Indian Domain Sales Report

It has been a lot quieter this week after the two previous weeks chalked up a record number of Indian domain sales.

There were a couple of nice LLL.in that sold -Apm.in sold for $126 and Iis.in went for $218 – a real bargain given that it starts with a “ii”.

There were a few other sales. Farhhad.in sold for 132 Eur or $185. BlogPress.in wrote out 100 GBP or $155. IndiaOil.in drilled for 100 GBP or $155. Prompt.in went for $125.

We have also updated our complete list of Indian domain sales.

The year is starting to wind down and there are only a couple more upcoming auctions of Indian domains at Sedo: SecondHand.in and Eblog.in.

Sale of Webmaster.in Tops This Weeks Report

The highlight of this week’s Indian domain sales report is the sale of Webmaster.in at auction on Sedo for $2,050.  It’s obviously a great name and shows the potential that the Indian market holds, with a domain that has been registered for less than four years commanding a four figure price.

INForum member 23 has also recently completed two transactions.  Living in Kochi, 23 has purchased the domain Kochi.in from DemandMedia for $800.  This goes along nicely with Kochi.com, which 23 also owns.  23 also sold SexClubs.in through Sedo for 260 Euro.

LLL.in sales continued to be strong again this week.  There were three good sales of LLL.in that start with the letter “I” for India, which makes them particularly nice.  Inp.in went for $300 at Sedo.   Iyc.in sold for $350.  Isu.in sold for $103 at Sedo.

There were many other LLL.in sales this week.  These included Fce.in which went for $141, Ldb.in which sold for $113, Llp.in which went for $91, Dtb.in which sold for $126, Dpm.in which sold for $156, Crv.in which sold for $143,  Sik.in which sold for $142.

There were also a couple of nice NNN.in sales – 747.in sold at Sedo for $111 and 024.in sold for $70.

Finally, Bunnies.in hopped to close at 80 Eur or $102.

Upcoming auctions at Sedo include Apm.in, Fahrrad.in, BlogPress.in, IndiaOil.in, Prompt.in, and Iis.in.

Cheapest Indian Domain Registrars

Since the Indian domain space is so young, hand registering .in and .co.in domains is still a very viable and profitable strategy.  If you are going to register a significant number of domains, every Rupee counts.  It makes sense to find the cheapest registrar possible (as long as the service is good).

The registry charges registrars a wholesale rate of 500 Rs (approximately $9.92) for .in domains and 250 Rs (approximately $4.96) for .co.in and the other third level domains.

I’ve surveyed a number of Indian domain registrars.  The cheapest registrar I’ve found is Mitsu.in – which charges 589 Rs (approximately $11.69) for .in domains and 319 Rs (approximately $6.33) for .co.in.  Their reputation is that they have decent service.  Also, unlike most registrars, Mitsu.in price their domains in Rupees rather than Dollars, so if the Rupee continues to fall against the Dollar, their prices will become even more attractive.

If you know of any cheaper Indian domain registrars, please drop a note in the comments.