Registration

Absolute scam. Received an unsolicited bill for $449, alleging that my company detailer were due for review. They are not ASIC, offer no discernible service. Watch out and never pay.

This company is clearly a scam, there is some strong language in the letter they post to you out of the blue. The document claims that your business *needs* to perform a Company Review, and that the "Statutory Review Fees" *need* to be paid within 2… Read more

months to receive your "Company Statement" and "Corporate Key". They also explicitly state that if you forget to perform you Company Review on time you will need to pay additional late fees to reinstate. All of this is nonsense. Down the very bottom of the bill they make it clear that none of this needs to be taken as seriously as the wording above, but I'm sure they are confident that no-one reads that part.

Deceitful unsolicited practice. Ignore, file their letter in the circular filing cabinet.

Business name renewal scams – I have received 3 renewal notices from different companies for different values. Registration is one of them with lowest value of $181 for 3 years. Registry Australia from Melbourne and Online Business Registration is the third one. After looking at these post I went to the ASIC website and found renewal is only $98 for 3 years. I do not understand why these scam companies are allowed to operate.

Overall experience so far is good – We just have done our color selection. Till now [Name Removed] staff are very professional and quick to respond. The process is very smooth and easy. Everything has been done in a timely manner.

Thank you Registration Pty Ltd – The renewal itself was hassle-free, and I received the necessary documentation promptly. I am grateful for their efficiency and professionalism. Thanks to them, I can continue operating my business with confidence. I highly recommend their services to anyone seeking business name renewal.

This is a scam company ! don't use this company, and don't pay for any "Over Due" registration letter notice. "Registration" (Reg.com.au) is not ASIC, so don't pay. Everyone should report this company to ACCC and Scamwatch (scamwatch.gov.au). The real government service for registration or company review usually cost $50. but this company… Read more

tries to scam you into paying $450 the first time, and then will send you overdue notice if you dont pay!

Dodgy Business! Unsolicited invoice from Registration Pty Ltd. Got a random letter in the post from Registration Pty Ltd / reg.com.au pretending it was for my company annual review from ASIC. Never asked for their services, never appointed them. The thing is made to look like a proper bill with my company details, a $449 "Review Fee", card logos,… Read more

QR code to pay now, early bird discount and all the rest.

It's a sneaky and misleading way to trick business owners into paying for something they don't need.

It charges much more and earlier than ASIC.

Very misleading company. The renewal notice looks like an official government or ASIC notice and can easily trick small business owners into paying unnecessary fees. While they may disclose that they are a third-party service in the fine print, the overall presentation is designed to create confusion. The government should investigate and shut… Read more

down these misleading practices to better protect Australian businesses from being misled into overpaying for services they can obtain directly through official channels at a much lower cost.

Update on 25 June 26 - ASIC have emailed me advising Registration have been de-registered by them since 5 June 26. extract reads "We thank you for raising your concerns regarding correspondence you have received from Registration Pty Ltd.   ASIC has recently taken regulatory action in relation to this provider. On 5 June 2026, we published a… Read more

media release advising that ASIC cancelled the Registered Agent status of Registration Pty Ltd due to breaches of ASIC’s Registered Agent Terms and Conditions.   This means this entity is no longer permitted to act as Registered Agents in dealing with ASIC on behalf of companies." ****

Registration are complete frauds. They claim on their flyer to have a trust pilot rating of 4.9! What a total lie!!! Avoid at all costs.

We paid this company $177 in April to renew our business name. Our ban expires on 23 June. Following payment we heard from them. Over the following weeks we were inundated with spam and letters from other providers, so we followed up seeking confirmation our renewal had been processed.

The company responded that “a business name cannot be renewed until the expiry date”. We checked with ASIC who advised that is a complete lie.

We contacted the company an asked for a refund. They refused stating initially that if we want our money back we should contact our bank and make a chargeback complaint. WTH!>>. So now we are out of pocket having some sham company who we do not trust to do a simple job, and we have no guarantee they actually will do the job even on the expiry day!

