Want A Super Short .ie Domain? Sunrise Is Now Open!
Up until now you could not register a 1 or 2 letter .ie domain name. Over the past few months ...
Save BIG On Domain Registration With Our Current Promotions
Our staff work behind the scenes on an ongoing basis to negotiate better pricing from the various domain name registries. ...
Talking About .Irish and Other Domains in Stockholm
I'll be heading off to Stockholm in a couple of weeks time to speak at the first "Nordic Domain Days". ...
Coloured Sheep, Fitbit For Cows and New TLDs In Action at #WebSummit
I'm finally back in Carlow at Blacknight HQ after a few interesting and tiring days (and nights) at Web Summit ...
Warning – Phishing Scam Targetting Blacknight Customers
We have received several reports from customers of scam emails that purport to be sent by us. See example below: ...
Heading To Web Summit? So Are We!
Web Summit is on next week in Dublin's RDS and we'll be there. This year's event will be the last ...
.LIVE in .STUDIO is Where The Magic Happens
Two new Top Level Domains (TLDs) just entered General Availability at 5pm today: .LIVE and .STUDIO. If you're involved in ...
Madrid Here We Come!
Tomorrow I'll be heading off to Madrid for the first of two "Domaining Spain" events. Friday's event, which is being ...
Yesterday’s Network & DNS Outage
Normally we don't write about service issues on this site. We have a specific site we reserve solely for that. Yesterday, ...
Blacknight at The Blog Awards Ireland 2015
Last Thursday my colleague Justyna and I, got the chance to attend the Blog Awards Ireland 2015, organised ...
#ICANN54 By The Numbers
ICANN's 54th public meeting officially closed yesterday afternoon, though there are still several meetings being held today and tomorrow.. Several ...
On Being a Small Business, With a Voice on Internet Policy
ICANN 54 officially draws to a close today in Dublin. It's been a busy week for us in Blacknight, as we've taken ...
Honoured and Humbled Again
Recognition is always nice. It's even nicer when it's from your peers and when you find yourself not only being ...
Welcome to Dublin, ICANN. The Party’s On Us!
At Blacknight, we're excited about ICANN 54. It's not often that 2,500 geeks show up in our capital city looking to talk about ...
Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day: Progress In IE ccTLD Policies
Most people and small businesses aren't interested in domain name policy. Unless something impacts them directly, why on earth ...
Take Your Freedom To Blog Where You Want
I've been blogging on and off since 2003. It became an addiction. Over the past 12+ years like many other ...
Need To Renew Your Hosting or Domain? Do It Online 🙂
We've been informed that the Irish postal system is effectively ground to a halt due to industrial action. There will ...
Some Progress On Registrar Abuse Handling Obligations
Over the past few months there has been a lot of discussion around ICANN's handling of its contracts with registrars ...
