.au Domain Registration India

.au Domain Registration — What You Get

.au is Australia's country code itself, and direct second-level names like example.au opened in March 2022 after a launch phase in which existing .com.au holders could claim the matching shorter name. Licences run 1 to 5 years under auDA's rules — you license the name, you do not own it.

The single eligibility criterion is Australian presence: auDA's licensing rules require a citizen or resident of Australia, or a body with an Australian presence. Unlike .com.au there is no commercial-entity test — an individual Australian resident qualifies on their own name.

DNSSEC is deployed across the .au zones with DS records accepted through registrars, and from May 2026 the registry enforces stricter ABN/ACN validation and renewal-eligibility checks across the namespace.

Who Can Register a .au Domain Name

Anyone with a verifiable Australian presence — auDA's rules name citizens, residents, and registered Australian businesses or organisations; an Australian-registered trademark also qualifies. VentraIP's guidance is plain: a person applying in the .au direct namespace must have an Australian Presence.

The plain statement for Indian buyers: an individual or company in India cannot hold .au on Indian details alone. You need an Australian citizen or resident connected to you, an Australian registered business (ABN/ACN), a qualifying trademark, or a registrar-supplied trustee arrangement. Presence must stay valid for the life of the licence.

• Australian presence: citizen, resident, registered business or organisation; an Australian-registered trademark also qualifies.
• No commercial-entity test as with .com.au — an individual resident qualifies.
• Presence must be maintained at all times; stricter registry validation applies from May 2026.
• First completed eligible order wins: a name is not held while you arrange presence.

What a .au Domain Is Used For

The short direct .au is the modern Australian ending: brands that held .com.au for decades registered their exact match in .au after the March 2022 opening, and new Australian businesses often start there directly.

For Indian businesses with an Australian presence, .au reads clean in print and advertising — shorter than .com.au — though .com.au remains the ending older Australian customers type by habit. Many holders keep both.

.au Domain Registration Plans & Pricing (INR)

WebJi lists .au at ₹770 a year for both registration and renewal, read on 4 November 2026, before 18% GST. Transfers are handled by our support desk rather than a cart transfer, so there is no separate transfer charge from us.

WebJi billing prices, read on 4 November 2026 — the renewal column is what the second and later years cost, before 18% GST.

.au Renewal, Transfer and Expiry Rules

A .au licence runs 1 to 5 years and can be renewed from 90 calendar days before expiry. After expiry there is a 30-calendar-day grace window in which only the original registrant can renew — then the name is cancelled and released with no redemption phase.

Renewal eligibility checks tightened from 20 May 2026. Transfers between registrars are handled by our support desk with eligibility intact; there is no separate transfer charge from us for .au.

Set auto-renew and keep the qualifying presence valid: past the 30-day window the name returns to the open pool for anyone to register.

.au vs .com and .in for an Indian Business

The extension is not a ranking factor — content and links decide placement, including in Australian search. .au is the shorter local ending when you have the Australian presence; .com is the global default; .in is Indian identity with no presence questions.

• .au — direct Australian ending, ₹770 a year flat, Australian presence required.
• .com.au — the commercial default of the same family, ₹1,195 a year at WebJi.
• .com — global default, ₹1,380/year, renewal ₹1,480.
• .in — Indian identity, ₹1,000/year.

How to Register a .au Domain with WebJi

Registration is one order plus one eligibility check: search the name, present the Australian presence, pay in INR, and the licence issues.

Steps:

• Search your name with the domain search box on this page; a .au result shows free, taken or premium.
• Confirm the Australian presence: citizen or resident, ABN/ACN business or organisation, or Australian-registered trademark.
• Pay in INR by UPI, card or net-banking; the GST invoice is issued at once.
• Pick a licence term from 1 to 5 years, point the nameservers at your host, and turn on auto-renew.

Why WebJi for .au Domain Registration

WebJi has sold and managed domains since 2005, and the same team handles registry rules, renewal windows and desk-verified transfers for uncommon zones like .au today.

• Selling domains since 2005, with registry procedures for .au handled in-house.
• 12,000+ clients across India and overseas keep their domains at WebJi®.
• 24/7 email support in Hindi and English at support@webji.services, average first reply under 60 minutes.
• INR pricing with an 18% GST invoice on every order, payable by UPI, card or net-banking.
• Free migration of an existing site or DNS, subject to terms and approval.