.accountants Domain Registration India
.accountants is an open generic top-level domain run by Binky Moon, LLC (Identity Digital) and delegated in May 2014. WebJi® charges ₹11,488 for the first year and ₹12,203 per renewal, before 18% GST. It suits multi-partner CA firms and bookkeeping providers serving clients abroad; no qualification is checked.
For Indian chartered accountancy and bookkeeping firms weighing a premium profession domain against cheaper .in options.
INR billing
- Registration
- ₹11,488/yr
- Renewal
- ₹12,203/yr
- Term
- 1–10 yrs
- Billing
- INR + GST
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Last editorial update: 14 November 2026. Prices follow the dated sources on this page; checkout confirms current charges.
What is the .accountants domain?
.accountants is an open generic top-level domain managed by Binky Moon, LLC, the Identity Digital registry company, and aimed at accounting practices. IANA records its delegation on 7 May 2014 to Knob Town, LLC; it moved to Binky Moon in the March 2018 transfer that covered .academy and 195 other extensions.
| Field | Record |
|---|---|
| Category | Generic top-level domain |
| Manager | Binky Moon, LLC, c/o Identity Digital Inc., Bellevue, Washington |
| Delegated | 7 May 2014 (original operator Knob Town, LLC) |
| Root DNSSEC | Secure delegation (DS record published) |
| Lookup | RDAP at rdap.identitydigital.services |
The plural matters: the string reads as a firm of several professionals, which is why it suits practices rather than sole consultants.
Which Indian practices use a .accountants address?
It suits multi-partner CA firms, outsourced bookkeeping houses and accounting teams that serve overseas clients and want the profession stated in the domain. Indian firms doing bookkeeping, payroll or year-end work for clients in the UK, US or Australia often find that clients abroad search for “accountants” rather than “CA”.
| Practice type | Example | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-partner CA firm | mehtaandco.accountants | Firm name plus profession, no “&co.in” clutter |
| Offshore bookkeeping provider | ledgerdesk.accountants | Familiar word for foreign clients |
| GST and payroll outsourcer | payrollteam.accountants | Service plus trade in one line |
| Start-up finance back office | foundersbooks.accountants | Signals specialism to funded companies |
| Regional practice | jaipur.accountants | City-led name that is short to say |
.accountants domain price at WebJi®
A .accountants name costs ₹11,488 in the first year and ₹12,203 per renewal at WebJi®, before 18% GST. Over three years that is ₹35,894 before tax (₹11,488 + ₹12,203 + ₹12,203), so it is a deliberate brand purchase, not an impulse buy.
| Extension | Year 1 (₹) | Renewal (₹/yr) | 3 years (₹) |
|---|---|---|---|
| .accountants | 11,488 | 12,203 | 35,894 |
| .tax | 9,471 | 11,374 | 32,219 |
| .ca.in | 563 | 599 | 1,761 |
| .firm.in | 809 | 877 | 2,563 |
Prices read from WebJi® billing on 14 November 2026. Order in the domain cart; registry-premium words show their own price before payment.
Do you need to be a qualified accountant to register .accountants?
No. The registry checks no qualification, ICAI membership or licence; any person or company can register an available .accountants name. Responsibility shifts to how you use it: members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India should check ICAI’s rules on websites and solicitation before publishing a firm site.
- Registrant: use the firm’s legal name so ownership is clear if partners change.
- Documents: none required by the registry.
- Privacy: WHOIS privacy where the registry allows it, confirmed at checkout.
- Premium words: priced by the registry and renew at that rate.
.accountants vs .ca.in, .tax and .firm.in
For a practice whose clients are mostly Indian, .ca.in at ₹563 a year carries the letters Indian clients already link with chartered accountants; .accountants earns its cost when foreign clients are the target. NIXI attaches no profession rule to .ca.in, so the reading is informal. The extension does not change rankings, so spend where the reader’s recognition is highest.
- .accountants — international clients, multi-partner brand.
- .ca.in — Indian clients who know the CA title; cheapest option here.
- .tax — a filing or advisory niche rather than full accounting.
- .firm.in — any Indian professional firm at a low yearly cost.
Running a .accountants site and mailbox
Once registered, a .accountants domain needs only hosting and mail records to go live. Client-facing mail such as gst@firm.accountants runs on business email hosting, and firms that keep Tally remote can pair it with a Tally cloud server. Other professional extensions are listed under domain registration India.
Frequently asked questions
Who operates the .accountants registry?
Binky Moon, LLC, care of Identity Digital Inc. in Bellevue, Washington, is the IANA-listed manager. Identity Digital Limited is the technical contact, and the registry runs the same platform as its other professional extensions.
When did .accountants become available?
IANA delegated it on 7 May 2014 under ICANN’s new gTLD programme. Knob Town, LLC was the first operator; the zone moved to Binky Moon, LLC in 2018 together with nearly two hundred sister extensions.
Why is .accountants priced so much higher than .in?
The registry sets a high wholesale price for professional niche names, and WebJi® passes that through. At ₹11,488 a year it is more than eleven times the ₹1,000 cost of a .in name.
Can a CA firm hold both firmname.accountants and firmname.ca.in?
Yes, and it is a common pattern: serve the site on one name and redirect the other. That keeps the CA reading for Indian clients and the “accountants” reading for clients abroad without duplicating content.
Is .accountants DNSSEC-capable?
Yes. IANA shows a secure delegation with a published DS record, so a firm can sign its own zone once the DNS host supports DNSSEC, which helps protect client portals from spoofed lookups.
Registry facts checked against IANA on 14 November 2026 · Reviewed by the WebJi® team, Jaipur.
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