.in

Register an .in domain

India's country code, run by the National Internet Exchange of India. Open to registrants anywhere, but every new registration now goes through NIXI's identity verification before it settles.

Extension type: Country-code (ccTLD)
Who can register: Eligibility rules apply
Registry: National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
Renews at: CHF 6.05 / year

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.in pricing

.in prices by registration term
Term	1 year	2 years	3 years	4 years	5 years
Registration For a name nobody currently holds.	CHF 15.05	CHF 30.15	CHF 45.25	CHF 60.35	CHF 75.35
Renewal Every term after that. This is the number that matters most, so it sits on the same screen as the first one.	CHF 6.05	CHF 12.05	CHF 18.10	CHF 24.15	CHF 30.15
Transfer in Moving an existing name to us. Adds a year to the term rather than restarting it.	CHF 6.05one-off	Not offered	Not offered	Not offered	Not offered
Restore Recovering a name after it lapsed into redemption. Shown deliberately: it is the expensive one.	CHF 50.30one-off	Not offered	Not offered	Not offered	Not offered

Each figure is the total for that whole term, resolved live from the same pricing engine that charges your cart, so this page cannot advertise an amount checkout will not honour. Only the terms this registry actually sells are shown; an em-dash means that term is not on offer. A crossed-out price is a standing price a running promotion undercuts. Premium names are priced individually — search the exact name to see its own quote.

Before you register .in

What the price includes: Every .in amount on this page is resolved by the same pricing engine that charges your cart, at the moment the page is built. There is no separate ICANN fee, agency fee or surcharge added later — the figure you see is the figure you pay, in the currency shown.
Premium and reserved names: Some names are classed as premium by the registry and priced individually, usually at the premium rate every year rather than only the first. Search the exact name to see its own quote. If a name's premium status or price changes between your quote and your purchase, the quote is invalidated rather than quietly repriced.
Renewal is not automatic unless you switch it on: Auto-renew is off unless you enable it, and enabling it sets a flag at the registry rather than scheduling a charge here. We email the registrant address before a name expires, so keep a monitored address on the record. If a .in name does lapse, restoring it costs considerably more than renewing it would have — the restore price is in the table above.
Transfers: Transferring .in to us needs the AuthInfo (EPP) code from your current registrar, which they are obliged to give you on request. Where the registry operates a waiting period before a name may move — ICANN imposes one on generic extensions — it is set out in the facts above. That is registry policy, not ours, and we cannot waive it.
Who may register: .in is a restricted extension. The registry's eligibility rules are set out above and are checked by the registry, not by us — a registration that does not qualify is refused or later cancelled by them, and we refund what we can rather than what we would like to.

Restricted extension

Open worldwide, but every registrant is verified

Registry: National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), New Delhi, operating the registry at registry.in.

There is no residency or local-entity requirement. NIXI confirms that foreign nationals and foreign entities are eligible to hold .in names, and no trustee service is needed.
Identity verification is mandatory on new registrations. Indian registrants supply a government-issued identity document — Aadhaar, PAN, passport or voter ID — through the registry's e-KYC route; entities supply a certificate of incorporation plus a signatory's ID.
Registrants outside India follow a documentary route instead, because the online e-KYC tools are built around Indian identity documents: a passport or company registration document, plus a statement of the business connection to or purpose in India.
The surprise for most buyers is timing. Until verification clears, the registry can hold a newly registered name on serverHold — it exists and is yours, but it does not resolve. Treat .in as a name to order early, not the afternoon before launch.

What changed, and why it matters before you order

For most of its life .in behaved like an unusually relaxed country code: open to the world, instant, no paperwork. That is no longer an accurate description, and buying on the old description is how people end up with a domain that does not resolve. NIXI now requires identity verification for new registrations, backed by a registrar agreement in force since 15 May 2025, and the registry will hold a name on serverHold until the check clears.

