Looks like we are going to get a price increase every year by auDA for .au domain registrations, renewals and Change of Registrants fees, and notification has gone out of this years increase.
From: 1 October 2025
From: AUD$8.45 ex GST or AUD$9.295 inc GST
Increasing to: AUD$8.64 ex GST or $9.504 inc GST
This is a $0.19 ex GST increase or $0.209 inc GST increase to register and renew any .au domain name. Above.com offers cost price domain registrations and renewals, best place if you have multiple domains to renew. Transfer of .au domains are free, so you only pay when you need to renew your .au domains.
Last years increase was:
From: 1 October 2024
From: AUD$7.78 ex GST or AUD$8.558 inc GST
Increased to: AUD$8.45 ex GST or AUD$9.295 inc GST
Same as last year the reason for this increase is vague and is not seem to be required when auDA profits are increasing.
Once again the new price is not GST friendly, not sure why they can not work out a price that is nice an clean. Cmon auDA you know that no one likes prices like that where the GST amount needs to be rounded up or down! Stop selecting random pricing that is not even GST friendly.
Here is the offficial auDA statement:
The new annual wholesale price for a .au domain name licence remains below that of other comparable Top Level Domain name extensions.
The new wholesale price will support continued investment in the .au and auDA’s operation as a self-funding not-for-profit organisation, required under auDA’s Terms of Endorsement.
auDA will review the wholesale price annually. We remain committed to delivering value for money, and to ensuring the secure and reliable operation of .au and the internet’s naming system, and championing an open, free, secure and interoperable internet, for the benefit of all Australians
Once again the rules have not changed to allow domains to be renewed at anytime and can only be done so when less then 90 days away from expiry. So get your domains ready that you are likely to renew up to the 28th Dec 2025 and save before the price increase.
Some handy tips:
1. Check your domains early to work out which one you plan to renew, the last day to renew before price increase is 30 Sep 2025 – domains that expire up to the 28th of Dec 2025 can be renewed early. if you are using Above for your auDA compliant domain monetisation, you can use domain level data such as revenues, traffic stats, historical offers to help you in your renewal decisions.
2. Work out which ones should be renewed for multi year to save on this and future price increases.
3. Transfer your domains to Above.com, free to transfer and renew your domains in bulk for cost price. Cheaper than anywhere else to renew domains. Once renewed you can move them back to any other registrar, also free to transfer out.
4. Using the most popular Australian based domain marketplace where more .au domains are sold than any other marketplace will help you sell domains before the price increase.
