About .in Domains
.IN Registry aka as NIXI (National Internet exchange of India)is the sponsor and GoDaddy Registry is our backend provider for the country-code top-level domain name (ccTLD) .in extension that represents India.
Who can register .in domains?
Anyone can register .in, .co.in, .firm.in, .gen.in, .ind.in, .net.in, and .org.in domain names.
- .in: Intended for India businesses or individuals.
- .co.in: Intended for commercial entities.
- .firm.in: Intended for firms and companies.
- .gen.in: Intended for general use.
- .ind.in: Intended for private individuals.
- .net.in: Intended for network infrastructures, such as Internet Service Providers.
- .org.in: Intended for non-profit organizations.
Registration restrictions
When registering a .in domain, you must follow specific requirements.
- Must use: 3 - 63 Characters
- Can use: Letters (a-z characters), numbers (0-9) and hyphens (except in the 1st or last characters of the domain name)
- Cannot use: Special characters (e.g., & and #)
- IDNs: Not supported
Features
- Registration length: 1 - 10 years
- Renewal length: 1 - 10 years
- Your .in domain renews on its expiration date. If auto-renew is turned on, we'll attempt renewal on its expiration date. If the first renewal attempt fails, we'll continue attempting auto-renewal multiple times until the 17th day after the domain's expiration date.
- If we cannot auto-renew the domain and you do not manually renew it by the 17th day after the expiration date, it must be redeemed with any applicable fees.
- Backorders: Not supported
- Transfers to GoDaddy: Supported
- Transfers away from GoDaddy: Supported
- Transfer Lock: Supported
- Transfers to another GoDaddy account: Supported
- You cannot move a .in domain for 10 days following registration.
- Domain Privacy: Not supported
- Domain Protection: Supported (during registration only)
- Cash Parking: Not supported
- Contact Updates: Supported
Nameserver requirements
- Must use: 2-13 Nameservers
- Can use: IPv4
- Cannot use: IPv6, DNSSEC
Refunds
For details on refunds, review our refund policy
More Info
- Want to register a .in domain? Search for your .in domain today.
- Want to register a .co.in domain? Search for your .co.in domain today.
- Want to register a .firm.in domain? Search for your .firm.in domain today.
- Want to register a .gen.in domain? Search for your .gen.in domain today.
- Want to register a .ind.in domain? Search for your .ind.in domain today.
- Want to register a .net.in domain? Search for your .net.in domain today.
- Want to register a .org.in domain? Search for your .org.in domain today.
- Check out our most common domain articles to get started with your .in domain.
