What's the best (.co.in ) OR (.in)

[DnPresident]

what's the best (.co.in ) OR (.in) and what's the difference?

 

[a2zofb2b]

If you are going to have a useful website where people will type in the domain name to visit again, why make them type an extra .co.in, chances of spelling mistakes are higher.

If this argument was true then why register/buy .info and make them type extra 2 charecter, instead they should register .in .

The usage of .co.in has existed in India for years, it's difficult for peope to change their habbit. (Most still have .co.in email Id's)
Moreover, over 80-90% of the .in names are with domainers, whereas only 40-50% of the .co.in are with domainers.
Currently .co.in has more credibility compared to .in .
Most new sites in India still prefers Hinglish (Hindi+English or Hindi words written in English) keyword.
Do not expect end users to approach you, unless you have strong keyword.
Currently, I would say .in is for flipping and most transactions happen between domainers.

 

[Alan Glennon]

I have had positive experience with both .co.in and .in. More Indian end-users have contacted me about my non-marketed domains in both extensions than domainers.

As far as the outlook, .co.in will continue its internal usage within India -- and that's a very strong market. Dot in will be the tld of choice for Indian interests desiring to have international outreach. Of course, just like everywhere else, a simple .com would be the most desirable.

Moreover, over 80-90% of the .in names are with domainers, whereas only 40-50% of the .co.in are with domainers.

Is this a guess or do you have a source for this? I think both .in and .co.in are saturated with speculators.

 

[dnk]

If this argument was true then why register/buy .info and make them type extra 2 charecter, instead they should register .in .

The usage of .co.in has existed in India for years, it's difficult for peope to change their habbit. (Most still have .co.in email Id's)
Moreover, over 80-90% of the .in names are with domainers, whereas only 40-50% of the .co.in are with domainers.
Currently .co.in has more credibility compared to .in .
Most new sites in India still prefers Hinglish (Hindi+English or Hindi words written in English) keyword.
Do not expect end users to approach you, unless you have strong keyword.
Currently, I would say .in is for flipping and most transactions happen between domainers.

I use .com, .info , .net, .org for developing websites for an international audience. .in is for very India specific websites. Indian advertisers still spend very little online, so I have websites for non-Indian audiences also.

.in is also more expensive than .info and .co.in, so I wonder how credibility is defined. As I have mentioned before, .co.in was available earlier, hence older sites are all .co.in
Most new developed websites I see are .in websites.

 

[anurag]

Long term co.in is better than .in

Still maximum are investing in .in but it is a big mistake.

co.in is king

 

[Alan Glennon]

co.in is the king now, but the future is .in... iam sure !

I have to agree. Over the last six months, I have seen much more significant increases in my .in traffic compared to my .co.in. Also, no end user inquiries for my .co.in, while I have received several for my .in.

 

[dongan]

.co.in obviously. Nobody knows .in in India.

Thx.

Including you?

 

[tommiko]

Long term co.in is better than .in

Still maximum are investing in .in but it is a big mistake.

co.in is king

co.in is the king now, but the future is.in... iam sure !

 

[godolphin]

As long as you are making money from an extension invest in it

 

[DomainLobe]

I had the same question when I first jumped into the bandwagon.

Now I realized that .IN is preferred by domainers and CO.IN is preferred by the end user. I started to reg. more .co.in recently since I prefer to sell my domains to an end user.

My personal experience is just the opposite - I have recently sold 2 Indian LLL to endusers (companies based in other countries moving into India) and they were not even interested in the .co.in !!
They contacted me about the .IN and I offered the .co.in for FREE (they paid a considerable amount for the .IN) but both declined ?!

Stay ahead of the curve.

 

[DomainMayhem.com]

co.in is the king now, but the future is.in... iam sure !

Agreed.

 

[kemjika11]

My personal experience is just the opposite - I have recently sold 2 Indian LLL to endusers (companies based in other countries moving into India) and they were not even interested in the .co.in !!
They contacted me about the .IN and I offered the .co.in for FREE (they paid a considerable amount for the .IN) but both declined ?!

