ELIGIBILITY AND ALLOCATION RULES FOR COM.AU

The .COM.AU 2LD is for commercial purposes

To be eligible for a domain name in the com.au 2LD, registrants must be:

• an Australian registered company; or
• trading under a registered business name in any Australian State or Territory; or 
• an Australian partnership or sole trader;
• a foreign company licensed to trade in Australia; or
• an owner of an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or
• an applicant for an Australian Registered Trade Mark ; or
• an association incorporated in any Australian State or Territory; or

an Australian commercial statutory body. Domain names in the com.au 2LD must:
exactly match:

1) the registrant's company, business, trading, association or statutory body name; or
2) the words comprising the registrant’s Australian Registered Trade Mark or application for an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or

• be an acronym or abbreviation of (1) or (2) above ; or 
• be otherwise closely and substantially connected to the registrant, because the domain name refers to 

  1) a product that the registrant manufactures or sells; 
  2) or a service that the registrant provides; or 
  3) an event that the registrant organises or sponsors; or 
  4) an activity that the registrant facilitates, teaches or trains; or 
  5) a venue that the registrant operates; or 
  6) a profession that the registrant's employees practise.