Starting a New Business in Australia

There different ways of starting a new business and this article is primarily intended to help you understand how you can start a new business and register a .com.au domain name. The .com.au domain name is important part of starting a new business and ideally you would want to register both the .com.au and .com extensions of your company

Register Trademarks

To register a .com.au or .net.au , you can qualify by registering a trademark. This is the easiest way, if you are a foreign company or business to secure a .com.au . As soon as you have  your trademark application number, you can register a .com.au or .net.au domain name with us by using our online form , and when the system asks you for an ABN/ACN, choose 'other' and enter your trademark application number in the field. We will then process  your application, register your domain name and issue you with a certificate of registration and invoice.

Free Domain Forwarding

Free domain name forwarding is available to all domain name registrations or transfers. Once your domain is registered or transferred, you are able to login and order free domain name forwarding and redirect your domain name to any

DNS Management

Advanced DNS Management is a service that allows you to edit the zone file of your domain name, so that you can point your domain name to a static ip address, create CName records and MX records. Most users will not utilize advanced DNS Management, and will simply delegate the authoritative name server to their hosting company by administering their NS records. and their hosting company will create the necessary zone files for their domain name to work.

Editing zone files

All our hosting services will allow you to edit your zone file. You will need to login, click on the link with the domain name you wish to edit. Then if you have ordered free dns hosting or have a hosting service with us, you will see the link icon "Zone Records". Click on this link and edit your zone files. 

Configuring Mail Client

Before you start setting up your computer to download mail, you should test your email account by logging in to webmail. Once you've logged in and tested that your email username and password works, you will need to use the same username/password in your mail client to download your email. If you have just changed name servers, we advice that you wait 24 hours to configure your mail settings, because the DNS would still be propagating across the internet.

Domain forwarding or web forwarding

All domain name registrations and transfers and email hosting clients receive free domain forwarding.