Every few weeks, the Indian government’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) would issue an order to block iPagal’s main domain. The site would vanish, leaving millions of users staring at a blank screen. In response, the site administrators would simply resurface with a new extension: .com became .in , then .co , then .org , .net , .vip , and eventually .cool or .win .

As iPagal’s popularity skyrocketed, it became a target. The Motion Picture Association (MPA) and local cyber cells began hunting the site down. This began the era of the "Domain Hop."

: Many fake IPagal sites force users to complete surveys, download APK files, or click through malicious ads. Real users want to avoid this.