Overall in domain registrars
11of 15 · score 54.7
Data coverage
100%
25 of 25 fields sourced
Best for
- •.com.au and .au for an Australian business
- •You want local support who understand auDA eligibility rules
- •Domains bundled with Australian-hosted infrastructure
Strong on
- +Account recovery 4 1/15
- +Renewal jump $0/yr 1/15
- +Ownership independent 1/15
- +.au accredited Yes 1/14
- +Support quality 4 3/15
- +.com.au renewal A$19.95/yr 3/7
Weak on
- −TLDs offered 100 TLDs 15/15Better: Netim: 900 TLDs
- −Public API No 13/15Better: Cloudflare Registrar: Yes
- −Domains managed 1 M 8/9Better: GoDaddy: 84 M
- −Free WHOIS privacy Partial 11/15Better: Cloudflare Registrar: Yes
vs Hover
- •Ahead on .au accredited: Yes vs No
- •Ahead on Ad parking: Partial vs No
- •Behind on Free WHOIS privacy: Partial vs Yes
- •Behind on Email forwarding: Partial vs Yes
How VentraIP scores among 15 domain registrars25 of 25 fields known
Features8
Free WHOIS privacy
Partial
11/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
DNSSEC
Partial
11/14
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
DNS hosting3rd
standard
3/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · anycast-global
Email forwarding
Partial
11/14
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
Bulk management
Partial
10/15
Leader: Porkbun · Yes
TLDs offered
100 TLDs
15/15
Leader: Netim · 900 TLDs
Public API
No
13/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
Support quality3rd
4
3/15
Leader: Porkbun · 5
Pricing6
.com first year
$16/yr
12/15
Leader: Crazy Domains · $3.5/yr
.com renewal
$16/yr
8/15
Leader: Synergy Wholesale · $10.5/yr
Renewal jump1st
$0/yr
1/15
At-cost pricing
No
5/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
Fee transparency
Partial
8/14
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · Yes
.com.au renewal3rd
A$19.95/yr
3/7
Leader: Synergy Wholesale · A$12.95/yr
Control & exit6
Transfer-out friction
3
10/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · 1
Auth code delivery
email-delay
10/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · instant-dashboard
Registry lock
No
4/15
Leader: Gandi · Partial
2FA methods
totp
6/14
Leader: Namecheap · totp, sms, email-otp
Account recovery1st
4
1/15
Traction2
Ownership1st
independent
1/15
Positioning3
Upsell aggression
2
7/15
Leader: Cloudflare Registrar · 1
Ad parking
Partial
4/15
Leader: Sav · Yes
Positioning
Australian-owned, accredited, and answers the phone.