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IEDR Engages With Reseller / Registrar Community

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While a lot of registries have been engaging actively in dialogue with registrars and resellers the IE Domain Registry has been avoiding it for the last few years.This finally changed with the launch of a private discussion forum for accredited IEDR resellers in the last few days.To date the activity on the forum hasn't been relatively low key, but it will be interesting to see … [Read more...] about IEDR Engages With Reseller / Registrar Community

Domain Registration Periods – What is Sane?

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While it is possible to register a .com for up to 10 years the same is not true of many ccTLDs.In the case of .ie for example the only registration period currently supported by the registry is one year.With .eu, which might be better described as a regional TLD, the registration period is one year also.Nominet, for reasons that I've never fully understood, offer a two year … [Read more...] about Domain Registration Periods – What is Sane?

Domain Management White Paper

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Businesses may rely on domain names to conduct their day to day work, but that does not mean that they really understand what they are using or how important they are.Of course those of us in industry may feel tempted to either scoff at people's naivety or feel terribly frustrated with their ignorance, however neither action is particularly productive.Loic Damilaville, however, … [Read more...] about Domain Management White Paper

IE Personal Names Open For Business

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This morning the IE Domain Registry opened the rules up a little bit more. It is now possible to register yourname.ie if you have a tangible contact with Ireland ie. proof of address is required.I spoke to IEDR's CEO, David Curtin, earlier today (I'm currently in LA) and he predicted that there would be over 1000 new domains registered before the end of this week. For a ccTLD … [Read more...] about IE Personal Names Open For Business