Thread: The proof that .IN is a global TLD

Originally Posted by kussy

I do not understand why .in is recognized as "international".

.in is quite popular in Germany. They consider that extension once .de, .com, .eu is taken. You can check it yourself here. Really lots of German sites with that extension. This trend is also visible in other EU countries but not as much as in Germany. I have registered a few top keywords in German and Polish languages just in case if that trend continues.

Knowing that I wouldn't say .in has definitely not an international potential although it has more common with the word internet rather than international.

I also often see Iranian and Indonesian sites with that extension. For some people .in looks better than their national .ir or .id. Don't remind any .in for Indiana or Indianapolis so that's perhaps less popular combo there.

Of course, that doesn't make it automatically a rebranded extension like .tv but it has some potential. If someone asked me, I would say that .in is "domain for India with added bonus". Currently I almost don't consider its possible international usage when researching .in potential.

Originally Posted by Kokoro

.in is quite popular in Germany. They consider that extension once .de, .com, .eu is taken. You can check it yourself here.

Haha. No offense, but HUGE failure of logic there.

Searching site:.in on google.de does not demonstrate that Germans like the .in domain in any way.
The results are essentially the same as Google.com, google.co.uk, etc.

Matter of fact, you will notice that the P1 results show no German language sites and websites the sites that are there are mostly targeting the Indian market.

If .in suggests International wouldn't .in then, be the top tld by now owing to its "international" presence ?

I'm sure most domainers are investing in .in because of India's growth in the coming years and not because of its brand-ability as "international" !

Originally Posted by the_poet

I'll push it a little further and say that, to the non-Indian average Joe who happens to see .in for the first time, .in is more likely to stand for Internet than India.

Lmao! really? Maybe to the non-Indian average caveman.

Originally Posted by Kokoro

.in is quite popular in Germany. They consider that extension once .de, .com, .eu is taken. You can check it yourself here

You may want to try site: with a .ch, .nl, .co.uk, .fr, .be, .it etc. Looks like they go for a lot more once the .com, .de, .eu is taken

Originally Posted by kussy

Lmao! really? Maybe to the non-Indian average caveman.

Well, since you look at it from the perspective of an Indian, no wonder you find it funny, but put yourself in the shoes of people living in the opposite part of the world. It's not automatic for them to think .in stands for India. It's not something like .us or .uk, which is strongly recognizable and meaningful even to someone who isn't familiar with the Internet, let alone knowing the difference between a gTLD and a ccTLD.

I'll agree, a few people may not recognize .in actually stands for India but to say they'll recognize it as Internet is a big joke.

Originally Posted by kussy

I'll agree, a few people may not recognize .in actually stands for India but to say they'll recognize it as Internet is a big joke.

Of course no. What I'm saying is that it's more likely for them to associate .in with Internet than India (for no other reason than they're currently "surfing" the Internet when seeing a .in domain name).

Originally Posted by the_poet

What I'm saying is that it's more likely for them to associate .in with Internet than India

Just as they would associate any cctld they are not familiar with, with its vanity use (vanity cctld).
And you're saying .in has value for its vanity use?

Interesting discussion, but ultimately what is my pitch going to be?

.in - the only domain extension that's country focussed for a large indian market growing at a pretty good pace, potential to become worlds 3rd largest economy soon

.in - maybe the 3rd or 4th best global domain extension.

I like the former pitch.

Originally Posted by Aubits

Interesting discussion, but ultimately what is my pitch going to be?

.in - the only domain extension that's country focussed for a large indian market growing at a pretty good pace, potential to become worlds 3rd largest economy soon

.in - maybe the 3rd or 4th best global domain extension.

I like the former pitch.

I like both.

As a matter on interest who thinks these were bought because of the.in relationship to India?


Poker.in – $60,000 (Domain Round Table Auction, August 2007)
SportsBetting.in -$42,000 (Sedo 30/3/2011)
Mails.in – $24,000 (Sedo, 2005)
Searching.in – $22,000 (Private Sale, Unknown, 2006)
LinkShare.in – 10,000 GBP or $19,755 (Sedo, 10th Jan. 2007)
Webcam.in – £9,200 GBP or $18,299 (Sedo, 8th May 2007)
Defend.in – $9,473 (Sedo, March 200
Leds.in – $7,973 (Sedo, April 200
123.in – $7,500 (Sedo, August 18th)