100K .ie domains registered

[jmcc]

There are now over 100K .ie domains registered. (.ie is the country code TLD for Ireland). It is a quite a milestone.

http://www.iedr.ie/DomainCount.php

Regards...jmcc

 

[skylineleong]

http://www.iedr.ie/ListResellers.php

Which cheapest site to register .ie?
Thanks

 

[jmcc]

http://www.iedr.ie/ListResellers.php

Which cheapest site to register .ie?
Thanks

The best thing to do first would be to read the FAQ on registration:
http://www.iedr.ie/QuickGuideToRegistrations.php

This is the key paragraph:
"IMPORTANT NOTE: All applicants applying for a .ie domain name who are not situated in the 32 counties of Ireland, must demonstrate a Real and Substantive Connection with Ireland (with the exception of those applying with a registered Community Trademark)"

The .ie ccTLD is a managed ccTLD and there are restrictions on registrations and the documentation required. This is one of the reasons that .ie has so comparatively few registrations. The other factor is the high price of .ie domains - it can vary from about 24 Euros to 100 Euros depending on hoster. That's a starting price of about US $37.76 per domain.

As to the cheapest, the main players are Hosting365.ie, Blacknight.ie, Digiweb.ie and letshost.ie.

Regards...jmcc

 

[ckdomain]

Personally I don't like .ie domains, probably because they remind me of Internet Explorer. I guess they are good for domain hacks though. 100K registered, more than I expected.

 

[Kate]

If only they would relax registration rules. We are in 2008 after all

 

[jmcc]

If only they would relax registration rules. We are in 2008 after all

It was hard enough to drag them into the 20th century. This was due to the usual ccTLD problem of academics trying to run the ccTLD and having absolutely no clue how to do it. Luckily, a lot has changed in the last few years and the academic stranglehold has been broken to some extent.

There was a review of .ie ccTLD last year and the industry was consulted over the future of .ie ccTLD. Some people want a more open ccTLD but the ccTLD has been managed since its inception. The big attraction of .ie has been the quality of registrations in that a .ie domain is less likely to be a speculative registration (due to the costs and difficulty of registering a .ie domain) and more likely to be a genuine Irish business (again due to the Irish-centric nature of registations). An unrestricted subdomain might be a good thing.

Regards...jmcc

 

[italiandragon]

It was hard enough to drag them into the 20th century. This was due to the usual ccTLD problem of academics trying to run the ccTLD and having absolutely no clue how to do it. Luckily, a lot has changed in the last few years and the academic stranglehold has been broken to some extent.

There was a review of .ie ccTLD last year and the industry was consulted over the future of .ie ccTLD. Some people want a more open ccTLD but the ccTLD has been managed since its inception. The big attraction of .ie has been the quality of registrations in that a .ie domain is less likely to be a speculative registration (due to the costs and difficulty of registering a .ie domain) and more likely to be a genuine Irish business (again due to the Irish-centric nature of registations). An unrestricted subdomain might be a good thing.

Regards...jmcc

Yes...it takes time to change traditions but eventually one day they will.

Even Australia is finally going to become a Republic.