Country extension · Australia
.net.au domain name
What you need to know about .net.au: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .net.au
- Country
- Australia
- Registry
- auda.org.au
- Registration period
- 1 to 5 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 5 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 10 working days
- Transfer time
- 2 days
- 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 .net.au?
- You don't need an Australian address to register a .net.au domain name.
- Only companies and organisations can register a .net.au domain name. Individuals can't.
- You're eligible as a company, registered business, sole trader, partnership, owner of an Australian registered trade mark or applicant for an Australian trade mark.
- The domain name must exactly match your name, trading name or trade mark name, or be an abbreviation or acronym of it. Alternatively, the name can be closely and substantially connected to your organisation or your activities.
- The identification number you provide must belong to your organisation's name. This is checked.
Additional details for registration
- You provide an Australian identification number, usually an ABN or ACN. You can also use an Australian trade mark number or a registration with an Australian state or territory.
- You provide your organisation's name. If you're registering based on a trade mark, you enter the trade mark name as it appears in the IP Australia trade mark database.
- You state the grounds on which you're eligible, for example as a company, sole trader or trade mark owner.
- You state the reason you're entitled to the name: the name is the same as or an abbreviation of your name or trade mark, or the name is closely and substantially connected to your organisation.
- If you have a registered trading name or a trade mark that matches the domain name, you can also provide that name and the corresponding number.
- If you have an Australian address, you must state the correct state or territory, such as NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT or JBT.
Good to know when registering
- When you register, your identification number is checked. An ABN or ACN is compared against the Australian Business Register (ABR), and a trade mark number against the trade mark database.
- If the number and your organisation's name don't match, the registration can't go ahead.
Transfer
Transferring a .net.au
- To transfer a domain, you need a transfer code. You request it from your current registrar.
- The registrant of the domain name must provide a signed transfer request.
- After the request, you'll receive an email asking you to confirm the transfer. The transfer is only carried out once you've confirmed it.
- Start the transfer in good time and don't wait until just before your domain name's expiry date.
The transfer code
- A transfer code is required to transfer a .net.au domain name.
- The registrant or the administrative contact can request the code from the current registrar.
- Check that you have the right code before you start the transfer. With the wrong code, the transfer will fail.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- The current and the new registrant both receive an email in which they must approve the transfer of ownership. If either of them doesn't approve, the request lapses.
- The new registrant's identification number and organisation name are checked, just as with a new registration.
- If there are whole years remaining on the current registration period, they pass to the new registrant. A remaining period of 1 year and 11 months counts as 1 whole year.
- If you only want to fix minor errors in the registrant details, you can do this as a correction without a change of registrant. A different name or organisation name for the registrant does require a change of registrant.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- You can renew a .net.au domain name no earlier than 90 days before the expiry date. Renewing earlier isn't possible.
- More details about renewal, expiry and cancellation can be found in the registry's policy on the renewal, expiry and deletion of domain names.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website auda.org.au
- Dispute resolution policy auda.org.au
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.