Domain Registration Cost in India in 2026
The advertised price is rarely the price. Here is what each extension costs over two and five years, including GST, and why the cheapest first year is usually the most expensive choice.
AvanceZone Technology · · 8 min read
Ask what a domain costs in India and you will get a number between ₹99 and ₹4,000. Both are true and neither is useful, because the advertised figure is almost always a first-year promotion. The number that matters is what you pay over the time you actually keep the name.
Our prices, including GST
All figures include 18% GST. Full details on the domain price list.
| Extension | Register | Renew | Two-year cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| .co.in | ₹920 | ₹997 | ₹1,917 |
| .in | ₹1,058 | ₹1,151 | ₹2,209 |
| .com | ₹1,657 | ₹1,764 | ₹3,421 |
| .org | ₹1,825 | ₹2,056 | ₹3,881 |
| .net | ₹1,948 | ₹2,302 | ₹4,250 |
| .shop | ₹4,911 | ₹5,541 | ₹10,452 |
| .online | ₹4,773 | ₹5,080 | ₹9,853 |
| .store | ₹7,276 | ₹7,721 | ₹14,997 |
Notice what our table does not do
Every renewal above is within about 15% of its registration price. That is deliberate: we price every extension at our registry cost plus one fixed margin, applied to every year. There is no promotional first year here, which means there is nothing to unwind in year two.
Most price lists you will compare this against are built the opposite way. A ₹149 or ₹199 first year is a registry-funded promotion, and the standard rate arrives twelve months later. That gap, not the headline, is what decides what a domain costs you.
We should be straight about the trade-off: our first-year prices are higher than the big registrars' promotional ones, and for a customer who genuinely intends to move the domain every year, they will be cheaper elsewhere. Very few people do that.
The five-year view
Most businesses keep their domain far longer than two years. Over five:
- .co.in — ₹920 + (4 × ₹997) = ₹4,908
- .in — ₹1,058 + (4 × ₹1,151) = ₹5,662
- .com — ₹1,657 + (4 × ₹1,764) = ₹8,713
- .online — ₹4,773 + (4 × ₹5,080) = ₹25,093
- .store — ₹7,276 + (4 × ₹7,721) = ₹38,160
The choice of extension matters far more than the choice of registrar. A .store costs nearly seven times a .in over five years, and no amount of shopping around changes that — the registry sets it.
What about the ₹99 and ₹149 offers?
They are real, and they are almost always bundled or promotional. Common structures:
- First year only. Renewal at full registry rate, often 10× the offer.
- Free with hosting. Genuinely free while you keep paying for hosting; the domain is often held in the host's account, which makes leaving harder.
- Multi-year required. The ₹99 applies only if you buy several years at full price.
None of these is dishonest in itself. They become a problem when the renewal figure is not visible at the moment of purchase, which is why we print it everywhere.
Does GST apply to domain registration?
Yes — 18%, and it is included in every price we quote. If you have a GSTIN you can generally claim it as input credit, provided the invoice carries your GST number. Enter it at checkout and it is printed automatically. Full detail in GST on domain registration.
What else might you pay for?
At many registrars, quite a lot. WHOIS privacy, DNS management, email forwarding, transfer lock and theft protection are all commonly sold as add-ons at ₹199–₹499 each — which can double the real cost of a cheap domain.
We include all of them. Not as a promotion: they cost us essentially nothing to provide and charging for them is a way of advertising a price you do not intend to honour.
What should you actually budget?
For a small Indian business: ₹920–₹1,200 a year for one domain, or about ₹2,700 if you sensibly hold both the .in and the .com. Hosting and business email are separate — ask us and we will quote them with the domain on one invoice.
That is the whole cost of having your own address on the internet, and it is roughly what a business spends on tea in a fortnight.