.au domain names for email

Setting up a custom email address with a .au domain is an easy first step you can take to build a personal or professional online presence. While a website can be a great help to your brand, you don’t need a website before you set up your custom email address.

Australian consumers regard .au domain names as “trustworthy”. Having a dedicated .au email address tells your audience that you’re a credible organisation or individual with an established presence in Australia.

With your own .au domain name and email address, you have greater control over how you contact your customers and people in your network. You can choose your email service provider, set up security measures, select email formats and templates, and manage your email accounts according to your own needs.

A .au domain name enables your organisation or business to have consistent email addresses organisation wide. Consistent .au email addresses allow everyone in your organisation to showcase your brand with each email they send.

Due to robust rules and governance of the .au domain, .au domain names experience significantly lower levels of domain abuse (such as phishing or malware) than the global average. auDA also invests significantly in the security of the .au domain to maintain accurate, uninterrupted delivery of services you can rely on.

Select a distinctive and relevant domain name in a .au namespace that aligns with your business, organisation or personal profile.

Many domain name providers also offer email services that you can use with your .au domain name.

Prices will vary depending on the provider, the number of separate email accounts you need, your cloud storage requirements and other features offered.

Depending on the provider you select, you’ll be able to choose between basic email services or more advanced offerings from established providers.

You don’t have to use the same provider for your email services and domain name registration.

Once you’ve registered for an email service, you’ll need to connect your domain name to it.

To do this, you’ll need to modify the domain name system (DNS) records for your .au domain name. This can include changing the MX (mail server) records and verifying you are the administrator of the domain name.

Your email provider can provide you with detailed instructions on how to make these changes, if it's not included in their registration process.

You’ll then need to set up your email address (such as yourname@getyour.au). How many individual email accounts you can set up will depend on the email hosting service and options you’ve chosen. Check this with your domain name provider at the time of registration.

If you’re using your .au domain name for customised email addresses, it’s important to keep on top of your domain name renewal. If you forget to renew your .au domain name, any services attached to it such as your email or website will stop working.