{"id":393,"date":"2025-02-26T13:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2025\/02\/26\/10656584-how-to-fix-serverhold-suspension-for-in-domains-at-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:11:58","slug":"10656584-how-to-fix-serverhold-suspension-for-in-domains-at-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10656584-how-to-fix-serverhold-suspension-for-in-domains-at-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Fix ServerHold Suspension for .in Domains at Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"no-margin\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icann.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">ICANN<\/a> requirements, a domain&rsquo;s contact details must use correct and valid contact details, especially when registering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/tutorials\/what-is-tld#Country_Code_Top-Level_Domain_ccTLD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">ccTLDs<\/a>: <a href=\"\/support\/6086871-what-are-the-requirements-for-registering-a-new-domain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">What Are the Requirements for Registering a New Domain?<\/a><\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_a1aa0bb712\">.IN domain name serverHold<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">The suspension of a .IN domain name is initiated by the .IN Registry NIXI, following a policy change. Resolution of the suspension case will require direct engagement by the domain owner with the .IN Registry NIXI.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">In instances where a domain is suspended due to invalid contact details, a Serverhold status may be reflected in the <a href=\"https:\/\/whois.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\" rel=\"noopener\">WHOIS<\/a> information:<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/02\/976f8261-44ef-4b33-9418-2b69b9ac1e58.jpg\" width=\"800\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h3 id=\"h_adb2737e68\">How to activate .IN domain name?<\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">Before initiating the activation process, it is recommended to have the required documents, as requested by NIXI, prepared..<\/p><details>\n<summary>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you are a resident of <b>India<\/b><\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"collapsible-section-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Front and back of your Aadhaar card<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is registered under a company name, you must include the business registration or something similar.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Purpose of the domain name activation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/details><details>\n<summary>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you are <b>not <\/b>a resident of India<\/p>\n<\/summary>\n<div class=\"collapsible-section-content\">\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Identity proof, such as an ID card, driving license, student ID, or passport<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Address proof, such as utility bill or telephone bill issued recently (&lt;3 months)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If your domain is registered under a company name, you must include the business registration or something similar.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Purpose of the domain name activation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/details><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">You can <a href=\"\/support\/4778256-how-to-change-domain-contact-details\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">update your contact details information<\/a> from <b>Administrative<\/b> details to match the documents you provided. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/02\/3f4f68f8-6423-456a-83ce-464a4dbf8036.jpg\" width=\"800\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">It is recommended to select &ldquo;<b>Use for all domain contacts<\/b>.&rdquo; Following the selection of the new profile, a verification message will be sent to the domain&rsquo;s registered email address, requesting approval of the change.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2025\/02\/4c6ee6a9-f319-46bf-b276-f0446225be7c.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">&#128161; You can proceed to the next step if the contact details match your documents.<\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Documents should be sent via email to<b> <\/b><b><a href=\"mailto:support@nixi.in\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">support@nixi.in<\/a><\/b>, and activation of the domain name may take a few days.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">The Registry NIXI will validate the submission, and any further resolutions should be communicated directly to the Registry NIXI.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Activating .in domain name that&#8217;s suspended due to serverHold status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[255],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-domain-verification"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/10656584-how-to-fix-serverhold-suspension-for-in-domains-at-hostinger\/","default":1}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8352,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393\/revisions\/8352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}