Here you will find all the information related to .in domains.
The .in domain is a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) corresponding to India.
It is increasingly used as an abbreviation for “Internet” and for the English word “in”.
Motivation for registering a .in domain
Any person or entity can register a .in domain.
Registering a .in domain
Restrictions when registering .in domains
- .in domains can have a maximum of 63 characters and a minimum of 3.
- Accepted characters for domain registration: a-z, 0-9 and the hyphen “-”. The hyphen cannot appear at the beginning or end of the name.
- They can be registered for up to 10 years.
Restrictions when renewing .in domains
- A .in domain has a renewal period from 1 to 10 years.
- A .in domain can only be renewed within 2 months before it expires.
Restrictions when transferring .in domains
- .in domains cannot be transferred if they are expired.
- .in domains cannot be transferred if they are in the clientTransferProhibited status.
- To start the transfer of .in domains, the AUTH CODE is required.
Since it has an expiration date, the domain has a lifecycle that goes through various stages or periods. This lifecycle is established by ICANN, the entity responsible for the domain regulations. In the following chart we show you the lifecycle of a .in domain and its states.
- Available domain: the domain has not yet been registered, so it is available. When a registration request is sent, it will be assigned to the first received request.
- Registered domain: when a request is sent for an available domain, it is assigned to the requester. Registration can be for 1 to 10 years.
- Active domain: the domain will be active for the number of years requested at registration. During this period, the number of years can be extended starting from two months before the expiration date.
- Grace period: the domain has expired and stops working. This period lasts 44 days and you can renew the domain without penalty.
- Redemption period: this period lasts 30 days during which the domain has been deleted but can be restored and renewed at a higher price than the usual renewal cost.
- Pending delete: the domain can no longer be restored and will be released.
Multilingual .in domains - IDN special characters Registration of domains with special characters (IDN)
For .in domains, registration with IDN special characters is not allowed.