.IE domain name recession buster :D 10€

forbairt

.IE Domain names are always pricey 20 -> 90 quid depending on who you go to.

Blacknight are currently running a deal on .ie domain names so get yours today

Offer is from midnight till midnight tonight

Use the code iefridayjan09

http://www.blacknight.com/

(I know there is normally a ban on hosting talk in the web dev forum .. this isn't however hosting but domain names an I think its a pretty cool offer and I'll be making use later on)

Ron DMC

They had this two weeks ago.

Works out at 12.15 incl VAT for a year. Definitely worth it.

forbairt

Ronny Mitchell wrote: »

They had this two weeks ago.

Works out at 12.15 incl VAT for a year. Definitely worth it.

Yep think that offer was a 1 day only thing as well ..

Dades

Yeah, great offer.

Got myname.ie during the last offer. Just had to fax in a utility bill after the reg process.

forbairt

Dades wrote: »

Yeah, great offer.

Got myname.ie during the last offer. Just had to fax in a utility bill after the reg process.

Always debating doing that don't know if I'd do anything with it though (I've got too many domains)

cormie

Excellent deal alright, what's the story with transferring domains with this?

johnp

Dades wrote: »

Yeah, great offer.

Got myname.ie during the last offer. Just had to fax in a utility bill after the reg process.

Tempted by this, but don't know much about it.

So, why would I get a .ie rather than a .com?
Is there any difference? Apart from the bit at the end

forbairt

cormie wrote: »

Excellent deal alright, what's the story with transferring domains with this?

I think it worked on transfers last time you'll have to ask them though

johnp wrote: »

Tempted by this, but don't know much about it.

So, why would I get a .ie rather than a .com?
Is there any difference? Apart from the bit at the end

My advice get both.

Whats your market ? ireland ? get the .ie ...

Protect your brand ... (If its for a business definitely get both)
If its a personal domain ... I'd probably say get the .com and if you can afford it ... get both

johnp

forbairt wrote: »

My advice get both.

Whats your market ? ireland ? get the .ie ...

Protect your brand ... (If its for a business definitely get both)
If its a personal domain ... I'd probably say get the .com and if you can afford it ... get both

It's a personal domain, so don't think I need both.
The .ie costs €10, the .com costs €6.25. Think I'll go with the .com, or am I missing something with the cost?

forbairt

johnp wrote: »

It's a personal domain, so don't think I need both.
The .ie costs €10, the .com costs €6.25. Think I'll go with the .com, or am I missing something with the cost?

for my personal site I've a .com ... I don't see any need to get the .ie for it

If its personal ... and you're happy enough that someone could eventually take the .ie ... just get the .com (of course you could say the same about .eu .net .org and so on)

availability on .ie's is usually greater than with .coms though ... so that can be one advantage.

Really though its up to you at the end of the day which you get.

.ie will cost you more in the long run probably .. but for a business its next to nothing to have that little bit of extra peace of mind and brand protection.

cormie

.ie will also give a better google ranking for searches within Ireland (as far as I know)

johnp

forbairt wrote: »

for my personal site I've a .com ... I don't see any need to get the .ie for it

If its personal ... and you're happy enough that someone could eventually take the .ie ... just get the .com (of course you could say the same about .eu .net .org and so on)

availability on .ie's is usually greater than with .coms though ... so that can be one advantage.

Really though its up to you at the end of the day which you get.

.ie will cost you more in the long run probably .. but for a business its next to nothing to have that little bit of extra peace of mind and brand protection.

Cool, ta for the help/answers.
One last one. If you do a whois lookup on a website, it sometimes displays an address (I guess the details you enter when you register). I'm not sure if I want my home address up there. Can it be blocked?

Dades

johnp wrote: »

So, why would I get a .ie rather than a .com?
Is there any difference? Apart from the bit at the end

If I had to choose - I'd go with a .com first.

The only reason I got a .ie as well is I happen to know there another dude with my name who stole my .com domain (until he let it lapse and I took it back. ).

It's dog-eat-dog out there!

mneylon

cormie wrote: »

Excellent deal alright, what's the story with transferring domains with this?

It will work fine if you're moving from one of our competitors

jaffa20

cool, thanks, i just registered my domain. I just don't know where to go from here. Website buidling should be fun :eek:

mneylon

jaffa20 wrote: »

cool, thanks, i just registered my domain. I just don't know where to go from here. Website buidling should be fun :eek:

The domain is the easy part

Rev. Kitchen

Im in the same situation i bought a domian and got it hosted but im struggling with the building aspect the site builder with blacknight hosting isnt very user friendly you can build a pretty basic site but im having toruble adding things to it. So if anyone has any tips on a good site builder ?

