.de.com Domain Registration India
.de.com is a private CentralNic namespace under the .com name de.com, not Germany’s country code and not run by DENIC. WebJi® charges ₹2,633 for the first year and ₹2,646 a year to renew, before 18% GST. It suits exporters whose brand.de is taken or who want defensive cover; otherwise .de is cheaper.
For Indian exporters and brand owners checking whether .de.com adds anything over Germany’s own .de.
INR billing
- Registration
- ₹2,633/yr
- Renewal
- ₹2,646/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 a .de.com domain, and is it German?
.de.com is a private namespace, not a country code: CentralNic holds the ordinary domain de.com inside .com and sells names beneath it, such as yourbrand.de.com. It has nothing to do with DENIC, which runs Germany’s real .de, and it is not listed in the IANA root zone as a top-level domain.
CentralNic’s parent, formerly CentralNic Group plc, now trades as Team Internet Group plc after its 2023 rename, and its registry division still runs the family of country-plus-.com zones (.uk.com, .us.com, .eu.com and others) under gTLD-style policies.
| Question | .de.com | .de |
|---|---|---|
| Who runs it | CentralNic (Team Internet Group) | DENIC eG, Frankfurt |
| Position in DNS | Third level under the .com name de.com | Country-code top-level domain |
| Name length | 3–63 characters | 1–63 characters |
| Disputes | CentralNic’s own dispute policy, modelled on the UDRP | DENIC DISPUTE entry and German courts |
| WebJi® price (first year) | ₹2,633 | ₹736 |
When does an Indian business actually need .de.com?
Rarely as a main address: because Germany’s .de is open to Indian holders and costs less, .de.com makes sense mainly when brand.de is already taken or as a defensive registration. Those are the honest cases where it earns ₹2,633.
- brand.de belongs to someone else: a German firm with the same name holds it, and brand.de.com still reads as “German .com”.
- Brand protection: exporters already using brand.de block brand.de.com so look-alike shops cannot use it.
- A .com-style shape: marketing teams who want every country site to end in .com use .de.com beside .uk.com and .us.com.
If none of those apply, register .de instead — German buyers type it by habit.
.de.com price in India, against the other German options
A .de.com name costs ₹2,633 for the first year and ₹2,646 a year to renew at WebJi®, before 18% GST — three years total ₹7,925. The same three years of DENIC’s .de cost ₹2,290, which is why .de.com is a fallback rather than a first choice.
| Extension | Operator | Register | Renew | 3 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| .de.com | CentralNic | ₹2,633 | ₹2,646 | ₹7,925 |
| .de | DENIC eG | ₹736 | ₹777 | ₹2,290 |
| .com.de | CentralNic | ₹763 | ₹959 | ₹2,681 |
| .eu.com | CentralNic | ₹2,633 | ₹2,646 | ₹7,925 |
Read from WebJi® billing on 14 November 2026. .com.de reverses the order: it is a name under Germany’s .de, not under .com. Register .de.com →
Registration rules for .de.com
.de.com is unrestricted: no German address, company registration or citizenship is needed, and an Indian registrant simply supplies Indian contact details. CentralNic verifies the registrant email, so use a mailbox you read.
Lifecycle rules follow CentralNic’s policy rather than DENIC’s. A transfer in uses the authorisation code from your current registrar, can take up to six days and adds a year; WebJi® bills it at ₹2,633. An expired name passes through a 33-day soft quarantine with free restore, a 28-day quarantine where restore carries a fee, then five days of pending delete before release.
Does .de.com help you rank in Germany?
No. Google treats .de.com as part of .com, a generic domain, so it carries no German geotargeting signal; only DENIC’s .de does. If Google.de visibility is the goal, use .de or a /de/ folder on your .com with hreflang, German-language content and a German Impressum page.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .de.com run by DENIC?
No. DENIC eG runs only .de. The .de.com namespace is operated by CentralNic, part of Team Internet Group, which owns de.com as a normal .com domain and sells names under it through registrars such as WebJi®.
What is the difference between .de.com and .com.de?
.de.com sits under .com, so it behaves as a generic name. .com.de sits under Germany’s .de, so it inherits the German country code. At WebJi® .com.de is ₹763 to register and ₹959 to renew, much cheaper than .de.com.
Can an Indian exporter hold both brand.de and brand.de.com?
Yes. Neither requires a German presence. Most exporters run the shop on .de and redirect .de.com to it, so customers who type either reach the same German storefront.
How long can I register a .de.com domain for?
One to ten years. At current prices a five-year term costs ₹13,217 before GST: ₹2,633 for the first year plus four renewals at ₹2,646.
Last editorial update: 14 November 2026. Prices follow the dated sources on this page; checkout confirms current charges.
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