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.ie domains-are they worth it?

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  • #32
    mneylon
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    Sonnenblumen wrote: »
    What does puzzles me is why .ie addresses are much more expensive than other (.com, .org, .eu etc etc)?

    The registry charges more to the resellers (registrars) and the process of registration is still quite manual compared to .com or .eu

    For a .eu, for example, the only requirement is that the registrant have an address in one of the EU states.

    So we could register a few thousand .eu domains per hour, while the manual aspect of .ie means that you'd only manage a few hundred per week..

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  • #33
    Platform Web
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    Apart from SEO value, .ie is great because Ireland is one of the very few countries where domain names have some protection. As an internet marketer I recommend .ie if your a business or a sports/social club. Anything else is fine if its a more casual use. No harm to think of it as 'buying Irish'.


  • #34
    mneylon
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    Platform Web wrote: »
    Apart from SEO value, .ie is great because Ireland is one of the very few countries where domain names have some protection.
    What are you talking about exactly?

    The .ie ccTLD has a dispute policy, but so do most country code domains.

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  • #35
    Platform Web
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    Blacknight wrote: »
    What are you talking about exactly?

    Original question, are '.ie' domains worth it? Yes, I think they are worth it, particularly for a predominantly Irish trading business. Also, it is a good thing in my opinion that one has to evidence a case for a domain name via '.ie'. Not always the case in other countries for their respective Top Level Domains.


  • #36
    mneylon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,742 ✭✭✭mneylon


    Platform Web wrote: »
    Original question, are '.ie' domains worth it? Yes, I think they are worth it, particularly for a predominantly Irish trading business. Also, it is a good thing in my opinion that one has to evidence a case for a domain name via '.ie'. Not always the case in other countries for their respective Top Level Domains.
    Why?
    You haven't actually provided any reasons why it's a good thing.

    I can think of a multitude of reasons as to why it's a bad thing and that it actually damages both the namespace and online business in this country.

    As for other ccTLDs - the *.uk namespace and .de namespace are both very strong and neither have "odd" and ambiguous / inconsistent registration policies

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  • #37
    Buttercake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 539 ✭✭✭Buttercake


    Blacknight wrote: »
    Why?
    You haven't actually provided any reasons why it's a good thing.

    I can think of a multitude of reasons as to why it's a bad thing and that it actually damages both the namespace and online business in this country.

    As for other ccTLDs - the *.uk namespace and .de namespace are both very strong and neither have "odd" and ambiguous / inconsistent registration policies

    If you think there are no differences between .ie & other tlds, why did you register blacknight.ie?


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