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We have been keeping a close eye on developments involving the .eu domain and Brexit. As a result of the most recent changes to Brexit the .eu domain name registry (EURid) have announced that they are suspending all actions for now. Once the UK’s plans with respect to withdrawing from the European Union are updated […]
The first public ICANN meeting of 2019 is being held in the Japanese city of Kobe.
If you have a .eu domain name with us and you’re using an address in the UK you’ll probably have got an email from us in the last couple of days. As we’ve mentioned several times over the past few months Brexit will have an impact on a number of things, including .eu domain names. […]
If you’ve had a co.uk domain name for a few years you might have got email from us recently about a “reserved” .uk domain. What’s this all about? When Nominet, the domain registry for co.uk (and .uk and others) introduced registrations directly under .uk they put a layer of protection in place for existing holders […]
A large number of people have been in touch recently to seek our advice, after receiving emails soliciting them to buy the .COM equivalent of their .IE domain name for 10 years. While they may not be entirely fraudulent, these emails are certainly dishonest and misleading, and could lead people to pay far more than […]
UPDATE: The Amazing Blacknight 2019 Sale rolls on into February! It’s 2019 and Blacknight is boosting business with these great new year offers on domain names and hosting! First, we’ve slashed the price on our most popular domain extensions: .IE and .COM! Both are reduced to just €4.99*! (Not enough? You can have them FOR […]
We’re organising a BIG JANUARY SALE – beginning New Year’s Day we’ll have some very attractive special offers! BUT – we’ve already begun with some extra-early offers, valid until New Year’s Eve: Our .CLUB domain deal has been a huge success – but it must end on 31 December! Register your .CLUB name for only €0.89*! Also: .LONDON (€7.49*); .ME (€2.99*); .INFO (€2.99*); .CO (€10.99*) Our special offer […]
Our Black Friday Bargains continue all weekend! We’ve just slashed the price of .BE domains to €1.99. And no, you don’t have to be Belgian to use one. There are NO restrictions on .BE domain name registration. Anyone from anywhere can register one. You do not need an address in Belgium or even in the […]
Let’s be clear about this: we’re not going to pay you to blog. Well not exactly. But we feel so strongly about the benefits of blogging that if you register a .BLOG domain name right now, AND buy a 12-month hosting or BaseKit plan, we’ll give you back €15*. What’s more, we’ll give you another […]
In order for the Internet to function properly there has to be “trust”. Trust in “online” is something that has ebbed and flowed over the years, but over the past two decades more and more of our daily lives are linked closely to “digital”. Our banks encourage us to use online banking and their mobile […]
At 1600 UTC today (1700 Dublin time) ICANN will be doing a “key rollover” of the DNS root. What that means in plain English (and I’m really really simplifying this) is that the underlying DNS root infrastructure that runs all domains around the world is getting an “oil change”. It won’t impact most internet users. […]
Blacknight’s CEO, Michele Neylon is a speaker at Domaining Americas.