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Which Australian domain registrar should your small business use?

What happens when my .com.au domain expires?When a .com.au domain passes its expiry date unpaid, the damage arrives in stages.
How do I transfer my domain to another registrar?A registrar transfer is a 3-step process you start from the new registrar, not the old one.
What is auDA?auDA - .au Domain Administration - is the not-for-profit body that administers Australia’s .au domain namespace, endorsed by the Australian Government to do so.
What is a CAA record and should my business have one?A CAA (Certification Authority Authorization) record is a DNS record that names which certificate authorities are allowed to issue HTTPS certificates for your domain.
What is an apex record?The apex (also called the root or naked domain) is your domain with nothing in front of it - yourbusiness.com.au rather than www.yourbusiness.com.au.
What is a nameserver and where do mine live?A nameserver is the server that holds your domain’s DNS records and answers the internet’s questions about where your website and email live.
Why do DNS changes take time to show up (propagation and TTL)?When you change a DNS record, the new value does not reach everyone at once - it spreads as the old answer expires in caches around the world.
What is an A record?An A record is the DNS record that points a domain name at the IPv4 address of the server hosting your website, so a browser knows where to connect.
What is a CNAME record?A CNAME record is a DNS alias that points one name at another name rather than at a numeric address, so the second name’s records do the actual work.
What is a TXT record?A TXT record is a DNS record that holds plain text, used to publish small pieces of policy and proof that other systems read - most importantly your email authentication.
How do I stop my domain from being hijacked?Domain hijacking is when someone gains control of your domain and redirects your website and email to servers they own - and it almost always comes through your registrar account, not a clever technical attack.
What is a registrar lock (and the 60-day transfer lock)?A registrar lock is a setting on your domain that blocks it from being transferred to another registrar until you deliberately unlock it.
Should I turn on two-factor authentication for my domain registrar account?Yes - and it is one of the highest-value security steps you can take, because the registrar account controls your entire domain, including where your website and email point.
How do I check who my .com.au domain is registered to?You check the registration details of any .au domain through the official auDA WHOIS lookup, which shows who holds the domain and which registrar manages it.
Who is eligible to hold a .com.au domain?A .com.au domain is reserved for commercial entities with a verifiable connection to Australia, and auDA checks that connection at registration.

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