.irish domains

Oceanic · Jun 30, 2015

Do these get anyone interested?

I have seen a few nice niche ones, but not sure whether they are credible yet or would be in the future?

jbworldwide · Jun 30, 2015

My immediate question is why? If it was in Ireland you'd want something like .eire surely.

Skinner · Jun 30, 2015

Don't waste your time, the irish are militant about their .ie domain. In ireland the progression of domain preference is

word.ie
word-word.ie
word-word-word.ie
word--word--word.ie
word-word-word-word.ie
Once they reach 128 characters with 18 hyphens, then they consider .com, but only then.

There isn't really any other choice for the irish other than .ie. The Channel Islands/Jersey etc are very much the same with jp/je or whatever.

UncleBob · Jun 30, 2015

i may well be guilty of stereotype here, but the only people i would think who would get a use out of .irish are Americans who regularly highlight & are proud of their irish heritage?

i could see NY bars & businesses owned by Irish descendants maybe being interested at a push, but beyond that the other answers thus far about what they would and wouldn't use in Rep. Ireland are on the button.

Oceanic · Jul 2, 2015

Thanks chaps

accelerator · Jul 2, 2015

Oceanic said:
Do these get anyone interested?

I have seen a few nice niche ones, but not sure whether they are credible yet or would be in the future?

I think for future credibility, the whole domain, including extension, has to read well. There are going to be so many extensions, that how well it reads and whether it sounds right will be important.

blacknight · Jul 2, 2015

The .ie ccTLD is very restrictive so .irish might get traction both in Ireland and overseas
Having said that .ie is loosening some of their policies ..

It's really too early to say

blacknight · Jul 2, 2015

invincible said:
Any idea how well did the premium names release of .irish did?

What premium names release??

blacknight · Jul 2, 2015

invincible said:
When .irish went GA there was a list of premiums (e.g. car.irish) made available. Some were listed for as much as $5,000. I wondered if you were aware of how many premiums might have sold as soon as GA launched.

Oh right
Sorry - I thought you meant some kind of special launch ..

They've made available a large number of premium names with fixed prices

I've no idea how many have sold so far - I only know that we've sold a couple

phablet · Jul 2, 2015

Oceanic said:
Do these get anyone interested?

I have seen a few nice niche ones, but not sure whether they are credible yet or would be in the future?

from my experience with extensions like these, these can take a long time to stick with users.. always remember that some average users dont know much about extensions past what people perceive as the 'norm'.. still may be worth having a hold of one if a truly premium niche..

sdsinc · Jul 3, 2015

blacknight said:
The .ie ccTLD is very restrictive so .irish might get traction both in Ireland and overseas
Having said that .ie is loosening some of their policies ..

Indeed. If anything, the competition from new TLDs might force the registry to relax the requirements further, and bring .ie more in line with European counterparts. Unintended consequence, which is good news

blacknight · Jul 3, 2015

sdsinc said:
Indeed. If anything, the competition from new TLDs might force the registry to relax the requirements further, and bring .ie more in line with European counterparts. Unintended consequence, which is good news

Possibly.. but I wouldn't hold my breath