Is your Australian business at risk from domain licensing changes?

auDA, the organisation that sets the rules for using Australian domain names, conducted a Licensing Rules Review that may change current eligibility requirements for .com.au and .net.au domains.

If this change is approved, businesses will no longer be allowed to have a domain name with a “close and substantial connection” to their business service, product, event, activity, or premises.

The new requirement states that domain names must exactly match a registered business name, company name, or Australian trademark.

The Proposed Rec 2 Change will affect 2.7 million existing .com.au and .net.au registrants, who will need to register a new business name and update their business name with their Registrar to meet the new Australian domain name eligibility requirements.

auDA: Board statement · what Rec 2 means · Final Report  |  Domainer: Board vote · draft recommendations