Country extensionSince 1989
.in domain registration
India’s extension: two letters telling your Indian customer you speak to their market, open to anyone, person or company, from any country, as long as it’s registered with your own data and no privacy service.
Score card
.in in six cells
Our score out of five, as we see it when we help a customer choose.
- Trust
- 4 out of 5
- Easy to remember
- 5 out of 5
- Global reach
- 2 out of 5
- Price stability
- 5 out of 5
- Short names available
- 3 out of 5
- Local meaning
- 5 out of 5
Overview
What is .in
.in entered the internet’s root in 1989 as India’s extension, and its manager in the IANA record is National Internet Exchange of India. It is open to anyone, person or company, from any country, so you don’t need to live in India to register it, and it tells whoever reads it there that your business speaks to their market.
But it has two conditions to know before you register: the registrar collects identity verification data, as India’s rules require, and no service hiding the holder’s data is allowed in it, so whoever registers a name through a proxy isn’t recognized as its owner. That is why it suits those who don’t mind being known by name and want to be seen in India.
.in supports DNSSEC signing, but a name in it is Latin letters, digits and hyphens only, so no names in Arabic. Its price with us is lower than .com and fixed every year. But if you have no customers or partners in India, it says nothing to your customer, and .com or .co is closer to them.
- Type
- Country extension (ccTLD)
- In the root since
- May 8, 1989
- Name’s origin
- India
- Responsible body
- National Internet Exchange of India
- Who may register
- Anyone, person or organization, from any country
- DNSSEC
- Supported
- Names in Arabic
- Not supported
Who it suits
For your field: is .in the best fit?
Every field has an extension that says something about it. Here is what .in says in each, and which extension completes it.
A company with Indian customers
Excellent · The first choice
Your Indian customer knows their country’s extension and trusts it; add .com for the rest of the world.
Register it with.in.com
A software team for India
Good · A good fit
The extension says where your work and partners are; .io is broader if your product is for the whole world.
Register it with.in.io
A student or community association in India
Good · A good fit with .org
For a student or community association there, .in says where you are, and .org that you’re a non-profit.
Register it with.in.org
A brand addressing the world
Consider another · Consider .com
India’s extension says “this is India” to everyone who reads it, and a brand speaking to all needs .com.
Register it with.com.co
A local business in Bahrain
Consider another · Consider .com
Your customers are in Bahrain, not in India, and they know .com and type it out of habit.
Register it with.com.shop
A blog or personal site
Consider another · Consider .me
.in says nothing about you if you’re not in India, and doesn’t allow hiding your data; .me is closer to you.
Register it with.me.blog
What it does for you
What you gain when you register it
Says “India” in two letters
Your customer there knows from the extension that you speak to their own market.
Open from any country
You need no residence or company in India to register it.
Email for your customers there
sales@baharat-manama.in is an address telling the Indian buyer you’re speaking to them.
A real holder, not a proxy
It’s registered in its real holder’s name, not a proxy’s, so no one else is recognized as owner.
And where its value shows
Writing to Indian buyers
An address saying you know their market.
On your product catalog
A link leading Indian buyers to their page.
At trade fairs
Two letters Indian visitors understand at once.
In targeted ads
A link matching the market you address.
Pros and cons
What you should know before you register
Frankly, as we’d tell a customer who asks us before registering.
Pros
- 01Says “India” to a customer or partner there
- 02Open to everyone from any country
- 03Lower-priced than .com with us, and fixed every year
- 04Two short letters everyone understands
- 05In the internet’s root since 1989, and supports DNSSEC signing
Cons
- 01Identity verification is required at registration
- 02Doesn’t allow a service hiding the holder’s data
- 03Says nothing to a customer outside India
- 04Doesn’t support names in Arabic
Rules
Registration terms for .in
What the registry requires and what we add, in one place.
- Who may register
- Anyone, person or organization, from any country
- Documents
- Identity verification (KYC) is mandatory
- Name length
- Up to 63 characters
- Characters
- a–z, digits and hyphens, never first or last
- Names in Arabic
- Not supported
- Registration term
- 1 to 10 years
- DNSSEC
- Supported
- Privacy protection
- Prohibited
- Transfer
- With an EPP code from your current provider
Life cycle
From registration until the name is free again
What happens to your name if it isn’t renewed, and when you can still get it back.
- 01Registration1 to 10 yearsThe name is yours from the moment you pay, for the term you chose.
- 02Renewal graceUp to 45 daysAfter expiry the registry keeps a renewal grace period, within what the registrar allows.
- 03Redemption30 daysOnce deleted, it can be redeemed for an extra redemption fee.
- 04Final deletion5 daysThen the name is free again for anyone to register.
Tips
Before you register
- 1Have your identity details ready before registeringThe registrar asks to verify them, so write your name and address as on your document.
- 2.in for India, .com for the worldOne site under two names, so Indian buyers find you by their country’s extension and others by .com.
- 3A short name, read as it’s writtenIf it needs spelling out on the phone, it’s too long or too complicated.
- 4No digits or hyphens that need explainingEvery hyphen or digit has to be said, and what has to be said gets forgotten.
- 5Renew automatically, or register for yearsUp to 10 years at once, so you never miss a date.
- 6Make sure the name isn’t someone else’s trademarkA registered trademark’s owner can recover the name from whoever registered it first.
Nearby extensions
If your name is taken in .in
- .comThe best known, reaching India and beyond.$17 first year
- .coTwo letters, chosen by entrepreneurs.$49 first year
- .globalFor work beyond one country’s borders.$96 first year
- .tradeSays “trade” for those who import and export.$10 first year
- .companySays “company” as the full word.$27 first year
- .businessSays “business” as the full word.$56 first year
FAQ5 questions
Frequently asked questions about .in
Didn’t find your answer? Our technical support team is with you around the clock.
Contact support$15 a year, for the first year and every renewal: the price you see when you search, with no other fees at registration.
Anyone, person or organization, from any country, but verifying the registrant’s identity (KYC) is mandatory under Indian directions, and privacy services are prohibited.
Yes: ask your current provider for the transfer (EPP) code, and open a transfer request with us.
The .in registry allows a renewal grace period of up to 45 days after expiry, within what the registrar allows. If the name is deleted, it can be redeemed within 30 days for a redemption fee; then it is deleted for good after 5 days and is free again.
No. IANA’s repository of internationalized names (IDN) holds no Arabic table for .in, so names in it use Latin letters, digits and hyphens.
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