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Dublin Tech Summit gets underway today at the Convention Centre Dublin, and Blacknight is there with EURid, the EU domain registry. Come and say hello! We’re at stand D6, to the right of the hall as you enter, and near the stage. To celebrate, we’ve cut the price of .EU domains! Normally €6.95, you can […]
Dietmar Stefitz is our guest on the Blacknight Podcast today. He’s the organiser of Domaining Europe – now known as NamesCon Europe following its takeover earlier this month. Blacknight is a sponsor of the event. Click on the player below to play the podcast, or download it here: 12:59; 7MB; MP3. A native of Austria, […]
It’s been a busy day here at Blacknight, thanks to the relaxation of the rules for registering .IE domain names, which came into effect today, and the irresistible value of Blacknight’s €4.99 .IE offer. I dropped into the Carlow office of Michele Neylon, Blacknight’s CEO, to get his thoughts on the day’s events. Click on […]
Starting today, Ireland’s Number One domain registrar and hosting company is slashing the price of new .IE domain names to just €4.99*. The offer also applies if you are transferring an existing domain from another registrar to Blacknight. Now you can get the assurance of Blacknight’s unbeatable reliability and customer service at a ridiculously low price. But […]
We are delighted to finally share the news with you all that from March 21st 2018 IE domain name registration will become a LOT easier. You’ll no longer have to show a “claim” to a domain name. All you’ll need to do is show your connection to Ireland, which is easy if you’re a resident […]
2017 was the strongest year on record for registrations of new .IE domains, but it’s likely to be beaten by 2018 as registration rules are relaxed in March. That’s according to the latest dot-IE Domain Profile Report, published today by IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the company that manages and maintains Ireland’s official country domain name, […]
Hot on the heels of last week’s New Year Domain Deals, here’s a further 20 top-level domains (TLDs) we’ve reduced to half-price* until further notice. These particular top-level domains correspond to valuable keywords, and they are priced accordingly. Half-price on these names adds up to significant savings on the first year of registration. These deals […]
It’s January, and we’re kicking off 2018 with incredible discounts on a selection of 154 generic top level domains. Prices are slashed dramatically on domain names, with discounts up to 95% and more on first year registrations, meaning you can get a meaningful, descriptive name for as little as €2.99*. We’re talking about new generic […]
Tomorrow I’ll be heading off to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Much as I’d love to be escaping the Irish winter for the warmer climes of the UAE I’m actually heading over there to participate at the ICANN meeting. As always there’s plenty of things going on within ICANN and the public meetings […]
Choosing a domain name for your business, or even your personal hobby, is important. Once chosen and implemented it’s often a costly exercise to change. It takes time to deal with the technical issues involved and it can even cost in lower search engine rankings and lost business. It has been considered that a shorter […]
Wouldn’t it be great if you could register a .ie domain name as quickly and easily as a .com? Imagine being able to order a .ie domain name for your business and be guaranteed to get it? Sounds wonderful, doesn’t it? And it’s not “pie in the sky”. We’ve always felt that the rules and […]
Business confidence in Ireland is on the up according to a couple of new reports released this month. The 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Survey found there were almost 96 new Irish business owners every day in 2016, totalling 35,000 for the year. Another report from the company that manages the .ie domain, IE Domain […]