You recently purchased
sew.in.net right?
So theoretically, you should now own the domain right?
Take a look:
http://who.is/whois/sew.in.net
to be more specific , that's not a domain it's a subdomain !!
the real domain is in.net ! all xxx.in.net are just subdomains even if the owner call them domains and allow them to be registred ! there's a lot of diferrence between a domain and subdomain , you can't for example move sew.in.net to another registrar ! means you are not the real owner ! so like they said in above posts , just avoid them !!
I understood these points from the first two posts. This still doesn't explain how .co.uk or .uk.com, for example, are any different?
Let's get the facts straight here first:
First of all: You can easily move sew.in.net to another registrar! I'm not sure where you got the idea that you can't. Currently the domain is registered at CheapoDomains.biz but can be easily transferred to Internet.bs, 101Domains.com, DomainKing.biz, DomainMonster.com, BigRock.com, http.net, mailclub.fr, etc, etc... LogicBoxes/ResellerClub are already offering .IN.NET, which opens up the door for slews of resellers to begin offering it as well. So, it most definitely is not impossible to move the domain to a different registrar, that's pure malarkey.
Moving on to the whois: If you have a look at the page you posted a link to, you'll see that it's not actually performing a whois request for sew.in.net. This is because the TLD is very new and the whois website doesn't yet recognize it as a TLD. You have effectively run a whois on .in.net, not sew.in.net. However, you can head over to
http://domains.in.net/whois/?query=sew&output=nice and see that I do indeed "own" the domain.
Now that those quantitative issues are cleared up, let me move on to addressing the philosophical concerns:
I understand that the third-level domains throw people off and make them think of it as a "sub-domain", but really that's incorrect. Technically speaking, your favorite .com address is a sub-domain of .com, the top level domain. That's how the DNS system works. So, do you not "own" your favorite .com because you don't own the .com TLD? Technically, the answer is yes! In reality we are more domain "renters" than "owners", unless you operate a true top-level domain like .com or .net.
The .in.net TLD was launched less than two months ago by the Directi Group, whom is also responsible for bringing us the .pw TLD, among others. This isn't some fly-by-night guy with a .net domain trying to pretend to be a TLD, it's a real TLD as much as .us.com, .eu.com, .uk.com or .co.uk! Which leads me to my next point:
A lot of big companies have started using third-level (two-part) TLDs to get a short and more memorable web address. I think what we as domainers fail to realize is that an end-user doesn't think or care about "sub-domains" or "TLDs" when looking for a website -- they only care if it's a memorable address. For my own business I would certainly prefer sew.in.net over a longer name like awesomesewname.com, that's a no-brainer, but even over goodsewname.com or sewcompany.com I would take sew.in.net.
Lots of big organizations use third-level domains, here are a few I know of:
google.co.in
downtoearth.org.in
nest.net.in
kappa.net.in
isbn.net.in
olympic.ind.in
visa.ind.in
login.ind.in
rbi.org.in
coep.org.in
dte.org.in
usief.org.in
activia.us.com
avon.uk.com
sketch.uk.com
savills.us.com
wasabi.uk.com
lecreuset.us.com
Of all the third-level domains, .in.net is among my favorite. I'll explain why:
- It reads as a play on words, like "in the internet" and thus works great for the American market.
- These third-level domains are quickly gaining popularity and awareness in India, the world's third largest Internet population (behind only America and China)
In conclusion, I think the severe devaluing of top keyword domains in the third-level is unfounded. The general consensus around here that these are of no value seems to me like a knee-jerk reaction to the truly devaluing .coms due to all of the new TLDs that are here and coming. It's time to embrace the change, fellas!
I'd be happy to hold on to it and develop it, and I may very well do that, but I can't do it will all of my domains or I'd look like this guy ->

So, I have to let some of these go. I intended to give the Namepros members first dibbs on it for very cheap, but I do have solid alternative methods of selling these, usually at a much better profit margins than I've asked for around this forum.
If I'm wrong about any of this I'll be happy to hear about it and appreciative of the opportunity to learn more, so please feel free to share anything I'm missing.