How to Migrate from Net4 to Office 365?

Net4India started its operation as an Internet service provider company in 1985 but later changed to a domain registrar like GoDaddy. In 2013, the State Bank of India declared it a non-performing asset. The bad time for Net4India started a few years ago when the company took business loans and failed to repay them, therefore, Edelweiss sued Net4India in the court of law for the recovery of the loan amount back in March 2019. As per a report by NDTV, In 2013, Net4 India Ltd managing director Jasjit Singh Sawhney was arrested by the service tax department officers for not depositing service tax.

Nixi was informed that domain registrar Net 4 India, who is one of the oldest domain registrars of NIXI for Country code domain .IN is closing it business operations. Nixi decided not to discontinue the .IN domain Services for users whose renewal is due till December 2020,” Nixi said. 

ICANN had also suspended Net 4 India’s ability to register new domains and initiated inbound transfers in June 2019. This step was taken due to the ongoing insolvency proceedings.

Net4India was the largest ICANN accredited registrar in India

Net4 India used to be one of the largest ICANN accredited domain registrar in India which has more than 100,000 number of registered gTLD domains almost .com and other gTLDs.

What can you do next to Move out of Net 4 India? 

1. Take control of your business domain: You should always have ownership of your domain name and switch from one registrar to another in case you sense some trouble. National Internet Exchange of India (Nixi) has already allowed the transfer of [dot] in domains from Net 4 India to another registrar.

2. Register Multiple domains: In case your domains get stuck with Net 4 India and you are not able to transfer them, buy backup domains such as [dot] com,  [dot] co, [dot] in,  [dot] net are some of the popular domain tlds.

3. Trust Only Reliable Registrars: Always buy domains name and hosting from reliable and Global registrars such as Godaddy, Bigrock, or BlueHost.

4. Business Email services: Migrate to enterprise-grade business email services such as Microsoft 365 or G Suite. Even if your domain is stuck with Net4India, migrate to an alternate domain name.