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Major changes to .IN domain registry from May 28, 2025
After May 28:
- you will not register a new .in domain if you are not a citizen of India or do not run a business there,
- you will not transfer your domain to another person unless they also meet the new requirements,
- you will not transfer your domain to another operator without the mandatory KYC procedure,
- you will not change your contact details without additional formalities and documents.
Within a few hours or days, an official announcement should appear on the website https://www.registry.in/.
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I suppose need to wait for official announcement to see if people without connection to India can keep & in the future renew their .in domains or will have to dump them?
@Otus9051 will make millions tens by serving as registrant-of-record for international persons.
They can, but it will be not possible to transfer domain to other user not from India. Also it will be not possible to transfer domain to other registrar.
As I understood correctly (from internal information sent to registrars), Trustee/Proxy will not be legal. Neither will Whois Privacy or even using email like proton mail in whois data.
I can think of 6 reasons why
Every ccTLD should have these requirements.
I think it is rare to see TLDs with progressively stricter acquisition requirements.
1984
Shame, i got 3 letters .in domain for my personal use, because short & cheap.
Won't be able to get more in the future
The new rules mean a complete abandonment of anonymity when registering .in domains.
Where did you get the news from?
I kinda understand making domain local and the KYC that follows (how else you gonna make it local, lol), but ehh
Coupled with previous 2 domain per person limit, it's sure is surprising..... Maybe their next policy.... They need physical KYC documents mailed to nixi and neustar offices.....
Next is physical presence.
Over the counter for domain registrations, domain updates and domain transfers.
How would they know?
Nobody's gonna know.
@Otus9051 is the "owner" of the domain.
He allows others to use his domain with a payment of $50/year.
Things like this is why i don't reg cctld since its a gamble. Gtld never does that.
Yep, lessons' learned. But at least they are not too expensive (around 6 USD/year)
enak.in
Cool if that's the case they need some in person responsible for domains lol 😂
This sounds quite sad
Initially .IN domains also haven't had WHOIS privacy option. Then at some point it was introduced.
Could you please update this thread once you have more info?
I'm in the same boat, unfortunately, just the domain is a bit longer [↑]
Good decision. At least this ccTLD is now free from cybersquatters. It's now similar to .co.uk, offering better domain protection and easier domain availability.
You can transfer it to me, Anytime
They are gibberish mix of letters and numbers, nothing interesting from marketing point of view. Only short to write when doing different tests... ;-)
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Who is privacy was never legal for .in
But atleast they have started to redact records from public view.
.co.uk aren't citizen restricted though? I used to owned a .co.uk as a throwaway testing domain since its cheap and I'm asian not even in the uk. Hell its being squatted to oblivion too. Try to whois query short english words and they'll either be on dan or afternic ns, squatter haven marketplace.
got few .in domains 3L and others. do they need KYC for already registered one too?
May be not, as per some info.