.pw Domain Registration India

.pw Domain Registration — What You Get

.pw is the country code for the Pacific island state of Palau, created on 12 June 1997. The IANA record lists the Micronesia Investment and Development Corporation as sponsoring organisation, and the commercial registry runs from registry.pw under Radix, the operator behind several large extensions.

For most of its life the zone was quiet; it reopened for open public registration on 25 March 2013 and is sold today as a low-cost, direct second-level address marketed as a "professional web" identity — pw read as "professional web" rather than Palau.

The delegation is DNSSEC-signed in the root zone. The IANA record publishes no IDN script tables for .pw, so plan on plain ASCII labels — letters, digits and hyphens, with the hyphen neither first nor last.

Who Can Register a .pw Domain Name

Anyone can register a .pw name from anywhere, including India: the registry applies no territorial restriction and no document check, and names are awarded first-come, first-served. Disputes are handled under the standard UDRP policy.

• No Palau address, company or citizenship is needed — an Indian registrant supplies Indian contact details.
• Registrations are direct at the second level, so you buy example.pw with no third-level labels.
• Premium names — short or common words — carry registry premium pricing, quoted before you pay.
• First completed order wins: a name is not held while you decide.

What a .pw Domain Is Used For

Businesses use .pw as a short, cheap second address — the registry's pitch is "a dedicated namespace to use as a professional identity on the web", so it shows up on freelancer sites, personal brand pages, redirects and landing pages rather than as a main brand extension.

One honest note: after the 2013 relaunch the zone went through a spam flare-up — Symantec reports in April and May 2013 called it a significant spam source, and a 2016 Anti-Phishing Working Group report put .pw among the most abused zones. The registry answered with a zero-tolerance policy, and the practical lesson for a business user is simply to keep the name on clean hosting and real content.

For an Indian buyer, .pw works best as a budget defensive registration or a short hack-style name, with the main site on .com or .in.

.pw Domain Registration Plans & Pricing (INR)

WebJi lists .pw at ₹2,160 a year for registration and ₹2,559 for renewal, read on 4 November 2026, before 18% GST. Premium names cost more and are 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.

.pw Renewal, Transfer and Expiry Rules

Renewals run in the same year blocks at the renewal band, and reminders go to the registrant email, so keep that address reachable and use auto-renew.

After expiry the name passes through the usual grace and redemption sequence before release — a renewal grace window, then a redemption period where recovery costs an extra fee, then deletion. A dropped .pw is not held for the previous owner.

Transfers move with an authorisation code taken from the current registrar, and WebJi bills a .pw transfer at ₹2,160. As a country code, .pw sits outside the ICANN 60-day transfer rule that governs .com, but registries apply their own locks after registration or transfer, so expect a similar short wait on a freshly registered name.

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

The extension is not a ranking factor: content and links decide placement. Choose .pw when you want a short, low-cost second name or a "professional web" style personal address; keep .com for a global brand and .in or .co.in when Indian identity is the point.

Many businesses hold a .pw as a defensive or redirect name pointed at their .com or .in site, so a near-miss registration cannot hurt the brand.

• .pw — Palau's open code, ₹2,160 a year, renewal ₹2,559.
• .com — global default, ₹1,380/year, renewal ₹1,480.
• .in — Indian identity, ₹1,000/year.
• .co.in — Indian commercial second level, ₹809/year.

How to Register a .pw Domain with WebJi

Registration is one order: search the name, enter registrant details, pay in INR, and the registry entry is created. There is no Palau document check.

Steps:

• Search your name with the domain search box on this page; a .pw result shows free, taken or premium.
• Enter registrant details exactly as they should appear in the registry record.
• Pick your term and pay in INR by UPI, card or net-banking; the GST invoice is issued at once.
• Point the nameservers at your host and allow a few hours for DNS propagation.
• Turn on auto-renew and keep the registrant email reachable, because renewal notices go there.

Why WebJi for .pw Domain Registration

WebJi has sold and managed domains since 2005, and the same team handles registry rules, transfers and renewals today.

• Selling domains since 2005, with ccTLD procedures 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.