Domain Registration Sydney

Based in Sydney, Direct Sites Online, offer some of the best added value deals for Domain Registration in Australia and abroad. With us, you can register over 40 domain name extensions and once you have registered a domain name with us, you will enjoy FREE DNS (Domain Name Server) Management and URL Forwarding. Register multiple domain names and discounts will always apply.

What is a domain name?

A domain name is your address on the Internet. Like any address, it is important for the success of your business that you use, promote and protect it so that customers can find you easily. More than this, your domain name is your online-identity and brand – your customers won't just know you as Your Company Inc., they will know you as "yourcompany.com" or "yourcompany.com.au"

How many do I register?

Many companies are now actually registering more than one domain name ie: yourcompany.com and yourcompany.com.au and yourcompany.biz domains. The reasons for this are many – most importantly it would allow you to use them for marketing etc and more importantly it protects your identity and company from competitors. You can even register generic names and product names and have these forwarded through to your main web sites address.

What type of domain name?

You can choose to register both or either a global domain name like yourcompany.com or an Australian one like yourcompany.com.au. Additionally alternatives like yourcompany.biz amongst many others are available.

Australian domain names

The .au domain has undergone some changes recently, which make it much simpler for businesses and individuals to register and maintain Australian domain names. You can register an Australian domain name such as yourcompany.com.au, yourcompany.net.au, yourcompany.org.au, yourcompany.asn.au and yourcompany.id.au
However you must have an ABN or ACN. One of the following is applicable for registration:

.com.au	A second level domain exclusively for Australian businesses. To be eligible for a .com.au domain name, registrants must be: an Australian registered company; or trading under a registered business name in any Australian State or Territory; or an Australian partnership or sole trader; a foreign company licensed to trade in Australia; or an owner of an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or an applicant for an Australian Registered Trade Mark; or an association incorporated in any Australian State or Territory; or an Australian commercial statutory body.
.net.au	A second level domain for network and internet based companies such as telecommunication companies, Internet service providers, Web hosting companies and so on.
.org.au	"org" represents "organization" and org.au domain names are only available to verified non-profit entities. This is the domain of choice for many of Australia's charities such as Red Cross.
.id.au	"org" represents "organization" and org.au domain names are only available to verified non-profit entities. This is the domain of choice for many of Australia's charities such as Red Cross..
.asn.au	asn.au is available to organisations that qualify in the broad category of associations. This includes incorporated associations, political parties, industry bodies and sporting groups.

Global domain names

.com, .net and .org domain names can be registered by any organisation or individual anywhere in the world. So long as the name is available, you may register it. ie: yourcompany.com

International /Global Domain names include

.name domain names

The .name domain space is the only gTLD exclusively for people and personal names. This means that you can now have a web address in your ..name or ..name. For example, a .name domain name will look like this: Jack.Wilkins.name or Wilkins.Jack.name.
The added benefit of buying a .name domain name is the personal email address! Nothing is more convenient than an email address in your own personal name for you to stay in touch with your family, friends, and colleagues around the world. When you register a .name domain name you also get a .name email address along with it. The email address is automatically derived from the name that you register. From the above example, the .name email address will look like this: Jack.Wilkins.name or Wilkins.Jack.name

.biz domain names

Introduced in 2001 as an alternative to .com domain names yourcompany.biz can be registered by any organisation or business anywhere in the world. So long as the name is available, you may register it.

.us domain names

US is the newest internet address for both corporations and individuals who reside or trade in the United States of America. Now you can register a great web address such as www.yourcompany.us for a company or www.janesmith.us for an individual.

.co.uk domain names

If you mainly deal with companies in the UK and wanted to register just one domain then a .co.uk domain may be the best choice. The yourname.co.uk instantly identifies you as a UK company and often, given a list of URL's in a search engine, people will choose a domain / URL with their country code.

.asia domain names

Targeting the specific audience of the Asia Pacific region, the launch of .asia domains opens up fantastic opportunities for businesses based in Australia. .asia domain names eg: yourname.asia domains respond to market needs in a dynamically growing community. Holding over 60% of the world's population, and 40% of the world's internet users, Asia is experiencing ongoing economical growth. If you do business in Asia, make sure you protect and register your domain name to secure your brand presence in Asia now.

Other International domain names

As well as being accredited as an Australian Registrar, we also are an accredited registrar for many other domain name spaces. We are accredited as a Registrar in: New Zealand (.nz) European Union (.eu) and also ICANN top level domains (.com .net .org .biz .info)

We also have agreements in place to register domain names in even more name spaces for example Singapore, Hong Kong, Germany and many others. Each International domain name space has its own regulations for how long you can register a name, and who can register them. View a summary of the international domains we offer with the regulations for each one.

To register a domain name or for more information on our Domain Name services, please contact us, call 02 9557 7623 to speak with our domain name consultants.

Tips for Domain Registration

1. Keep it simple

Make it simple, domain names should be easy to remember, say, and spell.

2. Protect your name

Register your business name with a few different extensions to protect your name and branding in as many popular name spaces as you can. For example, myname.com.au / myname.net.au / myname.com / myname.co.uk

3. Follow don't lead

The most popular domain suffixes are com.au, net.au .com .co.uk and .net

4. Our recommendation

For Australian businesses especially, we recommend .au extensions, because this namespace is governed by an Australian regulatory body, for businesses trading overseas but residing in Australia we suggest you register and protect your Australian identity e.g. yourname.com.au and your international identity e.g. yourname.com If your trading UK trading then yourname.co.uk should apply.

5. Trading overseas?

If you trade in overseas countries, take advantage of our Internet's country code extensions. We register over 40 different country code domains – that's more international domain names than any other Australian registrar.

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