With the deregulation for Dot IN, anyone can suggest a good and reliable place to get Dot IN domains in bulk?

DirectI or Network Soultions !

i'd say directi since they are indian ICANN accredited registrar

I would recommend directi for .in domain names as well.

http://www.goodluckdomain.in/index.php
or
http://www.discountdomains24.com/

Directi -- I like to actually login to my accounts and change things without timeouts and java errors.

Originally posted by Bashar
i'd say directi since they are indian ICANN accredited registrar

ICANN accredits registrars for GTLDs. ICANN does not accredit registrars for ccTLDs. So whether or not someone is ICANN accredited is irrelevant for ccTLD domains.

In general you are right Lubecca, but I would prefer going through an ICANN acredited registrar for .IN Domains. Especially if you consider that Afilias (.INFO Registry) is providing the registry back-end to .IN.

I want my registrar to know exactly what they are doing and to provide domain technology experience before choosing them as my registrar of choice.

If I choose an ICANN accredited registrar, which is also an Afilias accredited registrar for .INFO, then I can assume they have:

a.) existing contacts with Afilias, if a problem occurs

and

b.) Know exactly what they are doing and if a problem occurs know how they can fix it.

Just my thoughts!

Originally posted by rojole
b.) Know exactly what they are doing and if a problem occurs know how they can fix it.

Just my thoughts!
So how would this philosophy apply to Dodora and many other Accredited registrars?

If a company is (a) in India and (b) an ICANN registrar then they may indeed be a reasonable bet for .in registrations. But if the choice is between an ICANN registrar OR a company in India I'd go for the company in India rather than the ICANN registrar outside India - unless the non-Indian ICANN registrar is someone with a proven track record in the area of ccTLD registrations.

I won't name names, but some ICANN registrars are pretty clueless when it comes to ccTLD domains.

I would recommend domaindiscount24 for .in domains.

I agree with you, that many ICANN accredited registrars who offer ccTLds are truely said clueless, when it comes down to problems.

I have experienced otherwise, but this is simply subjective.

The major problem still remains: Do I scatter my domains beneath various different registrars or do I put up with some difficulties and go through one registrar for most of the most popular ccTLDs??

Thats the question you have to ask yourself.

It basically depends on the overhead costs involved in maintaining all of your registrations at different registrars and if you can't negotiate better prices if you go throughone?!

DomainDiscount24 is fast and good, pricing is slightly high though.

Originally posted by Lubeca
ICANN accredits registrars for GTLDs. ICANN does not accredit registrars for ccTLDs. So whether or not someone is ICANN accredited is irrelevant for ccTLD domains.

i meant they are indian based company iccredted by icann (in general) not being accredited for .IN domains by icann

Give eNom another week. You might be pleasantly surprised

Originally posted by Divaqs
Give eNom another week. You might be pleasantly surprised

woohoo :dgrin: can't wait

Originally posted by Bashar
i meant they are indian based company iccredted by icann (in general) not being accredited for .IN domains by icann

ICANN does NOT accredit ccTLD registrars. It does not have the power to do so. ccTLD registrars are accredited by ccTLD registries. Nothing to do with ICANN.

LOL!!

for god sake i meant being ICANN accredited gives them reputation which gives them privilege over other companies who sell .IN

their accreditation has nothing todo with .IN domains :D

Accredited Registrars

The following registrars are fully accredited, and are authorized to register .IN domain names.

Ascio Technologies
Business Solutions
DirectI
Dotcom Services (India) Pvt Ltd, dba WorldIndia.com
eNom
GoodLuckDomains
Gree Jain Infotech dba Bookandhost.com
IKON Marketing
InCyber Advertising
IndiaLinks Web Hosting Pvt Ltd
InterNetX
IP Mirror
Key-Systems GmbH
Magnum International Ltd.
Mobile Name Services, Inc.
MPS TechnoSoft Ltd., dba Signdomains.com
Netandhost.com (S.G.S.Technologie Private Limited)
Net4India Limited, dba Net4Domains
OnlineNIC
Pioneer Online
Rediff.com
ResellerSRS
Sify Ltd.
Silicon House
Sipence, Inc.
Space2Let.com Services Pvt Ltd

DirectI is the official accredited registrar for the DOT IN ccTLD (at least that's what they have told me ... I'm a reseller for them).

