Country extension · Australia
.id.au domain name
What you need to know about .id.au: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .id.au
- Country
- Australia
- Registry
- auda.org.au
- Registration period
- 1 to 5 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 5 years
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- up to 10 working days
- Transfer time
- 2 days
- Renewal on transfer
- no
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 13
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .id.au?
- .id.au is only intended for individuals; companies and organisations can't register this extension.
- You must be an Australian citizen or live in Australia.
- You don't need an Australian address. Australian citizens living abroad can register too.
- The domain name must match your own name, be an abbreviation or acronym of it, or be closely and substantially connected to it.
- The name must contain one or more words from your own name or be derived from it. This can also be the name you're commonly known by, such as a nickname.
- When you register, you state why you're entitled to the name: it exactly matches your name, is an abbreviation or acronym of it, or is closely and substantially connected to it.
Additional details for registration
- You state that you're eligible as an Australian citizen or resident.
- Unlike other Australian extensions, you don't need an identification number such as an Australian Business Number for .id.au.
- If you give an Australian address, you must include the correct state or territory, such as Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland or the Australian Capital Territory.
Transfer
Transferring a .id.au
- To transfer a domain, you need a valid transfer code. If the code is wrong, the transfer will fail.
- Before the transfer is started, a signed request from the registrant of the domain name is required.
- The transfer must be confirmed by email and is only carried out after that confirmation.
- Start the transfer well in advance, not just shortly before the domain name expires.
The transfer code
- A transfer code, the authorisation code, is required to transfer .id.au.
- The registrant or the administrative contact requests the code from the current registrar.
- Check beforehand that the code is correct, because the transfer will fail with an incorrect code.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- Both the current and the new registrant must approve the transfer by email, each from their own email address.
- If the transfer isn't approved in time, the request lapses.
- Since 1 June 2024, any remaining whole years of the current registration term are carried over to the new registrant. So with 1 year and 11 months remaining, 1 whole year is carried over.
- If you only want to correct the registrant's contact details, you can do so without a change of registrant. A different registrant name or organisation does require a change of registrant.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- You can renew a domain name no earlier than 90 calendar days before the expiry date. The registry blocks earlier renewals.
- The exact rules for renewal, expiry and deletion are set out in the registry's renewal, expiry and deletion policy.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website auda.org.au
- Dispute resolution policy auda.org.au
Compiled from the registry's rules. Registries sometimes change their rules; if in doubt, the registry's terms take precedence. Updated on 11/11/2026.