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.ie Domain Prices

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Period Registration Renewal
.ie
1 year$75.60kr367€49.40£43.20$85.70kr534$46.50R869.00 $56.90kr276€37.20£32.50$64.50kr402$35.00R654.00  
2 years$151.20kr735€98.80£86.30$171.50kr1067$93.00R1738.00 $113.80kr553€74.40£65.00$129.10kr803$70.00R1308.00  
3 years$170.70kr829€111.50£97.50$193.60kr1205$105.00R1962.00 $170.70kr829€111.50£97.50$193.60kr1205$105.00R1962.00  
4 years$227.60kr1106€148.70£130.00$258.10kr1607$140.00R2616.00 $227.60kr1106€148.70£130.00$258.10kr1607$140.00R2616.00  
5 years$283.70kr1378€185.40£162.00$321.70kr2003$174.50R3261.00 $283.70kr1378€185.40£162.00$321.70kr2003$174.50R3261.00  
6 years$340.60kr1655€222.50£194.50$386.30kr2405$209.50R3915.00 $340.60kr1655€222.50£194.50$386.30kr2405$209.50R3915.00  
7 years$397.50kr1931€259.70£227.00$450.80kr2806$244.50R4569.00 $397.50kr1931€259.70£227.00$450.80kr2806$244.50R4569.00  
8 years$454.50kr2208€296.90£259.50$515.30kr3208$279.50R5223.00 $454.50kr2208€296.90£259.50$515.30kr3208$279.50R5223.00  
9 years$511.40kr2484€334.10£292.00$579.90kr3610$314.50R5877.00 $511.40kr2484€334.10£292.00$579.90kr3610$314.50R5877.00  
10 years$568.30kr2761€371.20£324.50$644.40kr4012$349.50R6531.00 $568.30kr2761€371.20£324.50$644.40kr4012$349.50R6531.00  
Restrictions
Must have a real and substantive connection with Ireland (any of the 32 counties, including those in Northern Ireland), or have a European Union trademark; applicant must prove connection to desired name; personal domains of individuals limited to initials and a number.
Domain Registration Renewal
ie.nu International Domain Name Registration .ie.nu$18.70kr91€12.20£10.70$21.20kr132$11.50R215.00 $136.60kr664€89.20£78.00$154.90kr964$84.00R1570.00
Must have a real and substantive connection with Ireland (any of the 32 counties, including those in Northern Ireland), or have a European Union trademark; applicant must prove connection to desired name; personal domains of individuals limited to initials and a number.

.ie Domain Notes

Note: The registry may classify some domain names as premium domain names if so classfied they will command a higher price.

ie domains include 3rd party fees and maintenance & during the registration period. If you wish to transfer your ie domain away during your registration period you are free do do so without charge. We do not charge an administration fee.

.ie Details

Registry: The registry is the IEDR

Purpose: Entities connected with the Ireland

Whois Information: for .ie

Once your .ie domain is registered

Once registered the .ie domain is placed on our international server, provinding an under-construction page for your .ie domain, for as long as required. (This enables a browser of your ie domain to readily identify that it is registered).

We can also supply free of charge.

E-mail redirection.

Web redirection.

Whois Privacy.

and more....

Free transfer away if required. We do not and will not charge release / transfer or administration fees for transferring domains to a different ie domain name registrars. The domain name is yours and not ours, unlike many other companies, "We recognise that fact!"

.ie Registration

.ie domain registration

Prices from as little as: $75.60kr367€49.40£43.20$85.70kr534$46.50R869.00 for 1 year.

.ie Data Sheet (Domains 101)

Type : .ie
Country : Ireland
Terms & Conditions : http://www.iedr.ie/RegistrationPolicy.php
IDN Enableda : No
Delete Protectionb : No
Super Lockc : No
Domain Recoveryd : Yes
Minimum Renew : 1 year(s)
Maximum Renew : 10 year(s)
Default Registration Period : 1 year(s)
Maxium Registration Period : 10 year(s)
Must be Positively Renewed : No
Grace Periode : - day(s)
Autorenew Grace Periodf : - day(s)
Domain Must be Renewed Before Expiry : Yes
Transfers are Prohibited forg : 60 day(s)
Redemption Periodh : days
Fee for Recovery From Redemptioni : $
Usage : Entities connected with the Ireland
Actual Usage : -

Notes

a. IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) domains are domains containing non ASCII characters. These are used in languages such as Chinese, Russian, Spanish, Korean, French and German.

b. Delete Protection, an extra service provided by us. Once enabled the domain name will only be deleted once it has passed expiry by 1 year - without being renewed - it will then be deleted.

