| Registering for a domain name in Australia is generally | | | | To be eligible to use these unique suffixes, you have |
| the same as anywhere else. There are certain things | | | | to be a registered company in Australia, have a |
| you may want to bear in mind, though. | | | | business registered under any Australian territory, or |
| The .com suffix is the most common for all domain | | | | be a foreign company licensed to trade in Australia. |
| names worldwide. It is readily available for any individual | | | | If you have a personal site, you may want to register it |
| or organization without any restrictions. This means the | | | | under .id.au instead. Your domain name can be your |
| availability can be scarce since you have more | | | | given name, your initials, a derivative of your name or |
| competition for the name. | | | | your nickname. You must be an Australian citizen or |
| If you do not mind that your company will be | | | | an Australian resident to be allowed to use this suffix. |
| associated with Australia and its business sector, then | | | | Charitable institutions or non-profit organizations can |
| you can avail yourself of a domain name with the | | | | use the suffix .org.au or .asn.au for their domain name. |
| suffixes .com.au or .net.au. If the name of your | | | | Similar to other sites, if the name is not available, you |
| company is not readily available when you register, | | | | can try to register a derivative or abbreviation of the |
| you may want to consider an abbreviation of your | | | | name you want. You can also make use of hyphens if |
| trade name. You can even add hyphens to | | | | the name is a compound name. You can use these |
| differentiate yourself. If there are common | | | | suffixes if you are an Australian incorporated |
| typographical mistakes related to your company name | | | | association, an Australian political party, a trade union in |
| or brand, you may want to register them as well so | | | | Australia or an Australian sporting or special interest |
| users can be redirected to the correct site. | | | | club. |