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.in
.in
Introduced 1989
TLD type Country code top-level domain
Status Active
Registry INRegistry
Sponsoring organization National Internet Exchange of India
Intended use Entities connected with India
Actual use Was traditionally not very popular as Indians preferred generic TLDs such as .com; liberalization of registration rules in 2005 led to a great increase in registrations (though some are by foreigners)
Registration restrictions No restrictions on who can register second-level domains or most third-level domains; restrictions under some specialized subdomains
Structure May register at second level or at third level beneath generic-category 2nd level domains
Documents Policies
Dispute policies .IN Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (INDRP)
Web site registry.in

.in is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for India. The domain is operated by INRegistry under the authority of NIXI, the National Internet Exchange of India. INRegistry was appointed by the government of India. Image File history File links Dotin. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ... INRegistry is the official . ... [[The National Internet Exchange of India]] is the meeting point of the ISPs in India. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A top-level domain (TLD) is the last part of an Internet domain name; that is, the letters which follow the final dot of any domain name. ... A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory. ... INRegistry is the official . ... [[The National Internet Exchange of India]] is the meeting point of the ISPs in India. ...


As of 2005, liberalised policies for the .in domain allow unlimited second-level registrations under .in. Unlimited registrations under the previously structured existing zones are also allowed: 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

  • .in (available to anyone; used by companies, individuals, and organizations in India)
  • .co.in (originally for banks, registered companies, and trademarks)
  • .firm.in (originally for shops, partnerships, liaison offices, sole proprietorships)
  • .net.in (originally for Internet service providers)
  • .org.in (originally for non-profit organizations)
  • .gen.in (originally for general/miscellaneous use)
  • .ind.in (originally for individuals)

Five zones are reserved for use by qualified organizations in India: In the common law, a partnership is a type of business entity in which partners share with each other the profits or losses of the business undertaking in which they have all invested. ... A sole proprietorship is a business which legally has no separate existence from its owner. ... An Internet service provider (abbr. ... A nonprofit organization (abbreviated NPO, or non-profit or not-for-profit) is an organization whose primary objective is to support some issue or matter of private interest or public concern for non-commercial purposes. ...

  • .ac.in (Academic institutions)
  • .edu.in (Educational institutions)
  • .res.in (Indian research institutes)
  • .gov.in (Indian government)
  • .mil.in (Indian military)

Before the more liberal policies for the .in domain, only 7000 names had been registered between 1992 and 2004. As of April 2005, that number has increased to over 100,000, with names registered from 108 different countries. Roughly 80% of the registrants are from India, Germany, and the United States.


The domain .nic.in is reserved for India's National Informatics Centre, but in practice most Indian government agencies have domains ending in .nic.in. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) is Indias premiere government organization providing network infrastructure and e-Governance support to all government bodies. ...


Due to the popularity of the English word "in", and the commonness of many English words ending in "in", the .in ccTLD has become very popular in the creation of domain hacks. A few working examples include http://adm.in (admin), http://einste.in (Einstein) and http://doma.in/ (domain). The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Einstein redirects here. ...


See also

Offical List of inregistry Accredited Registrars for . ... A drop registrar is a domain name registrar that exists solely to catch expiring Internet domain names, for the purpose of selling them. ... now. ... Over the years in various countries alternative domain registrars have been established to allocate domains under domain hierarchies which gTLD or CcTLD hiearchies which compete with official gTLD and ccTLD. Independent Domain Registrar are not accredited by ICANN or have got their name spaced from IANA. They get their name...

External links and references

  • .in whois information from the .IN Registry: India's Official .IN Domain Name Registry
  • Policies from the INRegistry website
  • How India's .IN Domain Rouses from its Slumber, an April 2005 article from the CircleID website
  • .in Domain Registration Register .IN, .CO.IN and all other extensions from HOSTINDIA.NET
  • .in Registration Register .IN domains from official .IN Accredited registrar Netlynx Technologies


Netlynx Technologies Pvt. ...

Country code top-level domains
Active:  .ac  .ad  .ae  .af  .ag  .ai  .al  .am  .an  .ao  .aq  .ar  .as  .at  .au  .aw  .ax  .az  .ba  .bb  .bd  .be  .bf  .bg  .bh  .bi  .bj  .bm  .bn  .bo  .br  .bs  .bt  .bv  .bw  .by  .bz  .ca  .cc  .cd  .cf  .cg  .ch  .ci  .ck  .cl  .cm  .cn  .co  .cr  .cu  .cv  .cx  .cy  .cz  .de  .dj  .dk  .dm  .do  .dz  .ec  .ee  .eg  .er  .es  .et  .eu  .fi  .fj  .fk  .fm  .fo  .fr  .ga  .gd  .ge  .gf  .gg  .gh  .gi  .gl  .gm  .gn  .gp  .gq  .gr  .gs  .gt  .gu  .gw  .gy  .hk  .hm  .hn  .hr  .ht  .hu  .id  .ie  .il  .im  .in  .io  .iq  .ir  .is  .it  .je  .jm  .jo  .jp  .ke  .kg  .kh  .ki  .km  .kn  .kr  .kw  .ky  .kz  .la  .lb  .lc  .li  .lk  .lr  .ls  .lt  .lu  .lv  .ly  .ma  .mc  .md  .mg  .mh  .mk  .ml  .mm  .mn  .mo  .mp  .mq  .mr  .ms  .mt  .mu  .mv  .mw  .mx  .my  .mz  .na  .nc  .ne  .nf  .ng  .ni  .nl  .no  .np  .nr  .nu  .nz  .om  .pa  .pe  .pf  .pg  .ph  .pk  .pl  .pm  .pn  .pr  .ps  .pt  .pw  .py  .qa  .re  .ro  .ru  .rw  .sa  .sb  .sc  .sd  .se  .sg  .sh  .si  .sk  .sl  .sm  .sn  .sr  .st  .sv  .sy  .sz  .tc  .td  .tf  .tg  .th  .tj  .tk  .tl  .tm  .tn  .to  .tr  .tt  .tv  .tw  .tz  .ua  .ug  .uk  .us  .uy  .uz  .va  .vc  .ve  .vg  .vi  .vn  .vu  .wf  .ws  .ye  .yt  .yu  .za  .zm  .zw

Reserved/unassigned:  .eh  .kp  .me  .rs      Allocated/unused:  .bv  .gb  .sj .so  .um       Phaseout:  .su  .tp       Deleted/retired:  .cs  .dd  .zr

See also: Generic top-level domains


 

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