.com Domain Registration India
A .com domain is the unrestricted generic extension created in 1985 and run by Verisign. Published WebJi® rates are ₹1,380 for year one and ₹1,480 at renewal, before 18% GST. A three-year planning budget is ₹4,340 if those rates stay unchanged, not a prepaid checkout quote. It suits exporters, software products and global brands.
For Indian founders, exporters and freelancers deciding whether a .com is worth it, what it really costs over several years, and what to do if it is taken.
INR billing
- Registration
- ₹1,380/yr
- Renewal
- ₹1,480/yr
- Term
- 1–10 yrs
- Billing
- INR + GST
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Copy reviewed 15 November 2026 · Prices are reproduced from dated published sources; confirm current checkout.
What is a .com domain?
.com is the original commercial generic top-level domain, created in January 1985 and operated today by VeriSign Global Registry Services of Reston, Virginia. It was meant for companies, but it never had an eligibility test, so it became the address people assume when they hear a brand name and type it without thinking.
Verisign's thirteen a- to m-gtld-servers.net servers publish .com delegations. DNS resolvers can answer from cache or query a domain's authoritative servers; they do not contact the TLD servers for every lookup. The zone has a secure DNSSEC delegation at the root, so a .com name can be signed end to end once your DNS host supports it.
| Field | .com |
|---|---|
| Category | Generic TLD, unrestricted |
| Registry operator | VeriSign Global Registry Services, Reston, VA, USA |
| Created | January 1985, among the original generic TLDs |
| Authoritative .com nameservers | a.gtld-servers.net to m.gtld-servers.net (13) |
| DNSSEC | Secure delegation (DS record in the root) |
| WHOIS / RDAP | whois.verisign-grs.com · rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/ |
| Term | 1 to 10 years per order |
Which Indian businesses should register a .com?
A .com earns its place when your customers are outside India, or when you expect people to type the brand from memory. Exporters, software products and creators with overseas audiences gain the most, because a foreign buyer reads .com as neutral and .in as “Indian supplier”, which can help or hurt depending on what you sell.
| Business | Example address | Reason to prefer .com |
|---|---|---|
| Tiruppur knitwear or Moradabad brassware exporter | brasscraftexports.com | Overseas importers search and email on .com by habit |
| Bengaluru or Pune SaaS product | invoicepilot.com | Global pricing page; no country signal |
| Freelance developer billing US or UK clients | yourname.com | A portfolio and mailbox that travel with you |
| D2C brand on marketplaces | chaiandco.com | Shoppers who see the label on a pack type .com first |
| YouTube or podcast creator | showname.com | Spoken-aloud address that needs no spelling |
A neighbourhood clinic, a Jaipur caterer or a CA firm serving local clients loses nothing by choosing a .in name instead, and many such firms keep the .com only as a redirect.
How much does a .com domain cost in India?
A .com domain costs ₹1,380 for the first year and ₹1,480 a year to renew at WebJi®, before 18% GST. Using those published rates as a planning scenario, one registration followed by annual renewals budgets ₹4,340 over three years (₹1,380 + ₹1,480 + ₹1,480) or ₹7,300 over five years (₹1,380 + 4 × ₹1,480), before tax. These sums assume unchanged renewal rates and are not prepaid multi-year registration quotes.
| Extension | Year 1 | Each renewal | 3-year planning budget | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| .com | ₹1,380 | ₹1,480 | ₹4,340 | Register → |
| .net | ₹1,650 | ₹1,950 | ₹5,550 | Register → |
| .org | ₹1,500 | ₹1,680 | ₹4,860 | Register → |
| .in | ₹1,000 | ₹1,000 | ₹3,000 | Register → |
Published WebJi® rates recorded 4 November 2026. In the ₹4,340 planning scenario, 18% GST is ₹781.20, giving ₹5,121.20. Confirm current pricing and any prepaid term at checkout.
What do you need to register a .com name?
Nothing beyond accurate contact details: .com has no residency, licence or trademark check, and the first paid order for a free name gets it. The limits are about the string itself, not about you.
- Length: 2 to 63 characters before the dot; letters, digits and hyphens, with no hyphen at the start or end.
- Hindi or other scripts: allowed as internationalised names, stored in their xn-- ASCII form; see IDN domain registration.
- Premium strings: short or dictionary names are usually already taken and trade as aftermarket purchases at seller-set prices; check the price shown before payment.
- Trademarks: not checked at order, but a name copying someone’s mark can be taken away through the UDRP dispute process.
What to do when the .com you want is already taken
Most one-word .com names were registered years ago, so plan a fallback before you fall in love with a name. Work through these in order; each step costs less than the next.
- Run a WHOIS lookup. If the name is parked or about to expire, note the expiry date instead of giving up.
- Add a short qualifier that customers would say anyway: a city, “get”, “try”, “hq” or your trade (sharmadental.com rather than sharma.com).
- Check the same word as .in or .co.in, where Indian names are far more often free.
- If the owner lists it for sale, compare the asking price with the cost of a rebrand before paying an aftermarket premium.
.com vs .in, .net and .co: which suits your brand?
Pick .com for a brand that sells beyond India, .in when being Indian is part of the pitch, and treat .net and .co as second choices when the .com is gone. Google gives no ranking bonus to any of them; the extension only changes how a visitor reads the address.
- .com — ₹1,380 first year; the name customers guess first.
- .in — ₹1,000 with a flat renewal, run by NIXI; reads as Indian at a glance.
- .net — ₹1,650; credible for networks, ISPs and IT services.
- .co — ₹3,712; short, but visitors sometimes type .com by mistake.
After you register the .com
Point the name at your host, set up mail on the same name, and switch on auto-renew. A first site fits on shared hosting, and sales@yourbrand.com runs on business email. The full catalogue of extensions is on domain registration in India, and an existing .com can be moved in through domain transfer.
Frequently asked questions
Who owns the .com registry?
VeriSign Global Registry Services operates .com under an agreement with ICANN, and IANA lists it as both administrative and technical contact. Registrars such as WebJi® sell the names; Verisign keeps the master database and the name servers that answer for every .com.
What does a .com cost for five years?
A five-year planning budget is ₹7,300 before GST, or ₹8,614 including 18% GST: ₹1,380 for one registration year plus four renewal years at ₹1,480, assuming unchanged rates. This is not a quote for prepaid five-year registration; confirm that term's actual checkout price before paying.
Can a .com name be written in Hindi?
Yes, as an internationalised domain name. A Devanagari label before .com is stored in an ASCII form beginning xn--, and modern browsers display the Hindi text. Email support for such names is uneven, so most businesses keep a Latin-script .com as their main address.
Should an Indian company hold both .com and .in?
If the brand matters, yes. Together they cost ₹2,380 in the first year before GST, and one can redirect to the other. Holding both stops a competitor or a squatter from taking the version customers will inevitably type.
Is .com protected by DNSSEC?
The .com zone itself is signed and has a DS record in the root. Your own name is signed only when your DNS provider generates keys and its DS record is then published at the registry through your registrar.
Registry details checked against IANA on 14 November 2026 · Reviewed by the WebJi® team, Jaipur.
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