The verdict: an INR invoice, not a cheaper dollar
Choose WebJi® as your Namecheap alternative if you need a rupee invoice with GST, a GSTIN printed on it, and support in Hindi or English from an Indian office. Stay with Namecheap if your domains already sit there and no Indian tax invoice is required. WebJi® is not Namecheap, and this page is not their support desk.
- Pick WebJi® when the invoice has to enter your books with input tax credit and the price has to be in rupees.
- Stay with Namecheap when you hold a wide spread of country-code TLDs and want one USD dashboard.
- Neither is reliably cheaper. The renewal bands overlap once GST and the card rate are applied.
Namecheap and WebJi on the numbers, read 30 October 2026
Every figure below names where it was read. Dollar prices move with the vendor's sale calendar; rupee bands are indicative and confirmed at checkout.
| Item | Namecheap | WebJi® | Source and date read |
|---|---|---|---|
| .com registration | $11.28 first year, sale price, list $14.98 | ₹900–1,200 per year, before 18% GST | namecheap.com .com page; webji.in domain page; both read 30 Oct 2026 |
| .com renewal | $18.48 next term, then $33.26 for the following term | ₹1,000–1,400 per year, before 18% GST | Same two pages, read 30 Oct 2026 |
| .com transfer in | $11.48 including one year | Quoted at checkout, includes one year | namecheap.com .com page, read 30 Oct 2026 |
| WHOIS privacy | Free for life | Included on registration | Both vendor pages, read 30 Oct 2026 |
| Billing currency | USD, converted by your card | INR | Both vendor pages, read 30 Oct 2026 |
| Tax document | Vendor receipt in USD | GST invoice with GSTIN, 18% added | WebJi billing terms |
| Support hours | Published on their site | Email 24/7, Hindi and English, average first reply under 60 minutes | WebJi support policy |
Set $18.48 against ₹1,000–1,400 and the gap depends on the card rate that day. Add 18% GST to the rupee side and the bands overlap, so nobody wins on price alone.
What a GST invoice changes for an Indian business
A GST invoice lets a registered business claim input tax credit on the 18% charged, and it matches the entry in your purchase register without a foreign-exchange note. A USD card charge gives you neither: the bank statement shows a converted amount plus whatever foreign transaction fee your card applies.
For a company filing monthly returns, that difference is bookkeeping work every renewal. For an individual blogger with no GST registration, it is worth nothing, and the dollar price is simpler.
WebJi® issues a GST invoice for every purchase and renewal. The rupee band on the domain page is before 18% GST, and the cart total is the amount you pay.
What Namecheap still does better
Namecheap carries a far wider catalogue of country-code endings, and its control panel has years of tooling behind it for bulk DNS and multi-domain management. Its privacy protection is free for life, which many registrars still charge for.
If you already run forty domains there and none of them needs an Indian tax invoice, moving is admin for no return. Keep them, and move only the domains your accountant asks about.
Moving a .com from Namecheap to WebJi
A transfer is not a new registration. The domain keeps its age, and a completed transfer adds one year to the expiry.
- In your Namecheap account, open the domain and turn off Registrar Lock.
- Copy the authorization code shown for that domain. It is also called an EPP code.
- Check the dates: ICANN rules let a registrar refuse a transfer within 60 days of registration or of a previous transfer.
- Order the transfer on the domain transfer page and pay the transfer price.
- Approve the transfer email that arrives from the gaining registrar. Without approval the transfer expires.
- Recreate your DNS records before the nameservers change, so mail and the website keep resolving.
- Run
whois yourdomain.comand confirm the registrar line now names WebJi and the expiry moved forward by a year.
You know it worked when WHOIS shows the new registrar, the site resolves, and a test email to the domain arrives. Keep the old DNS zone visible until both pass.
What WebJi adds beyond the domain
The domain can sit on the same invoice as the hosting, the business email and the SSL certificate, which is the practical reason Indian buyers switch. Shared hosting starts at ₹300 per month before 18% GST, and a .in domain registers at ₹500–800 per year before 18% GST.
Registration and renewal for .com, .in and other endings sit on domain registration in India, and the Indian endings on .in domain registration. Email support@webji.services with the domain list for a written quote before you pay, or use the contact page.
When staying with Namecheap is the right call
Stay if you bill in dollars, if your domains are spread across endings WebJi does not carry, or if nobody in the business files GST. Moving a domain for its own sake adds a transfer fee and a DNS migration risk with no invoice benefit.
Move the domains that appear on a tax invoice, and leave the personal ones where they are. That split is common and costs nothing.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is WebJi the same company as Namecheap?
No. WebJi® is an Indian hosting and domain company in Jaipur, in business since 2005, formerly B4UIndia. Namecheap is a separate US-based registrar. WebJi® does not operate Namecheap's support desk and does not publish their contact details.
How much does a .com renewal cost on each?
Namecheap showed $18.48 for the next renewal term on 30 October 2026. WebJi lists an indicative ₹1,000–1,400 per year before 18% GST. Convert the dollar figure at your card rate and add GST to the rupee figure before comparing.
Can I transfer a domain from Namecheap to WebJi?
Yes, if it is unlocked, outside the 60-day ICANN lock window, and you have the authorization code. Order the transfer, approve the email, then confirm in WHOIS that the registrar changed and the expiry moved forward one year.
Does a GST invoice make the domain cheaper?
No. It makes the cost recoverable for a GST-registered business through input tax credit. The price itself is the price, and the rupee band already excludes the 18% that the invoice adds.
Will my website go down during the transfer?
Not if you recreate the DNS records before the nameservers change. A registrar transfer does not move hosting; only the registration record changes hands. Keep the old zone visible until the site and mail both resolve.
Do I have to move all my domains at once?
No. Move only the domains that need an Indian GST invoice. A personal domain with no tax use can stay with the current registrar without affecting the ones you transfer.