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.in domain: registry, rules and WHOIS

Indian businesses, organisations and individuals

Facts

Type
Country-code top-level domain (ccTLD)
Registry operator
NIXI (National Internet Exchange of India)
Country or territory
India
Added to the root zone
1989
RDAP
Yes (rdap.nixiregistry.in)
WHOIS server
whois.nixiregistry.in
Registration
Open to anyone
Typical use
Indian businesses, organisations and individuals

RDAP availability is taken from the IANA RDAP bootstrap file published on 2026-09-16; WHOIS server and delegation year from the IANA root zone database. Registry policies change: check the registry's own policy before relying on an eligibility rule.

What is .in?

.in is the country-code top-level domain of India, managed by NIXI through its .IN Registry. Besides direct registrations it has zones such as .co.in, .net.in and .org.in, as well as restricted zones for government and education.

Who can register it

Second-level .in names and the open zones (.co.in, .net.in, .org.in and similar) can be registered by anyone worldwide. Zones such as .gov.in and .ac.in are reserved for qualifying Indian institutions.

WHOIS, RDAP and privacy

An RDAP service for .in (rdap.nixiregistry.in) is published in the IANA RDAP bootstrap file. OrbitProbe reads registration data from it first, as structured JSON: registrar, creation and expiry dates, EPP status codes and nameservers. For ccTLDs, what is published is decided by the registry and local law rather than by ICANN, so output differs from one extension to the next. Most registries do not show the personal data of individuals in public output. OrbitProbe only ever shows the organisation name and country.

Look up a .in domain

FAQ

Who can register a .in domain?

Second-level .in names and the open zones (.co.in, .net.in, .org.in and similar) can be registered by anyone worldwide. Zones such as .gov.in and .ac.in are reserved for qualifying Indian institutions.

How do I run a WHOIS lookup for a .in domain?

Type the name, in the form example.in, into the form on this page. OrbitProbe first queries the RDAP service of the .in registry (rdap.nixiregistry.in). The result shows where the data came from and when it was observed.

Does .in support RDAP?

Yes. The IANA RDAP bootstrap file dated 2026-09-16 publishes rdap.nixiregistry.in for .in. The classic WHOIS server is whois.nixiregistry.in.