.IE domain names

warrenaldo

Why are they so so much more expensive than .com or .co.uk?

Evil Phil

Rip-off Republic?

cgarvey

Because it's a managed doman, not just anyone can get a .ie. Then add the Irish "just coz" tax, reseller margin (for dealing with the manual process) and you get a more expensive domain.

mneylon

In common with a lot of ccTLD domains they aren't fully automated.
The IEDR also have to manually check each and every domain registration request, which is why you don't see many phishing / fraud sites setup using .ie

steve-hosting36

At around 20 euro per year, .ie is about 4 times more than a .com, but is not much more / in around the same price as many other ccTLD's.

mneylon

It's a lot cheaper than some of the ccTLDs we deal with !

noreds

what is required to register a .ie domain.
Can anyone who has a credit card get one like you can with a .com domain

Huggles

noreds wrote: »

what is required to register a .ie domain.
Can anyone who has a credit card get one like you can with a .com domain

No you need proof of business, to show why your entitled to the domain.

Sully

noreds wrote: »

what is required to register a .ie domain.
Can anyone who has a credit card get one like you can with a .com domain

Have a look at this:
http://www.domainregistry.ie/QuickGuideToRegistrations.php

If its a business, applying with your business number from the CRO should be sufficent.

noreds

ok but lets say i want a .ie domain and i dont have a business number
any other way to get one

Sully

noreds wrote: »

ok but lets say i want a .ie domain and i dont have a business number
any other way to get one

See the link I posted earlier, it goes through everything.