Indian Domains, which one is best .in or .co.in?

[photomonkey]

I have never registered an Indian domain name, and today I decided to find out if there were any restrictions on registering Indian domains. Apparently there are none.

While I was looking for information I noticed that India seems to be operating with 2 main TLD .in and .co.in and they have different prices.

My question is, which one is the most valueable? i.e. which one do Indians type first is it .in or .co.in?

 

[Robson]

I would assume they mean different things.....but .in (shorter) seems alot better.

 

[loscocco]

I would say .in would be better IMHO

 

[JoshHendo]

.in
I don't see the point in .co.in :P
tooo long :D

 

[Michelle]

.in
I don't see the point in .co.in :P
tooo long :D

.co.uk does better than .uk :hehe:

 

[Binfus]

.co.uk does better than .uk :hehe:

Have you ever seen anyone with ".UK" other than the British governmental entities?

 

[Michelle]

Have you ever seen anyone with ".UK" other than the British governmental entities?

Nope.

All the companies "that I know of" use .co.uk. This is what is advertised, even on tv

 

[Binfus]

Nope.

All the companies "that I know of" use .co.uk.

This is so because ".UK" is not even an option for them....so whats the point of comparing it to .co.uk which is the only option for commercial entities in UK...On the other hand, in India both .co.in and .in will be available to anyone who wants to have either or both....Its no use comparing apples with oranges...

 

[pratiknaik]

My question is, which one is the most valueable? i.e. which one do Indians type first is it .in or .co.in?

It's .co.in.

-Pratik

 

[romow]

.co.in has been around longer, and thus better known.

 

[FusunMedia]

I like .in better, .co.in is just a sub-extension of it.

 

[Binfus]

I like .in better, .co.in is just a sub-extension of it.

Agreed. The registry knows this very well and thats why .in is more expensive than all the sub-extensions; including .co.in....its just a matter of time that India's main ccTLD becomes the mainstream...even the big ones like Google and Yahoo who've continued to use .co.in so far will have to decide whether they want to be perceived as serving India as a whole (.IN) or just its commercial sector(.co.in). Ebay has already made the switch; www.Ebay.co.in redirects to www.Ebay.in !!

 

[Ben]

.in for the win! D:

 

[Static]

IMO, .in is better. It serves India as a whole nation, not just the commercian side.

 

[photomonkey]

Originally Posted by photomonkey
My question is, which one is the most valueable? i.e. which one do Indians type first is it .in or .co.in?

It's .co.in.

-Pratik

Thank you very much.
While I agree with every one that the shorter the better, one must not disregard people's expectations.
If you have a .in and people expect it to be .co.in or vice-versa you will be giving free traffic to somebody else

 

[pratiknaik]

I'd register both - .co.in & .in version if I am planning on developing the name. Because it's all speculations as of now that .IN will overtake .CO.IN. But you never know..

-Pratik

 

[commes]

yah i'd buy both of the TLD's so that your not giving free traffic to some one lol

 

[wacky_lokpo]

.in sounds cooler and shorter! also, you can match it with other words so it's like you're just stringing words makes it more fun

 

[Macke]

.IN will be the best in the long run. Don't waste your money on .co.in

 

[VisualArtistFrankBonilla]

Google & Yahoo?

.IN will be the best in the long run. Don't waste your money on .co.in

So why are Google & Yahoo both using the .co.in?

www.Google.co.in

www.Yahoo.co.in

Frank