.club Domain Registration India
A .club domain is an open generic extension for clubs and membership sites, run by GoDaddy Registry and delegated in January 2014. Published WebJi® rates are ₹2,051 for year one and ₹2,429 at renewal, before 18% GST. A three-year planning budget is ₹6,909 at unchanged rates, not a prepaid checkout quote.
For housing societies, hobby groups, alumni associations and loyalty programmes choosing an address that reads as a membership.
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What is a .club domain?
.club is an open generic top-level domain for clubs, communities and membership programmes, managed by Registry Services, LLC — the company behind GoDaddy Registry — in Tempe, Arizona. IANA records it as delegated on 18 January 2014 to its original operator, .CLUB Domains, LLC; a 2021 transfer moved it to Registry Services.
Nothing in the rules limits .club to formal clubs. A cycling group, a restaurant loyalty scheme or a fan page can all use it, and the registry checks no membership papers.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Generic TLD, open to all |
| Registry | Registry Services, LLC (GoDaddy Registry) |
| In the root since | 18 January 2014 |
| Operator change | Transferred from .CLUB Domains, LLC (IANA report, 17 August 2021) |
| DNSSEC | Signed zone, secure delegation |
| WHOIS | whois.nic.club |
Who uses a .club domain in India?
The natural buyers are groups whose website exists to sign up members, collect fees and post events. In India that covers housing-society clubhouses as much as hobby groups, and the extension tells a visitor “this is a membership” before the page loads.
| Group | Example name | Main job of the site |
|---|---|---|
| Housing society or RWA clubhouse | greenparkresidents.club | Pool and hall bookings, notices, maintenance dues |
| Running or cycling group | puneriders.club | Weekend ride calendar, registration forms |
| Book or film club | chennaireads.club | Monthly picks, meet-up venues, member list |
| College alumni association | batch2010.club | Reunion RSVPs and a directory |
| Café or restaurant loyalty programme | chaiadda.club | Points balance and member-only offers |
| Esports or gaming clan | teamraptors.club | Roster, tournament results, Discord link |
How much does a .club domain cost?
WebJi® lists .club at ₹2,051 for the first year and ₹2,429 for each renewal, before 18% GST. The published renewal is ₹378 above the registration rate. Planning for one registration followed by yearly renewals at unchanged rates gives ₹4,480 over two years or ₹6,909 over three years before tax, not the price of a prepaid term.
| Extension | First year | Renewal | 3-year planning budget | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| .club | ₹2,051 | ₹2,429 | ₹6,909 | Register → |
| .community | ₹2,722 | ₹3,289 | ₹9,300 | Register → |
| .social | ₹3,847 | ₹3,860 | ₹11,567 | Register → |
| .team | ₹4,562 | ₹4,846 | ₹14,254 | Register → |
Published WebJi® rates recorded 4 November 2026. The three-year comparison models one registration plus two renewals at unchanged rates; confirm actual prepaid terms at checkout.
Does a .club domain need proof that you run a club?
No. .club is unrestricted: there is no society registration, membership list or trademark check at order. An individual can buy one for a WhatsApp group that has outgrown its chat, and a registered society can buy one in the society’s name.
- Holder name: register in the society or trust name, not a committee member’s, so the domain survives a change of office-bearers.
- Contact email: use a shared address such as secretary@ that the next committee will still read.
- Term: 1 to 10 years; a longer term avoids the yearly renewal vote.
- Premium names: short words like city names may carry a registry premium, shown before payment.
.club vs .community, .social, .team and .org
.club is the cheapest of the membership-flavoured extensions and the one people recognise most easily; choose another only when its word fits your group better.
- .community — suits neighbourhood or support groups that do not think of themselves as a club.
- .social — for meet-up and networking brands where the events are the product.
- .team — for squads and company sports teams that compete.
- .org — ₹1,500 first year; better for a registered trust or NGO raising donations.
Football clubs and turfs have their own option in .football, and cricket clubs often look at .cc, which costs less.
Building the members’ site on your .club name
Most club sites need a calendar, a sign-up form and a payment link, which a WordPress install with a membership plugin handles well. That runs comfortably on WordPress hosting, while committee mailboxes such as treasurer@yourgroup.club sit on business email. For every other extension see domain registration in India.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the registry for .club?
Registry Services, LLC, operating as GoDaddy Registry from Tempe, Arizona. It took over .club from the original operator, .CLUB Domains, LLC, under a transfer IANA reported in August 2021. Registrars, including WebJi®, sell the names on its behalf.
When did .club launch?
IANA added .club to the root zone on 18 January 2014, during the first wave of ICANN’s new gTLD programme. General registration opened later in 2014, and the extension has been open to anyone since.
What will a .club cost a housing society over three years?
A three-year planning budget is ₹6,909 before GST, about ₹8,153 including 18% GST: ₹2,051 for one registration year and two renewals at ₹2,429, assuming unchanged rates. This is a renewal-budget example for a society, not a verified prepaid three-year registration price.
Can a club’s .club domain be moved to a new treasurer?
Yes. Change the registrant contact in the domain panel; under ICANN’s change-of-registrant rules a confirmation goes to both the old and the new email address. Holding the name in the society’s legal name from the start makes the change a formality.
Is the .club zone DNSSEC-signed?
Yes. IANA lists a secure delegation with a DS record for .club, and six name servers answer for the zone. You can sign your own .club name if your DNS host offers DNSSEC.
Registry details checked against IANA on 14 November 2026 · Reviewed by the WebJi® team, Jaipur.
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