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Tomorrow marks the winter solstice, and while it’s business-as-usual here at Blacknight for the rest of the week, there’s already a holiday feeling in the air. We’ve posted our office hours for the holiday period at Blacknight.Christmas. Monday 25th and Tuesday 26th are public holidays in Ireland and the office will be closed. Office hours […]
We’ve had a terrific response to the free .IE or .COM domain names offer we launched a couple of weeks ago. To recap: if you register a .IE or .COM domain name with us and add web hosting, we’ll give you the domain name, free for the first year. It’s good business for us to […]
‘Tis the season to buy domain names, and you can do that right through the holidays for most domain registries. What’s more, we’ve got a special promotion on dot-CHRISTMAS and dot-LINK, both available for just €5.99 ex VAT until December 26! .CHRISTMAS is the ultimate ‘seasonal’ domain – and it’s the gift that keeps giving year […]
Irish shoppers, like those across Europe, are flocking to new payment options using contactless credit cards and mobile payments in ever increasing numbers, forgoing cash for speed and convenience. Over three-quarters (78%) of Irish shoppers are using mobile payment options such as a smartphone, tablet or wearable device when shopping, the eighth highest use in […]
IEDR have informed us that they will be closed from December 23rd 2016 until January 3rd 2017. During this period no new .ie domain name registrations, registrant changes, or other administrative changes will be possible. Nameserver updates will be possible during this period. We would recommend clients to ensure that they get all documents and requests […]
Online sales keep on growing, mobile usage is up, but many Irish businesses still don’t have an effective online presence, or any online presence at all. This year Irish consumers will spend over €100 million in online purchases between Black Friday and Cyber Monday and 86% of Irish consumers want to buy online this Christmas. […]
We love getting discounts and special offers for our clients, so in the run-up to “Black Friday” we have worked with our registry partners to get some really nice pricing on some domain extensions. NB: these prices are only valid for a very short period of time – when the offer is over it is […]
While our servers might be working 24/7/365 our staff will be taking some time off over the Christmas holidays. So here are the opening hours for our offices over the Christmas break: Wednesday 24th 8:00AM – 3:00PM Thursday 25th Closed Friday 26th Closed Saturday 27th 9:00AM – 5:00PM Sunday 28th 12:00PM – 4:00PM ** Monday […]
Christmas. It’s that one time of the year when most people put their feet up and relax for at least one or two days. It’s also a time when a lot of businesses shutdown for up to two weeks. While the big day is still a couple of weeks off being able to enjoy it […]
In the run-up to Christmas most of us go to parties and gatherings of some kind. We had our company Christmas party last Friday night (we even closed the office early!) and this year there were about 50 people present. But when you’re a small startup with only one or two staff getting that Christmas […]
Christmas is one of the busiest, if not the busiest, times of the year for online shopping. With so many websites competing for business it’s a challenge for small business to make themselves stand out a bit from the crowd. We’re aware of the challenges facing small business, which is why in the run up […]
Next Friday is our staff Christmas party. We’ll all go out eat too much, have a couple of drinks (or far too many .. ) and let our hair down (assuming we have any left .. I don’t!) Since our staff aren’t very good at being in two places at once and people need a […]