We have reported these clowns to ASIC and the ACCC.

I have seriously never come across such a blatantly dishonest and dodgy company.

Update based on their response: registration pty ltd's claim they offered to refund our money is a complete lie. they said we would have to make a chargeback complaint to our bank - which we have now done. had they refunded our money, as requested earlier, that would have been the end of it. but they won't because they are frauds and thieves. I'll also be reporting these clowns to the Privacy Commission for breach of the Australian Privacy Act and Principles.

As advised by Westpac we have also had to cancel our credit cards to prevent further fraudulent transactions by these unscrupulous "people".

Update on 16 June 2026 REGISTRATION have now invited me to complete an application for refund. On doing so we were asked to agree that despite cancelling the service ahead of the renewal date, we would only be entitled to an unspecified "partial refund". Again WTH. These people have not done anything other than take our money and waste our time. Why would we agree to only a partial refund! As many others have recorded this company are completely unscrupulous.

Poor excuse for a company. Your services are not needed and your mail is unsolicited. Yhese dodgy companies need to be remove there shonky attempts at getting businesses to go via them

Total scam! Reg Pty. Ltd. need to be deregistered by ASIC for trying to scam people. I received such a letter from them. Why don't ASIC take action on unethical business like this and de-register them?

If you read this, you probably are a small business owner having also received a letter that looks exactly like a government bill except IT IS NOT and you DO NOT have to pay them anything. The format and the wording used implicitly suggest that the bill relates to the “annual review fee” directly payable to ASIC as shown on the invoice statement… Read more

attached to ASIC’s company statement that your business will be issued each year - this is misleading and deceptive. How the authorities are not actively pursuing this “Registration” business that evidently acts in bad faith and bad moral is beyond comprehension.

Best SCAM invoice I've ever seen. Lucky a quick google search confirmed my suspicion. DO NOT PAY THIS INFLATED INVOICE. Just pay the normal ASIC invoice at a lower rate.

I received their fake invoice, they make it look so legit, but they pretend to be honest by placing a little box at the bottom of the page explaining their position in this scam, I don't suggest they won't pay your fees for you once you pay them, I just know they are charging you a premium to pay for your review

WARNING TO AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS OWNERS ** Registration / reg.com.au IS A [Content Removed] ** !!!!! Be extremely careful dealing with reg.com.au. (Registration) !!!!!! I received what appeared to be an official ASIC-related renewal invoice for $499 and genuinely believed I was paying my annual ASIC business renewal fee. The invoice, wording… Read more

and website presentation closely resembled official ASIC communications and created the impression that payment was compulsory and directly linked to ASIC.

Only afterwards did I discover:

the actual ASIC fee is significantly lower, ($329) this company is NOT ASIC, and I had never knowingly signed up for or authorised them to act on my behalf and charge $170 for submitting my renewal on my behalf.

I never signed any agreement, accepted a quote or appointed them as my ASIC agent.

Their phone system is also handled through an automated AI-style response system that redirects you to ticket-based communication.

** DO NOT FALL FOR THEIR PARTIAL REFUND OFFER!! Go directly to your bank and dispute the transaction, I received a full refund.

I strongly encourage all business owners to carefully check any ASIC-related invoices before making payment and to compare fees directly on the official ASIC website.

I have now reported this matter to Scamwatch, Report Cyber, ASIC and Fair trading.

I very nearly fell for this one. I emailed it to my Accountant hoping that she will catch it on Monday. Like a typical scammer they convey an element of urgency. This triggered me to look more closely and am I glad for it.

This is a scam company that's trying to make money from spamming businesses early to renew their registration with ASIC. If you call their customer service they have an AI bot on the other end so they are basically just out to skim money from businesses while providing zero value.

This company preys on new companies/businesses. They send a formal appearing invoice to your business for company registration fees with a healthy fee on top then hope to catch people out who a dumb enough to pay them (me). Extremely unethical - I dont know who would actually want to run a business that survives on catching people.