Country extension · Ireland
.ie domain name
Register or transfer your .ie with WebOké. Below you can see what it costs, who can register a .ie and what to look out for when transferring.
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Specifications
The key details of .ie
- Country
- Ireland
- Registry
- iedr.ie
- Registration period
- 1 to 10 years
- Renewal period
- 1 to 10 years
- Domain name length
- 1 to 63 characters
- Time to registration
- immediately
- Transfer time
- 3 days
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 1 to 13
- Renewable after expiry date
- 43 days
- Quarantine after deletion
- 30 days
Features
- DNSSEC: yesYou can secure your domain name with DNSSEC.
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: no
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .ie?
- You must live or be established in Ireland, or be able to demonstrate a real and substantive connection with Ireland. An exception applies if you register on the basis of a registered Community trade mark.
- The administrative contact must be the registrant themselves or someone from the organisation that holds the domain name. A third party, such as a web developer or domain reseller, cannot be the administrative contact.
- You always register on one of three grounds: the company name of a registered company, a registered trade mark or a registered business name.
- Only a registered company can register on the basis of its company name. A company may register multiple domain names in this category.
- With a company name or business name, you may add words to the name, use an abbreviation or choose a name that is reasonably related to your business, such as a product or service.
- Anyone with a registered trade mark can register on that basis. The domain name must closely match the trade mark, but may contain plurals, descriptive words, numbers or letters and may differ in characters or punctuation.
- A Community trade mark automatically counts as a connection with Ireland, as does a WIPO trade mark that includes Ireland. For all other trade marks, you must demonstrate a connection with Ireland separately.
- Sole traders, businesses and unincorporated associations with a registered business name can register on that basis. If you trade under a name other than your own, you must register that name in Ireland with the Companies Registration Office.
Additional details for registration
- The type of registrant: company, charity or other.
- For a company, the registration number with the Irish Companies Registration Office. For companies from the United Kingdom or the United States, the company number from their own company register.
- For a charity, the charity's registration number.
- When registering on the basis of an Irish, UK, US or Community trade mark, just the trade mark number.
- When registering on the basis of a business name, the registration number of that business name. If the registration has only just been applied for, the filing number on the receipt can also be used, as long as it can be checked online.
- The language in which you want to communicate with the registry.
- If you live or are established in Ireland, the United Kingdom or the United States, the county or state is also required. The registry does not accept every value.
Documents
- Companies not registered in Ireland, the United Kingdom or the United States must include a copy of their certificate of incorporation or certificate of registration.
- For a trade mark from a country other than Ireland, the United Kingdom or the United States, and for a trade mark that is not a Community trade mark, you provide a copy of the trade mark registration certificate.
- If your trade mark is still pending, the registry asks for a copy of the application form, the official filing receipt and a letter from the trade mark owner.
- If you use a trade mark under licence, you need a signed letter on the trade mark owner's letterhead. In it, the trade mark owner gives you permission to register and hold the domain name.
- If a registered business name cannot be checked online, you can provide the certificate of registration. A copy of all pages of the application form stamped by the Companies Registration Office is also accepted.
- If you have only just applied for the business name, a copy of the receipt from the Companies Registration Office is enough.
- In Northern Ireland, you don't have to register a business name. In that case, you can provide a VAT number or a signed letter on the letterhead of a bank manager, accountant, chartered accountant, tax adviser or solicitor.
- That letter must state the company name and confirm that you trade under the business name provided, or that you have a genuine intention to do so soon. For a tax adviser, the identification number must appear on the letterhead.
Good to know when registering
- If you register a .ie domain name for the first time, the registry IEDR verifies you as the registrant. To do this, the registry opens a case with its own ticket number.
- Using that ticket number, you submit the requested documents via the registry's website. WebOké forwards you the ticket number, the list of accepted documents and any other information from the registry.
Transfer
Transferring a .ie
- To transfer a .ie domain name to another registrar, all you need is a transfer code.
The transfer code
- You request the transfer code from your current registrar.
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Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- If the new registrant has never had a .ie domain name before, the same rules apply as for a first registration. The registry verifies the new registrant and opens a case with a ticket number for this.
- The new registrant submits the documents with that ticket number via the registry's website. WebOké forwards the ticket number and the list of accepted documents as soon as the registry provides them.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- The registry renews .ie domain names automatically by default. You can also have a domain name renewed before its expiry date.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website iedr.ie
- Registry whois iedr.ie
- Dispute resolution policy iedr.ie
- Registry terms and conditions iedr.ie
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