be closely connected to it.
- Companies and organisations can only register domains under the business, network or organisation variant, not under the personal variant.
- You're eligible for the business and network variants as a company, partnership, sole trader or registered business name. The same applies if you're the owner of or applicant for an Australian trade mark.
- For the organisation variant, you must be a charity, club, incorporated association, non-profit organisation or trade union that is active in Australia.
- The domain name must exactly match your name, business name or trade mark, be an abbreviation or acronym of it, or be closely and substantially connected to it.
Additional details for registration
- You state the grounds on which you're eligible, for example as a company, sole trader, trade mark owner, association, charity or citizen.
- You provide an Australian identification number, usually an ABN or ACN. A trade mark number or a registration number from an Australian state is also accepted. This isn't required for the personal variant.
- An ABN or ACN is checked against the Australian ABR register and a trade mark number against the trade mark database. The number and the name you provide must match.
- You enter the name of your organisation. If you're registering on the basis of a trade mark, you enter the trade mark name as it is registered with IP Australia.
- You choose the reason why you're entitled to the name: the name exactly matches your name or trade mark or is an abbreviation of it, or the name is closely connected to you.
- If you have a registered business name or trade mark that matches the domain name, you can provide it as well. You can also do this for the name of a trust or association.
Good to know when registering
- During registration, your identification number and organisation name are checked to make sure they're valid and match each other.
Transfer
Transferring a .asn.au
- To transfer a domain, you need a valid transfer code. If the code is incorrect, the transfer will fail.
- The registrant must provide a signed transfer request before the transfer is started.
- You must confirm the transfer by email. Only then will it be carried out.
- Start the transfer in good time, not just before the domain expires.
The transfer code
- A transfer code is required. The registrant or the administrative contact requests it from the current registrar.
- Check that you have the correct code before you start the transfer, otherwise it will fail.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- Both the current and the new registrant must approve the change by email. If this doesn't happen, the request lapses.
- The details of the new registrant are checked again, such as the identification number and the organisation name.
- Since 1 June 2024, the remaining whole years of the term are transferred to the new registrant. With 1 year and 11 months remaining, this counts as 1 whole year.
- If you only want to correct the details of the current registrant, you can do this as a correction without a full change of registrant.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- You can renew a domain no more than 90 days before the expiry date. The registry blocks earlier renewals.
- More details can be found in the registry's policy on renewing, expiring and deleting domain names.
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.