Who can register a .com.au domain?
Registration is $7.66 and renewal $7.66 a year.
Who may register
Registrant must hold an ABN, ACN or Australian trademark, and the domain must match or closely relate to the registrant's name or business.
What it costs
| Registration | $7.66 / year |
|---|---|
| Renewal | $7.66 / year |
| Smallest possible first bill | $7.66 |
Standard price from Porkbun. Premium and reserved names return the same registry answer as an ordinary free one, so every quote here is a floor rather than a price.
Source
Read from the registry's own policy page: https://www.auda.org.au/rules-and-policies/au-licensing-rules. Read on 2026-07-29.
Is a .com.au name free?
Availability comes from the registry itself over RDAP, with a WHOIS fallback where a registry publishes no RDAP service. A throttled or unreachable registry is reported as unconfirmed rather than available. It is the one wrong answer that costs somebody money.
You can check from a terminal or from an assistant instead:
curl https://dotsweep.com/check/yourname.com.au