Crazy Domains

Aussie domain giant

Australia's domain giant with budget hosting.

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IN SHORT

Australia's household-name domain registrar: Perth-born in 2000, now part of US giant Newfold Digital and trusted by 1.7 million businesses — dirt-cheap to start, though renewals and upsells demand attention.

  • Australia's top domain brand — over 1.7 million business customers
  • Sydney data centres with NVMe storage, free SSL and Cloudflare CDN
  • Very cheap intro pricing across domains and hosting
  • 60-day money-back guarantee, double the industry norm
3.6 /5
Our rating

THE BRAND

Company
Crazy Domains — Dreamscape Networks International Pte Ltd
Headquarters
Perth, Australia (founded); part of US-based Newfold Digital
Founded
2000 (Dreamscape Networks) · Crazy Domains brand 2007
Group
Newfold Digital (acquired by Web.com 2019, merged 2021)
Main product
Domains, web and email hosting, site builder and marketing tools
Audience
Australian startups and small businesses wanting everything under one roof
Industry presence
Contact 24/7 live chat · Phone 1300 210 210 (7am–11pm AEDT) · Tickets · Help centre

ANALYSIS

Our experience with Crazy Domains

Performance and stack

Shared plans run on NVMe storage with cPanel, unmetered bandwidth, free Let's Encrypt SSL and a free Cloudflare CDN, served from Sydney data centres for low latency across Australia. A 99.9% uptime guarantee, DDoS protection and a 30-day backup array round out the stack.

Scale and ownership

From a spare bedroom in Perth in 2000, Dreamscape Networks grew Crazy Domains into the top .au domain brand — roughly 30% of .au registrations by 2016 — floated it on the ASX, then sold to Web.com in 2019. Today it sits in the Newfold Digital portfolio alongside Bluehost and HostGator, serving 1.7 million businesses.

Price and plans

The entry Economy plan starts at A$3.25/month on promo terms (1 website, 10 GB NVMe) but renews at A$11.22/month — nearly 3.5x. A 60-day money-back guarantee softens the risk, but deselect pre-ticked extras: the ACCC fined the company A$56,340 in January 2024 over 'free gifts' that quietly auto-renewed into paid subscriptions.

Who is it for?

Bargain-focused Australian startups that want domains, hosting, email and marketing tools from one provider with local data centres. Reviews are genuinely mixed — 4.3/5 on Trustpilot but 3.4/5 on ProductReview.com.au, with recurring billing and support complaints — so mission-critical sites may be happier at a premium local host.

PROS & CONS

The good and the bad

  • Australia's top domain brand — over 1.7 million business customers
  • Sydney data centres with NVMe storage, free SSL and Cloudflare CDN
  • Very cheap intro pricing across domains and hosting
  • 60-day money-back guarantee, double the industry norm
  • Steep renewals — Economy jumps from A$3.25 to A$11.22/mo
  • Upsell history: ACCC penalties in 2024 over auto-renewing 'free gifts'
  • Mixed service record — 3.4/5 on ProductReview.com.au

VERDICT

Is Crazy Domains right for you?

Australia's household-name domain registrar: Perth-born in 2000, now part of US giant Newfold Digital and trusted by 1.7 million businesses — dirt-cheap to start, though renewals and upsells demand attention.

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