Oley Media Group is now taking pre-registrations for .au Direct domains
auDA, the administrator of Australia’s .au top level domain, has announced that .au direct domain names – like oleymedia.au – will be available from 24 March 2022.
As of this date, Oley Media Group will begin taking pre-registrations for .au direct domain names. Successful pre-registrations will be applied for registration on the 24th of March.
After the 24th March, you will be able to apply for .au direct domain names directly through the Console just as you currently do to register a .com.au domain. More information can be found on the auDA .au Priority Allocation Process landing page here.
How Much Will It Cost?
AU Domains successfully registered through Oley Media Domain Console will be priced at the same amount as your current 3rd level .com.au domain pricing. At this stage, auDA is only permitting one year registrations for priority applications, which will not change until after 22 September 2022.
What You Should Do
To ensure you don’t miss out, here are a few important things to remember when pre-registering:
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- Locate your existing account details. If you don’t know what they are, you can perform a password lookup
- Eligibility to register a .au direct domain is subject to priority allocation rules established by auDA, and you can check your priority status by clicking this link. Details of the priority allocation process can be found on the auDA Prority Allocation Process landing page.
- To register a .au direct domain, you must provide evidence of an Australian presence, which means you must have a valid ABN/ACN or Australian Trade Mark that matches your third-level Australian domain validation details before applying. In other words, the new registration request must be exactly the same as your existing domain (same ABN/ACN)
- Please note that to successfully pre-register your .au direct domain your registration details need to be an exact match on both domains:
- Matching Registrant
- Matching Registrant ID (Active ABN/ACN/TM)
- Matching Eligibility Type
You can review your registrant information recorded with WHOIS lookup to check these details and ensure your application will be successful.
Please also note:
- The applicant details must be those of the domain owner
- If the third-level domain was registered some time ago, we recommend you check that the ABN/ACN details are correct and active, otherwise this will also fail auDA’s validation requirements.
Additional charges may apply if work is required to validate your application due to unmatched registration details such as invalid ABN, ACN, TM.
For information on .au Domain Administration Rules, please visit auda.org.au/policies.
- If you want to submit an application for priority status and your corresponding 3rd level domain is not managed by Oley Media, please speak to us about how we can help you to simplify this process. If not, you must provide your domain’s Priority Token by getting it from your current domain registrar, or from auDA directly from 23rd March onward.
- Once you successfully submit your pre-registration application through the Console, the status in the Console will read “Received pending lodgement“. This status message confirms we have received your application. We will only contact you further if there is an issue with validating your application. If you receive any other status message, it means your pre-registration application has NOT been received by us, and further action is needed by you.
- Please note that if your domain is contested (i.e. there is another 3rd level priority 1 domain holder with the same AU Direct application name), the application fee will still need to be paid if you wish to retain your priority status.