.support
Instantly reads as "get help here" — strong for ticket portals and AMC renewals.
.support is an open generic top-level domain managed by Binky Moon, LLC through Identity Digital and delegated on 18 December 2013. WebJi® lists it at ₹2,861 for year one and ₹2,977 a year to renew, before 18% GST, on 1 to 10-year terms with no eligibility test. It suits IT support firms, MSPs, helpdesks and service consultancies in India.
What the .support extension costs at WebJi®, who it fits among Indian service businesses, and how it compares with .services, .agency and .care.
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Last editorial update: 15 November 2026.
.support is an open generic top-level domain, live in the root zone since 18 December 2013 and administered by Binky Moon, LLC through Identity Digital. IANA's delegation report of 12 December 2013 names Grand Orchard, LLC as the original operator; the extension moved to Binky Moon in the 2018 batch transfer of 196 zones. The zone carries a secure DNSSEC delegation today.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Generic top-level domain (open to any registrant) |
| Registry manager | Binky Moon, LLC (c/o Identity Digital Inc., Bellevue, WA) |
| Delegated | 18 December 2013 |
| DNSSEC | Signed — secure delegation, two DS records (RSA-SHA256) |
| Label rules | 2–63 characters, Latin letters, digits, inner hyphens |
| Terms | 1 to 10 years, renewable in the same blocks |
The extension belongs to people whose product is help itself: IT support companies, managed service providers, helpdesk teams, service franchises and consultancies. The registry describes its market as IT and tech support services, social services, customer service and support departments, independent consultants and staffing services — a list that maps neatly onto India's AMC contractors and SaaS operators.
| Who | Name idea | Job the domain does |
|---|---|---|
| IT AMC provider | desktopamc.support | Annual-maintenance contract landing page |
| Managed services firm | yourmsp.support | Client ticket portal under the brand |
| SaaS helpdesk | help.yourapp.support | Knowledge base one click from the app |
| Appliance service franchise | acrepair.support | Booking page for technician visits |
| Consulting practice | erphelp.support | Implementation and troubleshooting services |
| Counselling or social-service NGO | helpline.support | Reachable address for people seeking help |
Firms that deliver many kinds of work — design, development, marketing — usually fit .agency or .services better; the domain registration hub lists the full catalogue.
Registration lists at ₹2,861 for year one and renewals at ₹2,977 a year, both before 18% GST. With GST added, the first year reads ₹3,375.98 on the invoice and each renewal ₹3,512.86. A five-year renewal-budget scenario at today's prices is ₹14,769 before GST (₹2,861 + four renewals of ₹2,977) — a planning figure, not a prepaid quote; checkout confirms current charges.
| Extension | Registration (₹/yr) | Renewal (₹/yr) | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| .support | ₹2,861 | ₹2,977 | Helpdesk and ticketing brands |
| .services | ₹2,722 | ₹3,289 | General service businesses |
| .agency | ₹1,815 | ₹2,205 | Consultancies and studios |
| .care | ₹4,562 | ₹4,846 | Counselling and caregiving services |
Prices read from WebJi® billing on 4 November 2026; checkout confirms current charges. Registry-premium labels are quoted before payment.
Nothing is checked at the door: no industry licence, no membership, no minimum staff, and the first completed order takes the name. The obligations that do exist are the routine gTLD ones — accurate WHOIS contacts, a mailbox that receives registry verification, and use within the registry's acceptable-use policy.
Choose .support when the site's core promise is answering people — tickets, troubleshooting, helplines; choose the broader labels when support is only one service among many. Google treats every extension alike for ranking, so the decision is about the promise the address makes to a visitor before they click.
Instantly reads as "get help here" — strong for ticket portals and AMC renewals.
Wider umbrella at a similar first-year price; better for multi-line service firms.
Warmth over troubleshooting; fits counselling, eldercare and patient-facing work.
The default when the brand name matters more than the category signal.
Point the new name at your hosting, set up mailboxes, and the support address goes live within hours. A ticketing or helpdesk site can run on ordinary shared plans, client notices can come from addresses on business email hosting, and MSPs evaluating infrastructure for client work can read about managed services on this site. Keep auto-renew on — the renewal guide explains grace and redemption — and see domain transfer if an existing name needs moving in.
Binky Moon, LLC, operating through Identity Digital Inc., holds .support per the IANA root zone database. It inherited the zone in a 2018 transfer of 196 extensions from the original operator, Grand Orchard, LLC.
18 December 2013, under a delegation report dated 12 December 2013 from ICANN's 2012 new gTLD programme. That makes it one of the older "service word" extensions, with over a decade of stable operation.
₹14,769 before 18% GST at current billing: ₹2,861 for the first year and four renewals at ₹2,977 each. Treat it as a renewal-budget scenario, not a prepaid quote; the checkout shows the live figures.
Yes. Like any gTLD, .support accepts subdomains, so help.yourbrand.support works once DNS is set — useful for separating a knowledge base from the main company site on the same registered name.
Yes. The zone holds a secure delegation with DS records in the root, so a DNSSEC-signed name under .support can be validated end to end once your DNS provider supports signing.
Last editorial update: 15 November 2026. Prices follow the dated sources on this page; checkout confirms current charges.
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