Simple .au domain price comparisons
Just the data that matters to you: Simple domain price comparisons for stress-free shopping #
As you can read in how we calculate prices, the prices you see here on Domain Compare are the full Australian dollar renewal price that each retailer charges for one domain for one year.
This is one number that every retailer needs to know, even if it’s not front and centre on their website. When you’re looking for the cheapest .au domain it makes sense to know what it will cost in a normal year. So we ignore introductory specials, short-term discounts, bundles of domains and other things, and discounts for bulk purchases or terms longer than a year.
Domain pricing isn’t everything, but it’s a very good start #
Comparing domain providers is never perfectly apples-to-apples. Some retailers are better for managing hundreds of domains with slick tools, while others squeeze dollars hard and give you a more bare-bones experience. Some use aggressive discounting to create an amazing first impression. Others want your purchase to be the start of a long customer relationship. We can’t quantify any of this, or at least not in a way that would make comparisons easy, so we don’t try to.
What we do try to do is to make Domain Compare as fair as possible, and quick and easy to use. Price will always matter and always be directly comparable.
We keep it simple by being all about .au domains. Just Australia’s ccTLD. That’s partly to make price comparisons easier - not every retailer has the same price on .au and .com domains, for example - and because we couldn’t find anywhere else where Australians could easily find the up-to-date info that we collate here.
The other info in our simple domain price comparison table #
We’ve included overall summaries of reviews, and colour-coded the results like a traffic light system. The data comes from either Google reviews or Trustpilot, depending on where each provider is visible. Trustpilot is our preferred source, because that platform is good at identifying real customers rather than junk reviews. Google reviews are a reliable-enough backup.
Review platforms are not directly comparable, so don’t read too much into small differences.
It’s often useful to get domains and hosting from one provider, so we include that.
Web Hosting is commonly offered by domain retailers, and it’s often handy to get both things from one provider. So we show you which companies offer both. Our price comparisons don’t include hosting.