Originally posted by fshagan
DirectI is the official accredited registrar for the DOT IN ccTLD (at least that's what they have told me ... I'm a reseller for them).

it looks like they are one of many accredited registrars

http://www.inregistry.in/accredited_registrars/

Accredited Registrars

The following registrars are fully accredited, and are authorized to register .IN domain names.

Ascio Technologies
Business Solutions
DirectI
Dotcom Services (India) Pvt Ltd, dba WorldIndia.com
eNom
GoodLuckDomains
Gree Jain Infotech dba Bookandhost.com
IKON Marketing
InCyber Advertising
IndiaLinks Web Hosting Pvt Ltd
InterNetX
IP Mirror
Key-Systems GmbH
Magnum International Ltd.
Mobile Name Services, Inc.
MPS TechnoSoft Ltd., dba Signdomains.com
Netandhost.com (S.G.S.Technologie Private Limited)
Net4India Limited, dba Net4Domains
OnlineNIC
Pioneer Online
Rediff.com
ResellerSRS
Sify Ltd.
Silicon House
Sipence, Inc.
Space2Let.com Services Pvt Ltd

Never go with WorldIndia. You will feel cheated and will lose the domain forever.

ICANN accredits registrars for GTLDs. ICANN does not accredit registrars for ccTLDs. So whether or not someone is ICANN accredited is irrelevant for ccTLD domains.

Perfect, .in registrars are diffetent from ICANN Registrars...ICANN dont hav any role to play in .in domains.

Regards,

Never go with WorldIndia. You will feel cheated and will lose the domain forever.

And for this comment you have bumped the thread which was 2.5 years old?

Oh my...

I'd suggest Answerable.com

They are a Directi company and the prices are good.

And for this comment you have bumped the thread which was 2.5 years old?

Oh my...
Oh God!

I realised it after I saw your post. My bad. :D

I would have to say GoDaddy.com. This is what I use, and can only recommend what I know. They have cheap stuff, especially everything besides .com


~Cally~

I would have to say GoDaddy.com. This is what I use, and can only recommend what I know. They have cheap stuff, especially everything besides .com


~Cally~
Please read the Thread Topic. We are talking about .IN domains specifically.

AFAIK Godaddy doesn't do .IN domains.

Please read the Thread Topic. We are talking about .IN domains specifically.

AFAIK Godaddy doesn't do .IN domains.

This guy is trying to push GoDaddy whenever possible - just ignore. :)

This guy is trying to push GoDaddy whenever possible - just ignore. :)
Thanks for the tip. I'll remember that. :)

Here is my mini review of Answerable.com after reading recommendations here and at NamePros: I registered 3 .in's at Answerable.com but you first have to add funds to your account before your domains will be registered which was a real pain so I waited for an hour just to be told this. Then after I finally registered them I found they have that horrible control panel like Stargate have and I tried to add privacy to my domains which comes free with registers that use this control panel but it is real dog, it never worked and I just got a nasty error. I finally got tired of trying and sent a support ticket and even that had errors as it was asking for a login & password. So my verdict is, Answerable.com have a good price but a lousy system, I would much rather pay a few more dollars if I have to for a decent control panel & something that actually works.

Here is my mini review of Answerable.com after reading recommendations here and at NamePros: I registered 3 .in's at Answerable.com but you first have to add funds to your account before your domains will be registered which was a real pain so I waited for an hour just to be told this. Then after I finally registered them I found they have that horrible control panel like Stargate have and I tried to add privacy to my domains which comes free with registers that use this control panel but it is real dog, it never worked and I just got a nasty error. I finally got tired of trying and sent a support ticket and even that had errors as it was asking for a login & password. So my verdict is, Answerable.com have a good price but a lousy system, I would much rather pay a few more dollars if I have to for a decent control panel & something that actually works.
You DON'T have to add funds to your account and then register domains.

You can just pay by your CC or Paypal in the usual way while you are registering the domains and that's all. It's over.

I've never used Stargate but, the CP is not that bad at all. It may not be as simple as Namecheap's but its OK.

I've never had any error with the CP but once. The error was that the domain was not getting unlocked even after clicked "Submit". Called support and was told to wait for a few minutes and it did work after a few minutes. After that no probs till date.