2fivers

As a sort of a follow-on from the above post, I want a simple blog-like page, but with a personalised domain name - Is this offer suitable?

Not very tech minded, sorry.

forbairt

Rev. Kitchen wrote: »

Im in the same situation i bought a domian and got it hosted but im struggling with the building aspect the site builder with blacknight hosting isnt very user friendly you can build a pretty basic site but im having toruble adding things to it. So if anyone has any tips on a good site builder ?

They've got a one click install for various CMS's ( wordpress - blog I know but can be adapted ) .. Joomla (I'd steer clear of tbh ) Movable type and so on ... I've not used their one clicks though

2fivers wrote: »

As a sort of a follow-on from the above post, I want a simple blog-like page, but with a personalised domain name - Is this offer suitable?

Not very tech minded, sorry.

You'd need to get some hosting as well .. this is just the domain name

There is as I said above a one click for wordpress if you want that ...

Domain + Hosting + Wordpress + theme = away you go ?

thund3rbird_

slightly off topic but...

in regard to the strict rules for registering a .IE domain in particular the one saying "It is NOT possible to register nicknames."

if my name is William Murphy but everyone knows me as Bill can I register billmurphy.ie or does it have to be williammurphy?

it's not a nickname, it's a shortened version of the first name

alternatively can the Irish version of the first name be used if the birthcert is the english name

ie - Sean vs John , Liam vs William etc

forbairt

dear god I'm almost sorry I started the thread :P

Have a look here http://www.pdn.ie/

I'm not sure about the irish / nickname thing sorry.

If you give your personal name and a bill to the registering company and provide a letter stating why you choose the nickname it'll possibly work.

(its making me think of discretionary domain names though so it'll possibly work out for you if you can make a justification why you should have it)

Edit: At the end of the day though ... its nighttime ... ... and its up to the IEDR whether you get it or not ... Blacknight / Domain Register doesn't have a say as such ... at least thats my understanding

forbairt

and I finally get around to using mine and I just used it to transfer my work domain

mneylon

The IEDR rules on personal names are at http://www.pdn.ie

If you are known as "jim" instead of "James" you can get the domain IF you have a bill or ID with that version of your name on it

thund3rbird_

blacknight wrote: »

The IEDR rules on personal names are at http://www.pdn.ie

If you are known as "jim" instead of "James" you can get the domain IF you have a bill or ID with that version of your name on it

cheers blacknight

Sully

Ah for god sake I just registered a few domains today but not through Blacknight! Only spotted this now. Must think of something to buy now. In what, 10mins.

Hrm

spongbob

when i register a personal name do i get option / control pannel so that i can redirect my new domain to my personal eircom home page which i created myself

forbairt

Sully wrote: »

Ah for god sake I just registered a few domains today but not through Blacknight! Only spotted this now. Must think of something to buy now. In what, 10mins.

Hrm

The power of twitter join now ...

spongbob wrote: »

when i register a personal name do i get option / control pannel so that i can redirect my new domain to my personal eircom home page which i created myself

When you register any domain with them you get a full control panel to edit your dns entries ... A ... MX .. redirect and so on (at least thats what I've got) I've not redirected anything anyway from them but it should be possible

pepsicokeacola

.eu FTW

forbairt

Erm could a mod mark this as expired ? or direct me to how to mark it as expired cheers

Sully

forbairt wrote: »

Erm could a mod mark this as expired ? or direct me to how to mark it as expired cheers

If you cant edit the original post then send a mod a PM.. or you probably could report the post but a PM would be more appropriate.

Whats the twitter address/account? Oh and guess what - I was 2mins late registering a domain last night :P

Sully

pepsicokeacola wrote: »

.eu FTW

Vote no tbh.

forbairt

Sully wrote: »

If you cant edit the original post then send a mod a PM.. or you probably could report the post but a PM would be more appropriate.

Whats the twitter address/account? Oh and guess what - I was 2mins late registering a domain last night :P

Mine is http://twitter.com/forbairt (but you'll generally only hear .. god I'm tired type messages) :P

http://twitter.com/bksolutions would be Blacknights twitter account they are running a few competitions for free .eu domains ... and they announce discounts on there and other codes ... quite a cool one to follow if you're using twitter at all