.works Domain Registration India
.works is an open generic top-level domain delegated on 23 January 2014 and run today by Binky Moon, LLC. Indian contractors, fabricators, machine shops and portfolio owners use it to put the trade in the address; WebJi® charges ₹3,847 for year one and ₹4,090 at renewal, before 18% GST.
Built for India's contractors, fabricators and job-work businesses: prices, registry facts and name ideas for a works-first address.
INR billing
- Registration
- ₹3,847/yr
- Renewal
- ₹4,090/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: 15 November 2026.
Who registers a .works domain in India?
The natural registrants are MSME manufacturers, job-work shops, fabricators, turnkey contractors and tradespeople — businesses that describe what they deliver as works. The word carries an old industrial ring in India, where engineering and foundry firms have long been named "something Works", and the extension lets a web address repeat that naming habit at a modern price.
| Business | Example name | The reading it gives a visitor |
|---|---|---|
| Machine shop or job-work unit | precision.works | Tolerance-grade machining promised in the URL |
| Structural steel fabricator | weldfab.works | Fabrication shop, instantly understood |
| Turnkey interior contractor | turnkey.works | End-to-end execution signal for clients |
| Civil or infra contractor | civil.works | Lines up with how tenders describe scope |
| Designer or artist portfolio | selected.works | A gallery of chosen pieces, no shopfront needed |
| Appliance or pump service firm | service.works | Repair-first identity for a service brand |
The registry itself pitches the string at contractors, distribution companies, appliance wholesalers and service, auto, boat and heavy-equipment businesses, and sellers of solution-based products — a close match to the vendor base in belts such as Rajkot's machine shops, Coimbatore's pump units and the fabrication clusters around Pune and Howrah.
What kind of domain is .works?
.works is an unrestricted generic top-level domain, delegated on 23 January 2014 and managed today by Binky Moon, LLC under Identity Digital. IANA's delegation report of 17 January 2014 names the first operator as Little Dynamite, LLC; the 2018 transfer of 196 extensions moved it to its present manager, and the root delegation is DNSSEC-signed.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Generic top-level domain, no eligibility test |
| Registry manager | Binky Moon, LLC (c/o Identity Digital Inc., Bellevue, WA) |
| Delegated | 23 January 2014 (first operator: Little Dynamite, LLC) |
| DNSSEC | Signed — secure delegation |
| Label rules | 2–63 characters, letters, digits, inner hyphens |
| Term | 1 to 10 years, renewable in the same blocks |
.works pricing at WebJi®: first year and renewals
WebJi® billing, read on 4 November 2026, lists .works at ₹3,847 for registration and ₹4,090 for each renewal year, before 18% GST. Registry-premium words — short, generic or trade-relevant labels — quote separately and are always priced before payment.
| Term | Registration, paid once | Renewal years and rate | Scenario total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year | ₹3,847 | — | ₹3,847 |
| 3 years | ₹3,847 | 2 × ₹4,090 | ₹12,027 |
| 5 years | ₹3,847 | 4 × ₹4,090 | ₹20,207 |
These totals are renewal-budget scenarios — first year plus renewal years — not prepaid multi-year prices. GST works out exact to the paisa: 18% on ₹3,847 is ₹692.46, so the year-one invoice reads ₹4,539.46.
.works compared with .build, .contractors and .biz
.works is the broadest of the trade extensions: .build and .contractors are narrower and costlier for some budgets, while .biz is the cheap general-purpose fallback. Prices below are WebJi® billing figures before GST; none of these extensions changes how Google ranks a site.
- .works (₹3,847 / ₹4,090) — one word covering fabrication, civil, interiors, service and portfolios alike.
- .build (₹6,899 / ₹8,262) — construction-first reading; suits builders and project developers, at nearly double the renewal.
- .contractors (₹4,562 / ₹4,846) — states the profession exactly; strongest for firms bidding contracts under that identity.
- .biz (₹2,254 / ₹2,416) — an older, cheaper, less specific choice when the name matters more than the suffix.
A Rajkot machine shop announcing capabilities, a Coimbatore pump rebuilder or a Bengaluru studio showing selected pieces all read well on .works; a pure construction firm may prefer .build despite the price.
Do you need documents or a business licence to register?
Nothing beyond ordinary registrant details: .works runs on the standard gTLD rules of accurate contacts, a reachable email and first-completed-order-wins allocation. The registry verifies no trade licence, GST registration or turnover — those matter to how you invoice, not to whether the name can be held.
- Who can hold it: individuals, proprietorships, companies, societies and trusts, from any country.
- GSTIN: optional at order; include it only to claim input credit on the invoice.
- Disputes: the UDRP applies, so a name that free-rides on someone's trademark can be challenged.
- Premium labels: priced by the registry, quoted upfront, renewed at the premium rate.
Running the name after registration
Once nameservers point at a host and the records are in, a .works site and its mailboxes behave like any other domain. A capability catalogue or portfolio fits on Linux shared hosting from ₹299 a month, quotes@yourshop.works belongs on business email hosting, the domain renewal guide explains grace and redemption timing for lapses, and domain transfer covers moving an existing name in with its auth code. The general buying walkthrough lives on the domain registration India hub.
Frequently asked questions
Which company runs the .works registry?
Binky Moon, LLC, an Identity Digital registry company in Bellevue, Washington, per the IANA root zone database. The extension started under Little Dynamite, LLC in January 2014 and reached Binky Moon through the March 2018 transfer of 196 extensions.
How old is the .works extension?
It was delegated to the DNS root on 23 January 2014 within ICANN's 2012 new gTLD round, so it has passed its first decade of continuous operation with a signed, DNSSEC-secured delegation.
What will I spend on a .works domain over three years?
₹12,027 before GST at listed prices: ₹3,847 for the registration year and two renewals at ₹4,090 each. Treat it as a budget scenario, not a prepaid package; premium labels quote higher.
Is .works right for a freelancer's portfolio site?
Yes — designers, photographers and artists use names like selected.works or yourname.works because "works" describes exactly what the site shows. The same reading serves contract manufacturers publishing a works catalogue.
Why does renewal cost more than the first year?
The ₹3,847 figure is the registration-year price and ₹4,090 is the renewal rate, both before GST. The gap is ordinary registry pricing, not a fee added by WebJi®; both numbers are on the billing read of 4 November 2026.
Registry facts checked against the IANA root zone database on 15 November 2026. Prices follow the dated sources on this page; checkout confirms current charges.
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