.com.au and .au domains

Australian domains are regulated by auDA. The registrant has to be eligible, so these orders carry an au_eligibilityobject with the business's ABN or ACN. Plonki sends it to the registry with the order.

Who can register what

Extension	For
`.com.au`, `.net.au`	Australian businesses: companies, sole traders, partnerships, registered businesses, and trademark owners. The name should match the business or trading name, or have a close and substantial connection to what it does.
`.org.au`	Non-profits, charities, clubs, associations and similar.
`.id.au`	Australian citizens and residents, for personal use. `eligibility_type` must be `Citizen/Resident`.
`.au`	Anyone with an Australian connection (citizens, residents, businesses, organisations). Some names are held for the existing .com.au or .net.au owner; search shows those with a note.

The eligibility fields

Field	Type	Description
`registrant_name` required	`string`	Legal name of the registrant (company or person) up to 255 chars
`registrant_id` required	`string`	ABN, ACN or other ID number, digits only up to 50 chars
`registrant_id_type` required	`"ABN" \| "ACN" \| "OTHER"`	OTHER covers state business registration numbers and incorporated associations
`eligibility_type` required	`string (see list)`	Entity type. Most businesses are 'Company' (Pty Ltd), 'Sole Trader' or 'Registered Business'. .id.au only allows 'Citizen/Resident'.
`eligibility_name`	`string`	Trading or business name the domain is based on, if different from registrant_name up to 255 chars
`eligibility_id`	`string`	ID that backs eligibility_name (e.g. a trademark number or state business number) up to 50 chars
`eligibility_id_type`	`string (see list)`

Entity types

Company, Sole Trader, Partnership, Registered Business, Trademark Owner, Pending TM Owner, Incorporated Association, Non-profit Organisation, Charity, Club, Industry Body, Trade Union, Commercial Statutory Body, Political Party, Religious/Church Group, Citizen/Resident, Child Care Centre, Government School, Non-Government School, Pre-school, Higher Education Institution, Training Organisation, Research Organisation, National Body, Other

Most businesses are Company (a Pty Ltd), Sole Trader or Registered Business.

Example

shell

curl https://plonki.com.au/v1/domains \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PLONKI_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: acme-au-1" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "domain": "acmecoffee.com.au",
    "years": 1,
    "max_price": 2399,
    "au_eligibility": {
      "registrant_name": "Acme Coffee Pty Ltd",
      "registrant_id": "12345678901",
      "registrant_id_type": "ABN",
      "eligibility_type": "Company"
    }
  }'

Save it once

Eligibility saved on a contact is reused. In the dashboard, Contacts has an Australian business section. Through the API, send au_eligibility with the first .au order and it's stored on the contact created from contact.

Good to know

auDA can ask the registrant to confirm their identity. If that happens, we'll contact you.
.au names can't be transfer-locked, so transfer_lock is null for them.
Check min_years and max_years in GET /prices for allowed terms.
If an agent forgets eligibility, the order fails fast with au_eligibility_required and a hint saying what to ask for.