Domain Names FAQ

A domain is your address on the Internet. It is used for your website and email address. For must businesses your domain will closely resemble your business name.

A domain name is the address that your website will reside at. Its what you'll tell everyone when they ask you if you have a website, its what you print on all your business cards, letterheads and advertisements. With this in mind you want to make sure your domain name is easy to remember, and is close to your business name.

We recommend that you first check to see if you can register a domain in the dot com domain, for example www.yourcompanyname.com, if this is available, use this for your website. If not, you should check the dot com dot au domain. Domain names ending in .com.au must be derived from your registered business name, so it's a fairly safe bet that you will be able to register it, in which case your website address would be in the form www.yourcompanyname.com.au.

You can register multiple domains to point at the one website, so just to be safe you can register both the dot com and dot com dot au versions.

Even if you don't want to setup a website straight away, it is a good idea to register your domain name NOW, as it is a matter of first in first served.

Explanation most of the domain extensions