None of this closes .in to foreign registrants. NIXI has been explicit that foreign nationals and entities remain eligible; what it asks of them is evidence of who they are and a short statement of their business connection to or purpose in India. The practical effect is a lead time rather than a barrier. If an .in name is part of a launch, order it far enough ahead that a document request does not land on your launch day.

How the verification actually runs, and what we do

The registry's own e-KYC path is built for Indian identity documents, which is why the process forks. An Indian individual verifies with an Aadhaar, PAN, passport or voter ID; an Indian company adds its certificate of incorporation and an authorised signatory's ID. A registrant outside India supplies a passport or a company registration extract together with the statement of India connection, because the domestic e-KYC tooling will not accept foreign documents.

We are a reseller, not the registry, so we cannot pre-approve anything or shorten NIXI's queue. What we do is collect the right documents with the order rather than after it, keep the registrant record accurate so a compliance query never arrives in the first place, and tell you plainly when a proposed .in name looks like it will attract questions. Registration, renewal, transfer and restore prices are all shown live above before you commit.

Terms and lifecycle

What holding a .in actually commits you to

Term: One to ten years, a limit the registry has published since October 2008. Renewal is handled on our side against the registry's expiry date, so a multi-year term is the simplest way to reduce the number of verification and billing events you have to think about.
If you miss the renewal: Openprovider, the registrar platform we register through, publishes a 44-day soft quarantine after expiry followed by a further 28 days of hard quarantine. A name in quarantine cannot be transferred until it is renewed or restored, and the restore price shown above is far higher than a renewal.
Transfer: Transfers use an auth code from your current registrar. .in sets its own rule rather than inheriting ICANN's, but it lands in the same place: registrar-to-registrar transfers are not permitted in the 60 days after a name is created. A completed transfer adds a year to the term rather than resetting it.
Registrant data: NIXI's registrar agreement, in force since 15 May 2025, requires accurate and verifiable registrant identification, and the registry will place names with inaccurate data on serverHold and request verification. Keep the registrant record current; this is not a formality here.
Disputes: Trademark disputes over .in names run under the .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (INDRP), administered by NIXI under Indian law, rather than under ICANN's UDRP. The procedure differs, so take Indian advice rather than assuming UDRP practice carries over.

Fit

Who .in is for

Selling into India
If you have Indian customers, staff or a subsidiary, .in is the address they expect and the one that reads as local. The connection-to-India statement is easy to write when the connection is real.
Protecting an Indian-market brand
Defensive registration still works, but budget the verification step and the documents into the plan rather than treating it as a one-click purchase.
Not a casual domain hack any more
Names that read as English words ending in -in were once a cheap trick. Every registrant is now verified and non-residents must document a purpose connected to India, so a hack with no Indian link is the wrong buy. A generic gTLD is less trouble.

A less paperwork-heavy alternative

If the Indian connection is thin and you mainly wanted a short, memorable address, .com is open to anyone with no verification step and no serverHold risk.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I have to be in India to register an .in domain?

No. NIXI confirms that foreign nationals and entities are eligible, and there is no local-presence or trustee requirement. What non-resident registrants do have to provide is identification and a short statement of their business connection to or purpose in India.

What documents will I be asked for?

Indian individuals verify with a government-issued ID such as Aadhaar, PAN, passport or voter ID; Indian companies add a certificate of incorporation and an authorised signatory's ID. Registrants outside India supply a passport or company registration document plus the statement of connection to India, because the registry's online e-KYC tools only accept Indian documents.

Is registration instant?

No, and you should plan around that. The name is created immediately, but the registry can keep it on serverHold — registered but not resolving — until verification is complete. Order an .in name well before you need it live.

What happens if I miss the renewal?

Openprovider, the platform we register through, publishes a 44-day soft quarantine after expiry, followed by 28 days of hard quarantine. The name cannot be transferred while it sits there, and recovering it costs the restore price shown above rather than a renewal price.

Can I transfer an .in domain to you straight away?

Not within 60 days of the name being created — the registry blocks registrar-to-registrar transfers in that window. After that, ask your current registrar for the auth code and start the transfer here; it adds a year to the existing term rather than replacing it.