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Also .com.au requires a business number to register. There are other restrictions too. Similarly .asn.au can only be registered by non-commercial organisations.

Also many european business domains are restricted to eu businesses etc.

This is very common amongst many registrars... and is a good thing generally... I think.

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"... Also .com.au requires a business number to register. There are other restrictions too. Similarly .asn.au can only be registered by non-commercial organisations. ..."

Thanks to kre (Kevin Robert Elz) ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Robert_Elz you cannot get a ".com.au" domain name without having a registered business name. The idea was to stop domain name speculation ~ http://www.passioncomputing.com.au/Articles/Australian-domai... Good in the short term when one person was administering domain names, not so good now as it adds extra overhead for a ".com.au" small market.

Actually, you can get it with just an ABN - doesn't have to be a full registered business name. You could register yourself as a sole trader, for example, it's free.

I don't mind the system actually. That, and the far higher prices, mean that there's actually a decent chance any given domain is available.

"... Actually, you can get it with just an ABN - doesn't have to be a full registered business name. You could register yourself as a sole trader, for example, it's free. ..."

Learn something new everyday, thanks for that info.

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