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 domains on a first-come, first-served basis.

.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 name renews on its expiration date. Auto-renewal is attempted on the the domain name's expiration date. If the renewal attempt fails, we re-attempt renewal 10 days later. If the second renewal attempt fails, we try again 5 days after that.
If we cannot auto-renew the domain name and you do not manually renew it by the 17th day after the expiration date, it must be redeemed. There might be a fee for the redemption. See Renew my expired GoDaddy domain for instructions on the redemption.
For example: Your .in domain name expires on October 10. For automatic renewals, we attempt to renew the domain name on October 10, October 20, and October 25.

Backorders: Not supported
Transfers to GoDaddy: Supported
Transfers away from GoDaddy: Supported

Transfer Lock: Supported

Transfers to another GoDaddy account: Supported

Restricted for 10 days following registration.

Basic privacy protection: Not supported
Protection plan upgrades: Not supported
Cash Parking: Not supported
Contact Updates: Supported

Nameserver requirements

Must use: 2-13 Nameservers
Can use: IPv4
Cannot use: IPv6, DNSSEC

Refunds

refund policy

Standard Refund Terms

Products with Special Refund Terms

Domain Name Registrations/Renewals

Products Not Eligible for Refunds

More Info

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