.in WHOIS Lookup
.in is India's country code extension, and the National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) runs its registry. Look up a .in name to see whether it is taken, which registrar manages it and when it expires.
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.in WHOIS Lookup: NIXI Records and Contact Roles
.in is the country code extension of India. It was delegated to the root zone on 8 May 1989, and NIXI operates the registry. WHOIS queries are answered by whois.nixiregistry.in, and the RDAP service at rdap.nixiregistry.in serves the same records as JSON. The .in zone carries DNSSEC signatures, with a DS record published in the root.
The reply lists 58 field labels, and most of them belong to four contact roles. The registrant, admin, technical and billing contacts each get lines for name, organisation, street address, phone, fax and email, yet nearly every one of those lines reads REDACTED FOR PRIVACY. The registrar with its abuse contact, the EPP status codes and the creation, update and expiry dates stay open. The .ca WHOIS lookup covers another registry with a billing role, and the .biz WHOIS lookup shows the same privacy marker in a generic extension.
About the .in extension
- Extension
- .in
- WHOIS server
- whois.nixiregistry.in
- RDAP endpoint
- https://rdap.nixiregistry.in/rdap
- Registry
- National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI)
- In the root zone since
- 8 May 1989
- RDAP
- rdap.nixiregistry.in
- Contact roles
- Registrant, admin, technical, billing (values mostly redacted)
- Last checked
- 12 August 2026
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WHOIS FAQ
Does a .in WHOIS lookup show who owns the domain?
No, a .in record does not reveal the holder's name, address or email, because NIXI masks those values. The only party you can reach from the reply is the registrar, whose name, abuse email and abuse phone number are published. If you need to contact the holder of a .in name, send your request to that registrar.
How do I check when a .in domain expires?
Every .in record shows the expiry date in its Registry Expiry Date line, next to Creation Date and Updated Date, all given in UTC. Privacy masking leaves these dates untouched. The registry's own domain, registry.in, is registered for ten years, from 2025 to 2035, so a distant expiry date is no sign of an error. The whois.com.tr result screen turns these dates into the domain's age and remaining term.
What does REDACTED FOR PRIVACY mean in a .in WHOIS record?
REDACTED FOR PRIVACY means NIXI kept the line in the reply but withheld its value. The marker appears in the holder's name and address lines, in the contact ID lines and in almost every line of the admin, technical and billing blocks. Software that parses .in replies should store it as an empty value, since saving it as a name or address corrupts the data.
Does the .in registry offer an RDAP service?
Yes, NIXI runs RDAP at rdap.nixiregistry.in and returns .in records there as structured JSON. The registrant, administrative, technical, billing and registrar roles appear as separate entities, and the events cover registration, expiration and the last change. Contact names stay hidden in RDAP too, so switching protocols tells you nothing new about the holder.
Why can't I transfer my .in domain to another registrar?
A .in domain cannot move to another registrar while its status lines include a transfer lock. Locks starting with client, such as clientTransferProhibited, are set by your registrar and lifted at your request. Locks starting with server are set by NIXI, and the registrar cannot remove them. The result screen explains what each code blocks.
How can I check if a .in domain is available?
Type the name into the search box, and the result screen marks an unregistered .in name as available. No registrar, dates or contact roles come back for such a name. If it is free, you can register it with any registrar that sells .in names. If it is taken, the expiry date in the record shows how long the current registration runs.