Buying a 2 letter Irish domain

doctorg

Hi,

I trying to buy a two letter irish domain but I am unable to find any site that will let me.

Is there a special produce to buying it?

Thanks

Cushie Butterfield

You can't register a two letter dot IE domain name. There's only one two letter IE & that's ul.ie

doctorg

Why not?

If ul can get it then why not me?

Cushie Butterfield

It's to avoid possible conflicts with other ccTLDs.

ul.ie slipped through before the IEDR existed.

You can register a number & a letter though e.g. m2.ie

doctorg

Cushie Butterfield wrote: »

It's to avoid possible conflicts with other ccTLDs.

ul.ie slipped through before the IEDR existed.

You can register a number & a letter though e.g. m2.ie

Number and letter are no good for me.

If i contact the IEDR is there any chance of them approving it?

Cushie Butterfield

I very much doubt it, but you could always try.

The Guvnor

I only became aware of the two character aspect last week and of course then it was obvious as in 02.ie!:)

As above contact IEDR but I doubt they will be amenable to the idea although you never know.

jmcc

doctorg wrote: »

Number and letter are no good for me.

If i contact the IEDR is there any chance of them approving it?

Very unlikely.

Regards...jmcc

mneylon

You can register a 2 character domain ie. letter + number or number + letter

You cannot register a 2 letter domain

The only two letter .ie domain predates the IEDR (ul.ie) and IEDR will not allow any other two letter domains.

Several big companies including HP have been trying to get two letter .ie domain names for years

There is no point in you contacting the IEDR about this, as they will say no.

If you want a short domain name there are plenty of other country code extensions that allow single letter and two letter domain names.

doctorg

Blacknight wrote: »

You can register a 2 character domain ie. letter + number or number + letter

You cannot register a 2 letter domain

The only two letter .ie domain predates the IEDR (ul.ie) and IEDR will not allow any other two letter domains.

Several big companies including HP have been trying to get two letter .ie domain names for years

There is no point in you contacting the IEDR about this, as they will say no.

If you want a short domain name there are plenty of other country code extensions that allow single letter and two letter domain names.

Well I already emailed them..

The only reason I wanted ie was because its for a business and other extensions like .com are already gone.