The 14 endings the check runs on every name, with the indicative first-year price of each, compared against each other rather than quoted from a registrar.
Indicative first-year prices, from the same table the live check prices its tiles from.
| Ending | First year | Rank | × cheapest | vs .com |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| .xyz | ₹249 | 1 | — | −₹750 |
| .co.in | ₹599 | 2 | 2.4× | −₹400 |
| .in | ₹699 | 3 | 2.8× | −₹300 |
| .com | ₹999 | 4 | 4.0× | — |
| .org | ₹999 | 4 | 4.0× | same |
| .net | ₹1,099 | 6 | 4.4× | +₹100 |
| .dev | ₹1,199 | 7 | 4.8× | +₹200 |
| .app | ₹1,499 | 8 | 6.0× | +₹500 |
| .shop | ₹1,999 | 9 | 8.0× | +₹1,000 |
| .co | ₹2,499 | 10 | 10.0× | +₹1,500 |
| .io | ₹3,800 | 11 | 15.3× | +₹2,801 |
| .tech | ₹3,999 | 12 | 16.1× | +₹3,000 |
| .store | ₹4,999 | 13 | 20.1× | +₹4,000 |
| .ai | ₹15,400 | 14 | 61.8× | +₹14,401 |
These are indicative and first-year. Renewal rates are set by the registrar, not by us, and are usually higher than the first year — check the renewal price on the registrar's own page before committing a brand to an ending.
The same 14 endings grouped, because the gap between them is what decides most shortlists.
| Band | Endings | Which |
|---|---|---|
| Under ₹1,000 | 5 | .xyz, .co.in, .in, .com, .org |
| ₹1,000 to ₹2,999 | 5 | .net, .dev, .app, .shop, .co |
| ₹3,000 to ₹9,999 | 3 | .io, .tech, .store |
| ₹10,000 and above | 1 | .ai |
Each ending is one RDAP lookup against the name's DNS label, run in parallel with the rest and reported as its own tile. RDAP returns 404 when nothing is registered, which is the only thing we read as available, and 200 with the registration's dates when something is. A lookup that fails is reported as unchecked rather than free, because a false “available” is the one error on this page that costs somebody money.
The label itself is not the name as typed. It is normalised first — Unicode composed, lowercased, and stripped to letters and digits — because that is the only string DNS can hold. Two names that look different on a certificate can normalise to the same address, and that is worth knowing before a logo is drawn.
536 of the 536 published names produce a usable DNS label. Length after normalisation, which is what a registrar sees.
| Characters | Names | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | 11 | 2.1% |
| 4 | 76 | 14.2% |
| 5 | 178 | 33.2% |
| 6 | 146 | 27.2% |
| 7 | 77 | 14.4% |
| 8 | 39 | 7.3% |
| 9 | 7 | 1.3% |
| 10 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 12 | 1 | 0.2% |
Counted, not asserted: this is the distribution of our own corpus after the product's normaliser has run, and it says nothing about which of those addresses are free. Only a live lookup can say that.
No. They are indicative rupee figures carried in our own table so the endings can be compared against each other, and they are first-year prices — most registrars discount the first year and charge more at renewal. Treat them as the shape of the market and the registrar's checkout page as the number you pay. A domain is also a rental rather than a purchase: you pay it every year for as long as the brand exists.
It queries RDAP, the structured JSON service that replaced WHOIS, once per ending. A 404 means nothing is registered and the address is free; a 200 comes back with the registration's own dates. When a lookup fails or times out the ending is reported as unchecked, never as available — availability is the answer somebody spends money on, so it has to come from a real response.
₹40,038 for the first year at these indicative prices, across all 14 endings — from ₹249 for .xyz to ₹15,400 for .ai. Almost nobody should do that. The usual pattern is one primary address and one or two defensive registrations in the endings a customer is most likely to mistype.
No. A domain is a rental from a registrar; a trademark is a right granted on a register, in named classes, after examination. They are unrelated systems and each can be held by a different party. Working out which of the 45 classes your business files in is the other half of the job, and it is the one that decides whether anybody can stop you trading under the name.
One search runs all 14 endings at once, alongside the social handles, the marketplace listings and the company register.
Check a nameWho each one suits, who it does not, and what it costs.
A domain is not a right in the name. These are.