If you are looking to purchase a domain name, you can add a whole new dimension to its use very, very cheaply.

DNS Hosting gives you the following functions:

• Unlimited email alias': e.g. you@yourdomainname.com.au would be forwarded to an email address of your choice. e.g. ryan@hotmail.com



• Domain forwarding. With this easy domain forwarding feature you can forward your new domain name to any website address you like.



• Unlimited sub domains. Now you can add dimension to your domain name. eg. info.yourdomain.com.au or buy.yourdomain.com.au are both sub domains - you may want to use sub domains to advertise particular parts of your business.



• At the same time, we give you unprecedented control over your domain name with our 100% automated/real time facility.

To setup your DNS Hosting first you must login, to do this please click on Manage My Account above then select Domain Manager, enter your password and login to access your DNS Hosting.

Once logged in please click on the DNS Hosting tab on the bottom left of screen. Once logged into DNS Hosting, and you will then be able to edit one of a number of features.

To setup a new mail account:
Please select 'Email Forwarding' and enter the email address you would like, and the address you wish it to be forwarded to. You may enter as many new accounts as you wish, and they may forward to the same or different address'. To setup a catch-all account setup the account *@yourdomains.

URL forwarding & subdomains:
To forward your domain to an external URL, please click on 'Web Forwarding', this will prompt you to enter the URL you would like your domain forwarded to. For sub domains, please follow the same steps, however this time put the sub domain you're after in the first field.

It usually takes 24-48 hours from the initial activation of your DNS Hosting account before changes are visable on the web.

If your changes are not visable on the web (or your mail does not work) after 48 hours, please double check all your settings, and make sure the source address' are functional.

A good way to check if your source addresses are functional and to identify where the problem lies is as follows:

Send an email to your source address, with your new DNS Hosting email e.g. user@yourdomainname.com.au in the CC field. If you receive 2 copies of this test email, then everything is working as desired. If you receive 1 copy, there is a problem with your DNS Hosting account and you should email us.

If you don't receive any copies of this test email, please double check your mail settings with your external mail provider.

It is possible that your URL forwarding is active prior to the email forwarding (or vice versa) as DNS caching for mail services (MX records) may differ from www records by anywhere up to 24 hours.

If you purchased DNS Hosting with your domain, or sometime after your domain purchase, there is a chance that your account is not yet setup.

DNS Hosting is activated manually, and usually takes 48 hours to be setup on your domain. If it has been more than 48 hours, and you're still getting a login or password error, please feel free to email us.

To collect all mail no matter what the user component e.g. anythinggoeshere@yourdomainname.com.au, please put an '*' in the userfield. i.e. *@yourdomainname.com.au in your DNS Hosting setup.

This will ensure all mail sent at your domain that does not have an existing user will be delivered to the external email address associated with the * forwarder.

The '*' will always rank behind any existing emails setup through DNS Hosting.

If you're logging into DNS Hosting through your Domain Manager, and you receive a password error message, this may be for one of two reasons.

If you recently purchased your domain name, your DNS Hosting account may not be active yet. DNS Hosting takes roughly 48 hours before it is activated after a new domain registration.

If you have received a renewal notice from Aust Domains, or just want to renew your DNS hosting, you can do this on our website. Renewing your DNS hosting with Aust Domains is easy. Log into your Domain Manager and click Renew Hosting on the menu to the left.

Changing ownership of an account is a PERMANENT function. You will not be able to change the ownership back once you have made the change.

As you may know, ownership change means to transfer all of the rights and duties of the account to the designated person/entity. To protect your properties, we do not accept the application of ownership change online, by telephone or email.

We need you to fill in and fax back the following documentation. Listed fee's must be cleared before we can process your application. If application is complete you should receive confirmation of completion within 5 business days.

– Download transfer ownership form