.blog Domain Registration India

.blog Domain Registration — What You Get

.blog is a generic top-level domain delegated on 18 May 2016 and operated by Knock Knock WHOIS There, LLC, a registry company belonging to the Automattic group behind WordPress.com. Trademark holders registered first from August 2016, and general availability opened on 21 November 2016.

Anyone can register, with terms of 1 to 10 years, standard gTLD label rules for letters, digits and hyphens, and DNSSEC signed at the root. No IDN script tables are published for .blog in the IANA record, so plan on ASCII labels.

The registry runs a premium-name programme: short or common words are priced well above the standard band, and premium renewals stay premium. We quote any premium name before you pay.

Who Can Register a .blog Domain Name

.blog is an unrestricted gTLD: any individual, company or group from any country, including India, can register, with no documents, no local presence and no nexus test. It began as a 2012-round new gTLD application and launched openly in 2016.

The only gate is availability and price — the registry's premium list, not an eligibility rule, is what separates a ₹2,700 name from a quoted one. First completed order wins.

• No documents, no local presence, no nexus requirement.
• Standard gTLD rules apply: accurate registrant contact data.
• Premium names are a pricing tier, not a restriction — quoted before payment.
• First completed order wins: a name is not held while you decide.

What a .blog Domain Is Used For

.blog is used for exactly what it says: blogs, newsletters and publisher sites, from individual writers to company engineering and news teams. The registry's own showcase lists names like github.blog, stackoverflow.blog and leica-camera.blog — corporate publications rather than personal diaries.

For Indian creators — a Hindi or English newsletter, a food or finance blog, a coaching practice that publishes — it gives an address where the content type is stated in the domain itself, and it often finds short names unavailable under .com.

Companies also use a .blog for the newsroom or knowledge hub while keeping the main site on their primary domain, which keeps publishing separate from the storefront.

.blog Domain Registration Plans & Pricing (INR)

WebJi lists .blog at ₹2,700 a year for registration and ₹3,267 for renewal, read on 4 November 2026, before 18% GST. The extension carries a premium tier, and premium names cost more at registration and at every renewal — quoted before payment.

WebJi billing prices, read on 4 November 2026 — the renewal column is what the second and later years cost, before 18% GST.

.blog Renewal, Transfer and Expiry Rules

Terms run 1 to 10 years and renew in the same blocks at the renewal band. Because .blog renewal sits well above mainstream extensions, check the renewal column — not the first-year price — before committing a content site to the name.

Transfers follow the standard gTLD flow: unlock the name at the current registrar, take its authorisation code, start the transfer and approve the email sent to the registrant address; a completed transfer adds one year to the term. A name is locked for 60 days after registration or transfer.

After expiry a .blog name passes through the standard gTLD redemption window, where recovery carries a higher registry fee, before it is deleted and returns to the open market — a dropped name is not held for the previous owner. At WebJi a .blog transfer is ₹2,700.

.blog vs .com and .in for an Indian Business

The extension is not a ranking factor: content and links decide placement, which is why a good .blog can outrank a weak .com. The choice is about the message and the budget.

Use .blog when publishing is the site's purpose and the word itself is the brand; use .com for the main company brand, and .in when Indian identity is the point. Budget matters: at ₹2,700 a year with ₹3,267 renewals, .blog costs roughly double .com at WebJi, so it is usually the secondary name for publishing, not the primary corporate domain.

• .blog — publishing-focused address, ₹2,700 a year, renewal ₹3,267.
• .com — global default, ₹1,380/year, renewal ₹1,480.
• .in — Indian identity, ₹1,000/year.

How to Register a .blog Domain with WebJi

Registration is one order: check the name, pick a term, pay in INR, and the registry entry is created with the contacts you supply. There is no approval stage and no document upload.

Steps:

• Search the name with the domain search box on this page; a .blog result shows free, taken or premium.
• Enter registrant details exactly as they should appear in WHOIS, and decide whether to apply privacy.
• Choose a term from 1 to 10 years and pay in INR; the GST invoice is issued at once.
• Point the nameservers at your host, then allow for DNS propagation, usually a few hours.
• Turn on auto-renew and check the registrant email, because renewal notices go there.

Why WebJi for .blog Domain Registration

WebJi has sold and managed domains since 2005, and the same team handles premium-tier quoting, renewals and transfers for extensions like .blog today.

• Selling domains since 2005, with gTLD registry rules and premium pricing handled in-house.
• 12,000+ clients across India and overseas keep their domains at WebJi®.
• 24/7 email support in Hindi and English at support@webji.services, average first reply under 60 minutes.
• INR pricing with an 18% GST invoice on every order, payable by UPI, card or net-banking.
• Free migration of an existing site or DNS, subject to terms and approval.