What are the real rules for registering an Australian au domain name?
These aren’t very strictly enforced anymore but if you flagrantly ignore the rules and try and register another companies trademark you can be fairly sure that you will eventually be getting a letter from their solicitors.
- An exact match of the business’ name or trademark can be in the .au domain name
- An abbreviation of the business’ name or trademark can be in the .au domain name
- An acronym of the business’ name or trademark can be in the .au domain name
- Product that the business manufactures or sells can be in the .au domain name
- A program that the business administers can be in the .au domain name
- An activity that your business facilitates, teaches or trains can be in the .au domain name
- A service that your business provides A venue that the business operates can be in the .au domain name
- A profession that is practiced by the business’ employees or members can be in the .au domain name
- An event that your business organises or sponsors can be in the .au domain name
- Place names in Australia are disallowed as domain names.
- Domains can be 2 to 63 letters, and words can be separated by hyphens, but not spaces
If you would like to register an au domain name please call 02 4950 1140 or email: mail@jezweb.com.au
