While the economy might be suffering many of the domain name registries have been reporting their statistics for the second quarter of 2020 and most have seen increases in registrations. The move to online, as has been noted just about everywhere, has been much bigger than anyone could have predicted. Domain name registrations are always going to be a mixed bag, so while … [Read more...] about IE Domain Registration Volumes Up Dramatically
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IE ccTLD to Offer New Dispute Resolution Service
IEDR, which runs the .ie country code registry, has announced the upcoming launch of a new alternate dispute resolution service. The new service should be available from July of this year onwards. So what is it? It's designed to be a mechanism to resolve disputes surrounding .ie domain names without going to a full WIPO dispute. With the liberalisation of .ie domains … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD to Offer New Dispute Resolution Service
IE ccTLD to Release Some Reserved Names
IEDR will be releasing a small number of previously reserved domain names. In common with many domain registries, the .ie ccTLD has a number of domains that are reserved for a variety of reasons. In the case of .ie one of the legacy policies was a restriction on registering domain names that corresponded to top level domains. While that might have made sense when there was a … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD to Release Some Reserved Names
IEDR Policy Advisory Committee Election Results
The IEDR's Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) was setup back in 2015. It's made up of representatives from the registrar channel and various stakeholder groups of Irish business and society including the Irish Internet Association, The ISP Association of Ireland, The Irish Computer Society, the Irish government and others. (See PDF) For the registrars there are four seats, … [Read more...] about IEDR Policy Advisory Committee Election Results
IE Domain Volumes Soar 30% in 2018
2018 was a good year for .ie domain registrations. According to the latest report from the IEDR IE domain volumes were up nearly 30% during 2018. Here are a few key takeaways from the latest report: 51,040 new .ie domains registered in 2018, up +29% on 2017total .ie database increased to 262,140, up +10%28% of all new .ie registrations in 2018 were by … [Read more...] about IE Domain Volumes Soar 30% in 2018
Coming Soon IEDR Policy Board Elections
The .ie ccTLD has had a formal policy development process for the past few years. There's now a fairly clear process that can be followed to either modify existing policy or to introduce new ones. You can read more about the policy development process IEDR follows here. One of the important parts of the entire process is the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) which is made up … [Read more...] about Coming Soon IEDR Policy Board Elections
IE ccTLD Removes DNS Checks
The .ie ccTLD had finally removed DNS checks from its processes. Up until the change, which came last night, any new registrations, transfers or other updates would be delayed until the DNS delegation had been checked. What that meant in reality is that if a domain's delegated nameservers were not 100% compliant with the RFCs then the registration or change would be … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD Removes DNS Checks
IE ccTLD Removes “Claims” Policy and Liberalises
The .ie ccTLD has changed its registration policies effective yesterday March 21st 2018. From yesterday registrants will only need to provide a "connection" to Ireland and, depending on whether they're a business or an individual, proof of identity. They've also added a more streamlined registration process for existing registrants, as they'll already have been … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD Removes “Claims” Policy and Liberalises
IE ccTLD Announces Liberalisation Date
The .ie ccTLD, which is the country code domain name for Ireland has long had very restrictive policies governing registration. Even if you were Irish or had a business based in Ireland registering a domain name in the local country code extension wasn't straightforward - at least not compared to the ease with which you can register domains in .com, .eu or .co.uk. As I … [Read more...] about IE ccTLD Announces Liberalisation Date
IE Domain Name Rules Changing Soon
Last year the .ie ccTLD opened a consultation process around "liberalisation". As anyone who has tried to register a .ie domain name would know, compared to registering a .com or .eu the amount of paperwork and general bureaucracy associated with a .ie domain name has always been excessive. The consultation showed that there was strong support from the public to change the … [Read more...] about IE Domain Name Rules Changing Soon