2002:NEW RULES FOR AU-DOMAINS

2002 was the year of big changes concerning the registration rules of au-domains. Foreign companies with trade marks can now register au-domains. It is now also easier for Australians and Australian companies to register au-domains.

Com.au/net.au

Since July 1 2002 there are new rules for Australian domain names:
The net.au and com.au-domains are still restricted to Australian Companies, but also a foreign company licenced to trade in Australia or an owner or applicant of an Australian Registered Trade Mark are entiteled to com.au-domains and net.au-domains, as the website www.au-domains.com explains.

If you have already managed to secure your com.au-domain, you should also register your
Name at net.au, as no other can disturb your marketing position by registering this name. By the way:
Your changes at search engines are higher with two domains.

The name rules have also changed since July 1 2002:The domain names should be identical
with the companies name or the trade marks, but can also be an acronym or abbreviation of the             business name or trademark.

And it is also sufficient, that the domain names are otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant, because they refer to a product, service, an event, an activity, a venue or a profession of the registrant.
   
Since July 1 2002 also one important rule has changed: The number of domain names per applicant is no longer limited. In other words: You can register as many domain names as you want or need.

You can read more detailled information about com.au and net.au-domains at http://www.au-domains.com
   
id.au
If you have no company, you can register .id.au: Every Australian and every Resident in Australia is entiteled to register id.au-domain names.
   
The domain name must reflect your personal name, be an abbreviation or acronym of the name, or be derived from one or more words of your world or contain one or more words of your name.
   
The number of domain names per applicant is no longer limited. In other words: You can register as many domain names as you want or need.

You can get more detailed information about id.au-domains at http://www.au-domains.com   ;    
   
asn.au

An association, political party, a trade union, a sporting or interesting club is entiteled to register asn.au-domains.

The domain names should be identical with the association's name, but can also be an acronym or abbreviation of the association's name.
   
And it is also sufficient, that the domain names are otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant, because they refer to a product, service, an event, an activity, a venue or a profession of the registrant.      

The number of domain names per applicant is no longer limited. In other words: You can register as many domain names as you want or need.

You can study more detailled information about asn.au-domains at http://www.au-domains.com

org.au
      
Registrants must be a non profit organisation or charity operating in Australia.
      
The domain names should be identical with the organization's name, but can also be an acronym or abbreviation of the name or trademark.
   
And it is also sufficient, that the domain names are otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant, because they refer to a product, service, an event, an activity, a venue or a profession of the registrant.

The number of domain names per applicant is no longer limited. In other words: You can register as many domain names as you want or need.

You can get more informations about org.au-domain registration at http://au-domains.com

If you want to read the new rules in detail, you should go to http://www.domainregistry.de/aupolicies.html
   

    
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