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To celebrate Ireland’s Internet Day on Thursday 25 October, and Blacknight’s sponsorship of Blog Awards Ireland, we’re giving away a €500 gift voucher for Ireland’s Blue Book of Hotels & Country Houses! Why? Because we’re nice like that. And because we have an important message for Ireland’s bloggers, businesses and anyone who finds opportunity online. […]
Almost three-quarters (72%) of Irish SMEs now have a website, and businesses have increased their usage of social media and other online tools, but only a third of Irish companies can take orders online, and two thirds do not promote their businesses online. That’s according to the SME Digital Health Index, an annual survey of […]
IE Domain Registry, the company responsible for managing and maintaining Ireland’s country-code domain name, .IE, has published its annual report for 2017. Turnover increased by 3 percent from €3.03 million in 2016 to €3.12 million in 2017. The company recorded an operating profit after tax surplus of €255,252, an increase on an operating loss after […]
We’ve been advertising on RTÉ Radio 1 for a few weeks now, on primetime programmes like Morning Ireland and Drivetime. If you haven’t heard it, click here for a listen! The message is simple, designed to make the most of 20 seconds of airtime. In a nutshell: “Customers place more trust in businesses that […]
Blacknight will exhibit at Biz Expo 2018, in Dublin, in partnership with IEDR, the registry for the .IE domain extension.
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 […]
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, […]
From Wednesday March 21, it will be easier to register an IE domain name, as registrants will no longer be required to demonstrate that they have a “claim to the name”. They’ll still have to show that they have a connection to Ireland, but questions about why they want to register a particular domain name will no longer apply. It’s a small change […]
The latest dot-IE Digital Health Index, published today is 49.0, up from 45.4 in March of this year. The dot ie Digital Health Index is a biannual report published by the IE Domain Registry, which assesses the number and quality of digital assets owned by Irish SMEs, such as websites, social media pages and e-commerce […]
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 […]
There are just 3 more days left for the public to make submissions in the IE Domain Registry’s (IEDR) public consultation on the proposed changes to the rules for registering domain names in .IE, the country-code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) for Ireland. Blacknight joins other registrars and stakeholders in the Irish internet industry, and the board […]