I've had no problems with the Privacy Protection. Works properly for me. Only thing I don't like is that you to unlock the domain when you want to enable or disable the protection.

Maybe you registered the domains at a bad time may be during any system upgradation or maintenance. There was some upgradation/maintenance going on this month.

The PLUS point is that they offer Phone support at that price and the Support really helps (which is more important) ;)

First I created an account and then I used the bulk purchase feature (maybe that is not working?) and it did not ask me for my credit card at all after I had ordered the domains which I thougt was really strange. I just got a message that my order would be processed in about an hour (which was even stranger)..yeah maybe you are right, they might have been down but I doubt I will use them again as I hate that control interface. I did find out though that apparently the .in domains can't have privacy on them so I guess that is why I got the error.

First I created an account and then I used the bulk purchase feature (maybe that is not working?) and it did not ask me for my credit card at all after I had ordered the domains which I thougt was really strange. I just got a message that my order would be processed in about an hour (which was even stranger)..yeah maybe you are right, they might have been down but I doubt I will use them again as I hate that control interface. I did find out though that apparently the .in domains can't have privacy on them so I guess that is why I got the error.
Yeah WHOIS Privacy is not available for .IN domains. They have stated that on the website. Interface is OK but, it's more cumbersome when you have more than 10 domains. You have to search for the rest which is very inconvenient.

Actually the system used by Answerable, ResellerClub and many more comapnies is LogicBoxes (http://www.logicboxes.com) again its a DirectI company.

If you have explored it properly, you won't get those kind of errors. LogicBoxes has got options to either pay through credit card or through paypal, or to add funds. For bulk orders you need to have funds in your account. If you have understood the system throughly, you will find it to be as good as any of your favorite registrar.

We had been using ResellerClub now for few years, never had any problem, and on many occasions their support has proven to be simply superb.

Actually the system used by Answerable, ResellerClub and many more comapnies is LogicBoxes (http://www.logicboxes.com) again its a DirectI company.

If you have explored it properly, you won't get those kind of errors. LogicBoxes has got options to either pay through credit card or through paypal, or to add funds. For bulk orders you need to have funds in your account. If you have understood the system throughly, you will find it to be as good as any of your favorite registrar.

We had been using ResellerClub now for few years, never had any problem, and on many occasions their support has proven to be simply superb.
Hey Dude,

Since you are using it for some years now, can you tell me how to see all domains I have in that account?

I can see the Last/Latest 10 Domains but, beyond that am forced to searched. That's the only hiccup I have with it.

Go to Products->Search->Domain Registration Search now leave all the fields blank, but Order Creation Date->Within->All (Slowest Search).

Submit

And you get all the domains under your account.

Go to Products->Search->Domain Registration Search now leave all the fields blank, but Order Creation Date->Within->All (Slowest Search).

Submit

And you get all the domains under your account.
Thanks. It works. I can see all my domains now.

I'm not too keen on the Answerable interface either, I prefer namecheap.

I'm not too keen on the Answerable interface either, I prefer namecheap.
Interface wise Namecheap is definately better. Namecheap is also my No. 1 Favourite. :)

FYI Stargate uses LogicBoxes a DirectI product same used by Answerable, ResellerClub, for you it may be horrible for me it one of the most powerful, flexible system.

Secondly you can not add privacy to your DotIn domains that's a DoIn registry rule not an Answerable shortcoming.

I don't know what happened with you but for me the same system has always worked properly & throughly.

Resellerclub is starting the .in promo from 15th October and it certainly will be a massive boost for .in

I've received an email from Answerable about .IN Promo but, I still see the same prices. Let's see if they announce anything on 15th.

Yeah initially their email said it will start on 8th October, may be they postponed it to 15th when .com price are increased, to further boost .In sale.

Yup Vinayak, I spoke to Vishal Kotian regarding it and he said they were facing some last moment disturbance that popped into the Promo engine, which delayed things dearly. They wanted to cross check everything before going live and hence they delayed it by a week.

Well few moments back I received mail from ResellerClub announcing the Great Renewal Bash has now ended, increased rated for gTLD are in effect and the .IN promo is launching on 15th October, 2007.

Any idea on what the pricing with be for .INs at Answerable? It's only few days to go but, knowing beforehand is always better.