.in .in passed 2 million registrations

[Michael R.]

Hello,

.in registry officially published the number of registrations for the first time, on their official website (https://www.registry.in/), and http://www.TheDomains.com took this opportunity to write an interesting post about .in that I would like to share with you:

http://www.thedomains.com/2016/03/21/there-are-over-2-million-in-india-registered-domains/

Feel free to share your opinion about .in growth and future, past and future evolution, etc... Some notable domainers already commented the post on http://www.TheDomains.com.

 

[kamhan143]

Good news. World will accept soon .IN is next huge potential ccTLD

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Per my own experience with a few hundreds of .in - I don't see mass enduser-demand... usually (95-99% of cases) - no bids at all or bids up to $100 and that's all.

 

[MisterSoft.com]

Indian population: 1280 millions
.in registration: only 2 million. NO BIG DEAL!

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

Urbanized population in India is ~1/3.

 

[kamhan143]

Per my own experience with a few hundreds of .in - I don't see mass enduser-demand... usually (95-99% of cases) - no bids at all or bids up to $100 and that's all.

You need to check www.THE.in (official .IN, .CO.IN and others indian TLDs sell report site)

 

[dnk]

It would be better news if early investors in premium .in domains could sell their domains at a fair price, it is difficult to find buyers

 

[kamhan143]

It would be better news if early investors in premium .in domains could sell their domains at a fair price, it is difficult to find buyers

Agreed, without fair price market will collapse...

 

[MisterSoft.com]

It would be better news if early investors in premium .in domains could sell their domains at a fair price, it is difficult to find buyers

Indian domain buyers and end-users would never pay a fair price. They are too stingy. .in investors have a big dilemma now...

 

[kamhan143]

Indian domain buyers and end-users would never pay a fair price. They are too stingy. .in investors have a big dilemma now...

Time is changing now... lots of startups coming day to day in market, and they need names... good name investors defiantly get ROI ! but point is investor know Indians domains market ?! some of investor asking high $XXXX or high $XXXXX for junk .IN names !! most of buyers prefer .com first for thir brand and if they think for (ready for) .IN so they want fair price.... and everyone not want huge investment for just domains....

 

[Michael R.]

The feedback I have from Indians living in India is the following: a few years back, no or very few .in ads were visible. Now, if you go for a walk in town, buy a journal, and look at ads in the street, it's a 50% mix between .in and .com.

It seems that adoption of .in is improving. It was slow, but things are accelerating.

 

[dnk]

What is the floor price for lll.in with u at present and who are the buyers

 

[willtord]

What is the floor price for lll.in with u at present and who are the buyers

@dnk - random non-premium letter LLLs are trading at a floor of $350. When you get into the realms of double premiums, pronounceables and triple premiums you're looking anywhere between $450 and $1K depending on quality. Dictionary LLLs (with business relevance) are trading at $1K + although these types of names rarely hit the market. Buyers are domainers like you, me and the rest of the NP crew.

 

[dnk]

@dnk - random non-premium letter LLLs are trading at a floor of $350. When you get into the realms of double premiums, pronounceables and triple premiums you're looking anywhere between $450 and $1K depending on quality. Dictionary LLLs (with business relevance) are trading at $1K + although these types of names rarely hit the market. Buyers are domainers like you, me and the rest of the NP crew.

Would you consider usr () in to be triple premium

 

[willtord]

Would you consider usr () in to be triple premium

Unfortunately "U" is the only vowel that isn't considered to be premium but it's certainly a good name all the same.

 

[htale]

jizhang.in
guhua.in
wangka.in
gaotie.in
hunqing.in
hanting.in
rujia.in
domain sale QQ8168282

 

[Recons.Com]

Wow! That is really low. 2MM regs for country of 1.3 bn.

.in might have big potential in the future, but the timing is not right. I wouldn't start investing in .in for next 3-5 years at least.

 

[DomainMagnate]

congrats to .in, that's good news!

 

[domainpundit]

.in might have big potential in the future, but the timing is not right. I wouldn't start investing in .in for next 3-5 years at least.

Can you please tell me what has to be in place to call it as a right timing? Appreciate if you can share your thoughts.

 

[Recons.Com]

Can you please tell me what has to be in place to call it as a right timing? Appreciate if you can share your thoughts.

I'd get in a market at the start where I can get LL, NN, NNN, the best of LLL etc. and the top 100-1000 keywords, but that is long past for .in

Then I'd get in when there are already so many regs that getting creative with alternative does not help as much without hurting the quality.

Vast majority of Indian entrepreneurs that will decide patriotically to go with .in will go creative with their name before they shell out $1000-2000 (that is minimum end prices you need to justify paying low $xxx for getting the inventory per name) for LLL.in

For me to personally start investing in .in this has to happen:

- Much less opportunities in .com, .org and few cctlds I prefer
- 10MM+ .in domains registered, given the size of the country.

Then I can decide to go in, understand what end users expect and want, what they are ready to pay, get the proper inventory at wholesale prices of that time (I expect they will go down from current levels or stay at today's level, which is still better than buy today, as I get free loan for someone else holding it for me and paying renewals etc.).

 

[Recons.Com]

congrats to .in, that's good news!

What is good news? 1 domain per 650 people in the country? That is equivalent of 100,000 domains for .de or .uk.

 

[Michael R.]

What is good news? 1 domain per 650 people in the country? That is equivalent of 100,000 domains for .de or .uk.

And first 100,000 domains registered for .de or .co.uk was a good news

 

[domainpundit]

I'd get in a market at the start where I can get LL, NN, NNN, the best of LLL etc. and the top 100-1000 keywords, but that is long past for .in

Then I'd get in when there are already so many regs that getting creative with alternative does not help as much without hurting the quality.

Vast majority of Indian entrepreneurs that will decide patriotically to go with .in will go creative with their name before they shell out $1000-2000 (that is minimum end prices you need to justify paying low $xxx for getting the inventory per name) for LLL.in

For me to personally start investing in .in this has to happen:

- Much less opportunities in .com, .org and few cctlds I prefer
- 10MM+ .in domains registered, given the size of the country.

Then I can decide to go in, understand what end users expect and want, what they are ready to pay, get the proper inventory at wholesale prices of that time (I expect they will go down from current levels or stay at today's level, which is still better than buy today, as I get free loan for someone else holding it for me and paying renewals etc.).

Ok Clear, much appreciated for sharing your thoughts. I really doubt you will get LLL.in names at the current prices when number of registrations are 10 million names. Anyways all domain investors are tend to speculate ( including me) with the data what they have. I really wish good luck.

I am just sharing my speculations. If .IN reaches 10 million names LLL.in prices will reach minimum 5k per name. If you get below that its a steal. I also believe at least 50% of LLL.in will be end users hands by that time , now its around 15%. There is not much room for resellers play around and the prices will go up. This is not limited LLL.in or NNN.in names, widely applied to all other categories.

 

[dnk]

Most people in India do not have a computer and internet connection in India and domain investors are denied their fundamental right to privacy, and to earn a living without a valid reason, making it difficult to increase domain sales.

 

[kamhan143]

IMO .IN registry control by political people and there less have knowledge or interest for promoting and increasing .IN registration rank ! without professionals people involment .IN will never go up...