Thread: .In Vs .CO.IN

Originally Posted by LintonInvestments

Great - good to know. I own a company that does domain brokerage but am yet to find buyers that understand the real value of .in and .co.in domains.

You may be doing it already but create a presentation, power point etc, that illustrates the benefits of a relevant domain name- like everything, buyers need to know they need something and have to be sold to that need accordingly.

In my younger days, much younger, I sold showers, double glazing etc to people who did not know they needed them until I knocked on their door.

Same concept applies.

I have created a little Video with some of my Indian Domain Names (nothing special) !
This should be one opportunity to Present our Business:

Video: MyIndianDomains



Thomas

.in means targeting end users
.co.in means targeting corporate users.

.in will always have higher value compare to .co.in.

.in is good ----------> if you're looking to sell the domain name
.co.in -----> very good for SEO...

and lots of big sites use .co.in (google.co.in, orkut.co.in, bsnl.co.in, irctc.co.in etc etc )

The main difference is that .IN can be used for international purposes and have a worldwide scope, while .CO.IN is perceived as Indian people's very own and national extension. I like to say that IN is a little "less ccTLD" than .CO.IN.

personally I like .IN much more since it can be use in a lot of meaning. Like the_poet mentioned, this could use as "International" domain. I got couple of end-user who bought my domain .IN just for use as "International" represent for their biz.

Both .in and .co.in are ccTLD (Country Specific Top Level Domain) from India.


Within .co.in the term .co is the abbreviation for "commercial". This shows that the .co.in domain is especially suitable for tradesmen and other commercial entities related to India.


Whereas .in is good enough for other business, entities or individuals who belong to India.


Anyway, .in sounds good enough and gives nice identity to a Website Address.

honestly i feel .In is the king , .co.in lost its ground totally. I will strongly suggest dont think about .co.in until unless its high value business specific domain.

.in will dominate in next 3 years , i am seeing the same trend from last 2 years...many of my friends with small businesses they are preferring to have a website with .in

cheers

Originally Posted by domainpundit

honestly i feel .In is the king , .co.in lost its ground totally. I will strongly suggest dont think about .co.in until unless its high value business specific domain.

.in will dominate in next 3 years , i am seeing the same trend from last 2 years...many of my friends with small businesses they are preferring to have a website with .in

cheers

i agee with you!

Honestly, i have noticed 2 key things that some people investing in .in domains sometimes dont' accept:

1) OFFCOURSE .in is dominating .co.in. Do you guys look at the sales threads and see the frequency and prices?

2) shorter IS good when you buy any domains in any extension. if you don't think lll.ins will do well in the future, i advise you to quit investing in .in domains. actually quit domaining because that is a cardinal rule of domaining that if you can't understand, the odds are not in your favor.

When we discuss .IN vs .CO.IN or lll versus 1 word or 1 worder VS 2 worder its not a question of challenging people's choices. We can all reg and buy whatever we want. the big question is : which of these categories will consistently outdo the other,sell more consistently and finally for better prices down the road? that is the question. Because citibank uses citi.co.in for their website doesn't mean you owning mostly/only .co.ins is the right thing or the winning move. Buy names you have observed to consistently win. they aren't even guaranteed to win really! BUT, the point is that domaining is about means justifying the end. Buy the best names you can now and the odds will be in your favor and hopefully good sales will come to you.i own 160+ lll.ins and you know what? sooner or later "good luck" will come to me because i know i have invested in a winning category. have you?

Hi Warbux,

Well said.

take my case, I am holding 350 + lll.in and 10+ NNN.in and at the same time I am holding a decent number of .co.ins too.

most of the enquiries I am getting for the past 2 years and the sales I did are honestly lll.ins and key word .in domains. the ratio of the statistics are clearly in the favour of .ins. the interest of the end user sentiment of .co.in is decreased. this is my personal feeling , might be few of my fellow domainers may not agree with me. Lets hope for the best of all domainers...

cheers