.id.au

.id.au is the Australian namespace for individuals rather than organisations. It suits personal sites, portfolios, family email and side projects that are not a registered business.

Because it is limited to individuals, short and memorable names remain available far more often than in com.au.

• You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident. Organisations are not eligible.
• The domain must relate to your name — your legal name, a nickname you are known by, or an acronym of it.
• Names are allocated first come, first served.

• You can renew from 90 days before the expiry date, for a new term of one to five years.
• Renewing does not cost you time. The new term starts from the old expiry date, so nothing is lost by renewing late.
• If the licence expires, you have 30 calendar days to renew it. The domain usually stops resolving during this window, so the website and email go down.
• There is no redemption period. Once the 30 days pass the name is purged and becomes available to anyone on a first come, first served basis.
• You must still meet the eligibility rules to renew.

• Transferring between registrars is free. auDA does not permit a fee to be charged for it.
• You need the authorisation code for the licence. It is unique to each domain and is not your account password.
• If your current provider will not supply the code, you can request it yourself from auDA at pw.auda.org.au.
• The request must come from the registrant in writing, and you must still be eligible to hold the licence.
• The registrar must complete the transfer within two calendar days.
• Transferring does not change the expiry date and does not add time to the licence.

• Changing the registrant is a transfer of the licence to a different person or entity, not an edit to a contact record.
• The incoming registrant must meet the Australian presence, eligibility and allocation rules in their own right.
• They enter a new licence agreement, choose a new licence period, and pay the licence fee for that term.
• If you are selling a business, request the transfer within 28 calendar days of entering the contract.
• Updating contact details for the same registrant is not a transfer and has no effect on the term.

• .au Domain Administration Limited (auDA) administers the .au namespace: auda.org.au
• The registry is operated by Identity Digital Australia under contract to auDA.