Setting Domain Name Eligibility

When registering certain domain names through API or WHMCS, the 'eligibility' fields are required by the Registry operator and must be true and correct for your customer.

Eligibility is the owner of the domain name you are registering, instead of the Registrant contact, like gTLDs. This means the information must be set out correctly and must be of your customers business and never your own business. For further information on .au domain policies, please check here: .au Published Policies | auDA & Registrant Contact Information Policy | auDA 

Examples of Eligibility Fields for AU

Please check on our examples below on how to register your .au domain names with the right eligibility details. It's important you have read and understood all requirements for your customers to register .au domains which can be found here: Domain Name Eligibility and Allocation Policy Rules for the Open 2LDs | auDA 

You will be able to lookup your customers business details to validate them if required on the following Government searches:

ABN Lookup (business.gov.au) 

Search Company and Other Registers (asic.gov.au) 

IP Australia | Trade Mark Search 

Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (acnc.gov.au)

WHMCS Eligibility

In all examples, the Eligibility Reason should be set to whether the business details of your customer are either an exact match or has a close or substantial connection to the domain name you are registering.

Eligibility for ABN or ACN without trading name

Registrant: Business Name (for example: "Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd")
Registrant ID: Business Number (for example: "95851604390")
Registrant ID Type: ABN or ACN
Eligibility Type: Select the business type that matches the ABN or ACN (for example: "Company")

Note: "Eligibility Name, ID Type & ID" fields are not required.

Eligibility for ABN or ACN with trading name

Registrant: Business Name (for example: "Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd")
Registrant ID: Business Number (for example: "95851604390")
Registrant ID Type: ABN or ACN
Eligibility Name: Trading Name (for example: "Crazy Domains")
Eligibility ID: Business Number (for example: "95851604390")
Eligibility ID Type: ABN or ACN
Eligibility Type: Select the business type that matches their ABN or ACN (for example: "Company")

Eligibility for Trademark

Registrant: Business Name (for example: "Google Inc")
Eligibility Name: Trademark Name (for example: "Google")
Eligibility ID: Trademark Number (for example: "788234")
Eligibility ID Type: Trademark (TM)
Eligibility Type: Trademark Owner

Note: "Registrant ID & Type" fields are not required, and WHMCS may have them as required fields, please click Submit Order button on the popup to continue.

Eligibility for State Business

Registrant: Business or Contact Name (for example: "John Smith")
Eligibility Name: Business Name (for example: "Johns Blinds & Curtains")
Eligibility ID: State Business Number (for example: "0012345D")
Eligibility ID Type: <State> Business Number (for example "WA Business Number")
Eligibility Type: Registered Business

Note: "Registrant ID & Type" fields are not required, and WHMCS may have them as required fields, please click Submit Order button on the popup to continue.

SOAP API Eligibility

API has the same rules, but slightly different terminology for the domain create API calls. Please see the API guide for domain eligibility and the examples below.

Eligibility for ABN or ACN without trading name

BusinessName: Business Name (for example: "Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd")
BusinessNumber: Business Number (for example: "95851604390")
BusinessNumberType: ABN or ACN
BusinessType: Select the business type that matches the ABN or ACN (for example: "Company")

Note: "Trading Name, Number & Type" fields are not required.

Eligibility for ABN Or ACN with trading name

BusinessName: Business Name (for example: "Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd")
BusinessNumber: Business Number (for example: "95851604390")
BusinessNumberType: ABN or ACN
BusinessType: Select the business type that matches the ABN or ACN (for example: "Company")
TradingName: Trading Name (for example: "Crazy Domains")
TradingNumber: Business Number (for example: "95851604390")
TradingNumberType: ABN or ACN

Eligibility for Trademark

BusinessName: Business Name (for example: "Google Inc")
TradingName: Trademark Name (for example: "Google")
TradingNumber: Trademark Number (for example: "788234")
TradingNumberType: TM

Eligibility for State Business

BusinessName: Business or Contact Name (for example: "John Smith")
TradingName: Business Name (for example: "Johns Blinds & Curtains")
TradingNumber: State Business Number (for example: "0012345D")
TradingNumberType: <State> Business Number (for example "WA Business Number")

Differences from SOAP to REST API

The API has the same rules, but slightly different terminology for domain creation API calls. Eligibility details must be provided during the call for domain registration. At the moment, our system supports a few implementations of API interfaces, so you need to use different methods to register a domain: 

• DomainCreate method in SOAP API 
• POST /domains method in REST API 

Please refer to the examples below to find out what entitlement data needs to be sent in different cases using SOAP and REST API.

Eligibility for ABN or ACN without trading name

 Note: "Trading Name, Number & Type" fields are not required.

Eligibility for ABN or ACN with trading name

Eligibility for Trademark

 Note: "Business Number & Type" fields are not required.

Eligibility for State Business

 Note: "Business Number & Type" fields are not required.