c. Super Lock, Once selected an additional level of security to inter-registrar transfers is enabled; telephone calls and other physical proof of identification will be required to verify the transfer.

d. Our DomainRecovery service can be used if your domain name is accidentally deleted or cancelled by your existing registrar. We can automatically attempt to re-register it. See Domain Recover

e. Grace Period is the number of days following the registration of a domain when the operation may be reversed.

f. Autorenew Grace Period is the number of days following the automatic renewal of a domain when the operation may be reversed. When this number is negative the domain name must be renewed before expiry.

g. During the Transfer Prohibit Period, this is x days after either the initial registration or a transfer to us, domain transfers away from us will not be allowed.

h. Redemption period. Once a domain is deleted at the registry it can remain recoverable for a limited time before it is deleted. This is the redemption period.

i. Redemption Fee. If we are asked to remove a domain from its redemption period, see above. This is the fee we will charge.

Registry Details

.ie is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Republic of Ireland. However, the registration criteria open the domain to registrants located in, or with a significant connection to, the island of Ireland, including Northern Ireland.

The .ie domain was managed by University College, Dublin, Dublin, since its delegation from Jon Postel in 1989, until the creation of IE Domain Registry (IEDR) in 2000; the university is still the IANA Sponsoring Organization. The IEDR is consideredmore conservative than other similar authorities and places certain restrictions on registration. For example it has a policy against personal names. This is due to .ie ccTLD being a primarily business orientated ccTLD for Irish businesses and businesses doing business in or with Ireland.

Registration policies have been liberalised somewhat in recent years and rules such as the one against registering generic domain names have been dropped. Applicants for .ie domain names still have to provide proof of entitlement to the domain that they want to register.

The .ie ccTLD is operated on a managed registry basis by IEDR. As a result, some town and village websites (such as Killavullen) have opted for a .com domain instead. These websites are often voluntarily run by residents. Most of the town, city and county councils have registered their .ie domain. The .ie ccTLD has strong restrictions on the registration of geographic names and will generally permit only the town, city or county council to register such names.

The retail cost of a .ie domain can be anywhere from €50 to &euro200, a great deal more than a domain in a TLD such as .com or .net. This traditionally high price has ensured that .ie has grown more slowly than the number of Irish registered .com/.net/.org/.biz/.info domains. However IEDR has been reducing the wholesale (trade) price of .ie over the last few years and the number of registered .ie domains has been growing accordingly.

The normal way of registering a .ie domain is via a .ie Reseller though it is possible to register a domain directly through IEDR. A direct registration is typically more expensive.

There is no official second level domain policy yet. However some obvious second level domains such as edu.ie and gov.ie exist. There has been discussion in the Irish internet community over the years about introducing second level domains though little has been done.

The Irish Government uses subdomains of the gov.ie domain for many of its websites but each government department now has its own .ie domain. The main Irish Government portal website is at irlgov.ie.

A number of domain names, typically those of other TLDs, two letter domains and potentially offensive domains (such as porn.ie) are forbidden from being registered. However two character domains consisting of one letter and one number are permitted.The only exception to the two letter rule is the ul.ie domain which was registered by the University of Limerick before the rule came into effect. The domains in the forbidden category will return a record for a WHOIS query but they are not in the .ie zone.

In April 2008 the number of registered .ie domains exceeded 100,000. Part of that growth was due to the introduction of Personal Domain Names in October 2007. A Personal Domain Name allowed an individual to register their own name or a variant of itwith a utilities bill or passport as proof of entitlement. The .ie extension is growing in popularity in Ireland. While it has not yet surpassed the number of Irish owned .com domain names it is the preferred extension for new Irish businesses. Approximately 130 new .ie domains are registered each working day.

.ie Assignment

How Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) assign the .ie domain. IANA is a department of ICANN, a non-profit private American corporation, they oversees IP address allocation, root zone management in the Do main Name System (DNS), and other Internet related symbols and numbers.

.ie Assignment

.ie Information

General information on .ie, the country it represents and its uses.

.ie Information

.ie Renewals

You may renew your .ie domain without logging into your control panel by using our quick and painfree renewal service, or even transfer it into nominate to be renewed if necessary.

.ie Renewals

Other Irish (ie) Domains:

.ie, .ie.nu,

Important:

Premium Domain Names

The registry may list some names as a premium domain name, if so this domain will be charged at a higher price than the one listed. We will contact you before completing your order if you order one of these names.

Reserved Names

The registry reserves some names for its own use, and may not mark them as registered. We may only discover this at the time of attempted registration.