.finance Domain Registration India
A .finance domain is an open generic top-level domain for advisers, lenders and fintech firms, run by Binky Moon, LLC since 2014. WebJi® charges ₹9,471 for the first year and ₹11,374 a year to renew, before 18% GST. No SEBI or RBI licence is checked, but registrants must follow Indian financial law.
For Indian investment advisers, distributors, lenders and fintech teams deciding whether a .finance address is worth its higher renewal price.
INR billing
- Registration
- ₹9,471/yr
- Renewal
- ₹11,374/yr
- Term
- 1–10 yrs
- Billing
- INR + GST
Live check across 297 extensions on our billing system — registration, renewal and transfer prices are shown before you pay.
Last editorial update: 14 November 2026. Prices follow the dated sources on this page; checkout confirms current charges.
What is a .finance domain?
.finance is a generic top-level domain for the money business, run by Binky Moon, LLC through Identity Digital and delegated into the DNS root on 29 April 2014. IANA’s delegation report names Cotton Cypress, LLC as the first operator; the extension moved to Binky Moon in the March 2018 transfer of .academy and 195 other strings.
ICANN lists .finance among its “Category 1” regulated-sector strings. That status adds contract clauses for registrants rather than an entry test, which is explained further down.
| Attribute | .finance |
|---|---|
| Category | Generic TLD, ICANN Category 1 (regulated sector, open entry) |
| Registry manager | Binky Moon, LLC, Bellevue, Washington |
| In the root since | 29 April 2014 |
| DNSSEC | Secure delegation, DS record published |
| Lookup | RDAP at rdap.identitydigital.services |
Which Indian firms put their brand on .finance?
.finance suits Indian businesses whose whole offer is money advice or money products: advisers, distributors, lenders, fintech start-ups and finance educators. The suffix tells a visitor the category before they read a word, which matters when a client is comparing three planners on a phone screen.
| Business | Example | What the site does |
|---|---|---|
| Fee-only investment adviser | meherplanning.finance | Explains the advisory process and fee, books a first call |
| Mutual fund distributor | sipdesk.finance | SIP calculators, scheme notes, KYC checklists |
| Fintech start-up | paylater.finance | Product landing page and app download links |
| CA firm’s advisory arm | guptaca.finance | Keeps tax filing on the main site, planning on this one |
| Personal-finance creator | rupeeschool.finance | Courses, newsletter sign-up, video library |
.finance domain price in India, and three years of cost
WebJi® charges ₹9,471 for the first year of a .finance domain and ₹11,374 for every renewal year, before 18% GST. Three years therefore cost ₹32,219 before tax (₹9,471 + ₹11,374 + ₹11,374), so it is worth deciding up front whether the name will stay in use that long.
| Extension | Year 1 (₹) | Renewal (₹/yr) | Reads as | Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| .finance | ₹9,471 | ₹11,374 | The finance category as a whole | Register → |
| .financial | ₹9,471 | ₹11,374 | An adjective: “financial services” | Register → |
| .money | ₹4,562 | ₹4,846 | Consumer apps, payments, savings tips | Register → |
| .investments | ₹12,757 | ₹13,553 | Portfolio and wealth managers only | Register → |
Prices read from WebJi® billing on 14 November 2026. Short dictionary words may be registry premiums; their price is shown before payment.
Do you need a SEBI or RBI licence to register .finance?
No. The .finance registry checks no licence, but its ICANN contract makes every registrant promise to follow the law, including consumer-protection, fair-lending and financial-disclosure rules. Those three Category 1 safeguards also require anyone holding sensitive financial data to secure it in proportion to the service.
The practical point for India: a .finance address carries no regulatory status. Clients still need to see your SEBI, RBI, IRDAI or AMFI registration where it applies, and the domain does not replace it.
- Documents at checkout: none; a GSTIN is optional and only for input credit.
- Holder: an individual, partnership, LLP or company.
- Contact data: must be accurate; transfer and renewal approvals go to that email.
.finance, .financial, .money or .in — how to choose
Pick .finance when the brand name plus “finance” reads as a complete phrase; pick .in at ₹1,000 a year when Indian identity matters more than category. Search engines treat all of them as neutral, so the decision rests on how the address sounds when said aloud to a client.
- .finance — noun form; “sharma.finance” sounds like a firm.
- .financial — same registry and price; better after a word like “trusted” or “pathway”.
- .money — half the price; reads consumer-friendly rather than advisory.
- .in — cheapest and most familiar to Indian clients; many firms hold both and redirect one.
Protecting a .finance name against spoofing
Finance domains attract look-alike phishing, so lock the name, sign it and authenticate its email from day one. Turn on registrar lock and auto-renew, enable DNSSEC (the .finance zone is already signed at the root), and publish SPF, DKIM and DMARC before sending client statements.
The email authentication checker tests those records, and an EV SSL certificate shows your verified legal name on the certificate. Mailboxes such as advice@yourfirm.finance run on business email; renewal and transfer steps are in the domain renewal guide.
Frequently asked questions
Who operates the .finance registry?
Binky Moon, LLC, with Identity Digital Inc. of Bellevue, Washington, as administrative contact, per the IANA root zone database. Cotton Cypress, LLC held it when it was delegated in April 2014, before the 2018 transfer to Binky Moon.
Why does a .finance domain cost far more than .com?
The registry sets a higher wholesale price for finance strings. At WebJi® that becomes ₹9,471 for the first year and ₹11,374 a year after, before 18% GST, against ₹1,380 for a .com.
Can a mutual fund distributor without SEBI registration use .finance?
The registry will accept the order, because it checks no licence. What you may say or sell on the site is still governed by Indian law and your AMFI or SEBI status, and the registration terms make you responsible for that.
Is .finance a Category 1 domain?
Yes. ICANN’s February 2014 implementation framework lists .finance under financial strings in regulated sectors with open entry. Safeguards 1 to 3 apply: legal compliance, notice of that duty at registration, and security for sensitive financial data.
Should I also register .financial to protect my brand?
Only if confusion is a real risk, because a second name adds ₹11,374 a year in renewals. Firms with a widely known brand often hold both and redirect .financial to the .finance site.
Registry facts checked against IANA and ICANN on 14 November 2026 · Reviewed by the WebJi® team, Jaipur.
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