Stay ahead of the curve.

in the mid/long term, short, solid LLL.us/co.in/in will all increase in value and demand. All LLL.co.ins/ins will be snapped up very soon, and prices will rise. INdia is gonna be a beast, and it will be hard to ignore a good name, whether its .co.in or .in.

 

[xman]

My personal experience is just the opposite - I have recently sold 2 Indian LLL to endusers (companies based in other countries moving into India) and they were not even interested in the .co.in !!
They contacted me about the .IN and I offered the .co.in for FREE (they paid a considerable amount for the .IN) but both declined ?!

Stay ahead of the curve.

Well...i guess its a matter of preference. I'm not sure if things have changed in the past few months. I've sold few of my keyword.co.in to an end user and I offered some of my .IN but the buyer wasn't interested.

That's the reason why I'm holding both .CO.IN and .IN in my portfolio.

 

[mwzd]

.co.in obviously. Nobody knows .in in India.

That's the whole problem.
.co.in can only be Indian Company.
.in on the other hand...

The usage of .co.in has existed in India for years, it's difficult for peope to change their habbit. (Most still have .co.in email Id's)

Bullsh*t. That's only your opinion. I'll chip in -

airtel.in
hutch.in
nivea.in

People doing business in India might 'also' book the .co.in for securing the brand. But .in is being seen as a viable alternative for international companies - check out zoom.in (this in spite of them owning zoomin.com).

Not that .co.in is not a viable TLD, just not as much as .in

.in is for very India specific websites. Indian advertisers still spend very little online, so I have websites for non-Indian audiences also.

550 Crores in ecom last year. In India. You think that's little? And if you check out some developed sites (.in), you'll find a large percentage are being used by companies in USA, UK, Germany and Russia! Hardly local.

Long term co.in is better than .in

Still maximum are investing in .in but it is a big mistake.

co.in is king

Just see the aftermarket sales, LLL.in far outstrips LLL.co.in

As for the future, you have your take, I have mine.

We'll know in two years wont we.

 

[DomainLobe]

Agreed - only time will tell.

Great discussion though.

Both .IN and .CO.IN offer awesome opportunities for new domainers to secure a strong position in the future.
Good Luck to All.

 

[sashas]

frankly,
It would be amazingly stupid for anybody to register the .in (or the .co.in) and leave the other one out.
If I register XYZ.in, and develop a huge website on it, I'm pretty sure that atleast 30% of the traffic will go to the .co.in version.

If I am a reseller and have a buyer for XYZ.in, while the .co.in is still unregistered, chances are that the buyer would just reg the .co.in and my deal would fall through.

So people. There really is no debate. Just register both of them. They're not the most expensive of ccTLDs. For 20 bucks, you can get the set.

 

[mwzd]

LOL, so right Sashas, but the .co.in does not appeal for all my .in, just my 0.02

One thing is for sure, those that haven't seen / worked with .in don't know what they're missing out on.

Just got an offer for 2 LLL in the high $xxx range. I'm a happy camper.

 

[DomainLobe]

Sashas, I agree with your ideas but take it a step further - I buy the .IN and evaluate the traffic for a few days then if good traffic (as many seemingly random LLL.IN do) I buy the LLL.CO.IN for a pair that produces as a whole greater than the parts.
Plus a great end user purchase opportunity.

Nice work mwzd

 

[a2zofb2b]

That's the whole problem.
.co.in can only be Indian Company.
.in on the other hand...



Bullsh*t. That's only your opinion. I'll chip in -

airtel.in
hutch.in
nivea.in

Please mind your language. We are trying to have healthy debate here.

 

[mwzd]

I'm just giving my 'healthy' answer to your point.

No offense meant. I just don't agree with you at all. Do you have any facts to back this? What habits are you talking about? Most people here still use .com - and - the last major portal to launch (successfully) is oneindia.in - type the .com and see what happens, don't tell me people here don't know .in

Tell you what, do a scan of available dictionary words in .in and .co.in and see what I mean. And then do a rundown of google results for both tlds. I think enough said about this, will let the numbers speak for themselves.

 

[nikki o]

I prefer .in, much easier to remember and type