.pub Domain Registration India
.pub is an open generic top-level domain for the licensed drinks trade — pubs, bars, nightclubs, breweries, taphouses and their suppliers. Dog Beach, LLC under Identity Digital has operated it since 26 February 2014. WebJi® bills ₹3,995 to register and ₹4,009 to renew each year, before 18% GST.
For Indian microbrewers, resto-bar owners and burger joints weighing .pub against .bar, .cafe and .restaurant, with licence duties kept clear.
INR billing
- Registration
- ₹3,995/yr
- Renewal
- ₹4,009/yr
- Term
- 1–10 yrs
- Billing
- INR + GST
Live check across 297 extensions on our billing system — registration, renewal and transfer prices are shown before you pay.
Last editorial update: 15 November 2026.
What is a .pub domain name?
.pub is an open generic top-level domain aimed at the licensed-trade end of food and drink — pubs, bars and nightclubs, burger joints, breweries, taphouses, beer distributors and bar suppliers — operated by Dog Beach, LLC and delegated on 26 February 2014. Dog Beach was one of the Rightside registry companies whose portfolio folded into Donuts, now Identity Digital, which administers it today. The zone is unrestricted: no excise licence or trade membership is checked, and names go to the first completed order.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Generic top-level domain, unrestricted |
| Registry manager | Dog Beach, LLC (c/o Identity Digital Inc.) |
| Delegated | 26 February 2014 |
| DNSSEC | Signed — secure delegation |
| Labels | 2–63 characters; letters, digits, inner hyphens |
| Terms | 1 to 10 years |
Who a .pub address suits in India
The natural registrants are licensed-premise businesses: microbreweries and taphouses, resto-bars and nightclubs, burger joints and craft-beer distributors, especially in the brewing belts of Bengaluru, Pune and Gurugram. A second, quieter reading exists — "pub" as short for publication — and some reading-room and e-magazine projects use it, though the registry's stated market is the drinks trade.
| Business | Example name | Effect of the ending |
|---|---|---|
| Microbrewery or taphouse | frothworks.pub | On-tap identity for brew lists and events |
| Resto-bar | happyhour.pub | Drinks-forward branding beside a food menu |
| Nightclub or live-music bar | bassline.pub | Gig calendar under a venue-style name |
| Burger joint | flamegrill.pub | Casual, chewy, pub-grub tone |
| Craft-beer distributor | kegroute.pub | Trade catalogue for bars and retailers |
| Bar and kitchen supplier | barstock.pub | Supplies and fit-out B2B storefront |
Cafés and restaurants without a bar counter usually read better on .cafe or .restaurant; brewers selling bottles online may also want a storefront-friendly .store beside the venue name.
What a .pub domain costs, with a flat renewal band
.pub registers at ₹3,995 and renews at ₹4,009 per year at WebJi®, before 18% GST — a band so flat the two figures differ by ₹14. Year one with tax is ₹4,714.10 and each renewal ₹4,730.62, so budgeting is straightforward: whatever you pay to start is what you keep paying. Registry-premium words — short drinks vocabulary, chiefly — quote before payment.
| Period | Composition | Before GST (₹) | With GST (₹) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | registration only | 3,995.00 | 4,714.10 |
| 3 years | ₹3,995 + 2 × ₹4,009 | 12,013.00 | 14,175.34 |
| 5 years | ₹3,995 + 4 × ₹4,009 | 20,031.00 | 23,636.58 |
Scenario figures for planning — first year plus the renewals that follow, not a prepaid total. Prices read from WebJi® billing on 4 November 2026; checkout confirms current charges.
| Extension | Registration (₹/yr) | Renewal (₹/yr) | Best when |
|---|---|---|---|
| .pub | 3,995 | 4,009 | Bars, breweries, taphouses |
| .bar | 6,899 | 8,262 | Premium bar identity at a higher band |
| .cafe | 2,722 | 3,289 | Coffee-led, daytime formats |
| .restaurant | 9,471 | 11,374 | Full-service kitchens |
Licences the domain does not need — and the ones your pub does
Buying a .pub name requires no documents at all; running the premises behind it requires everything state law demands. Excise licences, FSSAI registration, local trade permits and fire NOCs attach to the business and premises in whichever Indian state you operate — the registry neither checks nor cares about them, and a .pub domain confers no liquor-related right whatsoever.
- Order-time paperwork: none; GSTIN optional on the invoice.
- Registry duties: accurate registrant data and a live mailbox for renewal and verification mail.
- Premium labels: common drinks words quote higher and renew at the premium rate.
- Expiry and transfers: standard gTLD sequence — grace, paid redemption, pending-delete; transfers use the EPP code and add a year, behind ICANN's 60-day lock.
The checkout is one INR order — the general steps are on the domain registration India hub.
.pub against .bar, .cafe and .in for an Indian owner
.pub is the mid-priced drinks label: more character than .in at ₹1,000, far cheaper to hold than .bar at ₹8,262 a year in renewals. No ending changes Google rankings, so pick by how the chalk-board reads: brews on tap says .pub, cocktails says .bar, filter coffee says .cafe.
- Taphouse or microbrewery — .pub; ₹14,175.34 with GST over three years.
- Cocktail bar chasing a luxury tone — .bar, if the renewal fits the marketing budget.
- Neighbourhood eatery with a small bar — .in or .rest, with drinks as one menu section.
Opening the taps online after registration
Nameservers to your host, and the venue's site pours within a few hours. A brew-list and events page starts on shared hosting from ₹299 a month; reserve@yourvenue.pub mailboxes run on business email hosting; the domain renewal guide explains grace windows when a payment slips, and the domain transfer page covers moving the name between registrars.
Frequently asked questions
Does owning a .pub domain help me get a liquor licence?
No connection exists in either direction. State excise authorities grant liquor licences on their own criteria; the domain is just an address. Conversely, no licence is needed to register a .pub name — the registry sells to anyone, first-come, first-served.
Who runs .pub, and what is Dog Beach?
Dog Beach, LLC is the registry manager of record, administered c/o Identity Digital Inc. It was among Rightside's registry companies; Rightside merged into Donuts in 2017, and that group is now Identity Digital. IANA lists delegation on 26 February 2014.
Why is the .pub renewal almost the same as the first year?
The registry keeps .pub on a flat band: ₹3,995 registration against ₹4,009 renewal, both read from WebJi® billing on 4 November 2026 before 18% GST. There is no discounted first year to fall off — ₹4,730.62 with tax is what every renewal year costs.
Can a brewery use .pub for selling bottles online?
The address works for any brewery content — brew lists, events, trade enquiries. Online alcohol sales themselves are state-regulated in India and several states prohibit or restrict them, so the commerce side depends on where you sell, not on the domain.
Is .pub also used for publications?
Some owners do use it that way, reading "pub" as short for publication, and nothing in the rules forbids it. The registry's stated market, though, is the drinks trade — pubs, bars, breweries and their suppliers — which is the reading customers will most likely assume.
Last editorial update: 15 November 2026. Prices follow the dated sources on this page; checkout confirms current charges.
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