Why is domain extension .in increasing in popularity?
.IN is used extensively in India for branding local presence for International companies and a lot of new initiatives or divisions of existing majors in India.
It has widespread acceptability in Germany, Russia, Switzerland as well as with the Indian Expat community the world over.
Also, IN is a preposition and thus makes for amazing hacks and expands usage.
How are co.in and .in and recently dropped and available domains registered immediatley?
Currently there are no drop services who manage .in and .co.in hence making it comparatively easier for domainers to get some of the action.
Most of the drops are registered using either the Enom or Directi Reseller API which allows one to execute the order in seconds, rather than going through a comparatively lengthy checkout process.
