Archive | July, 2010

Save on Windows 2003 VPS Servers

Want A Windows VPS? Save BIG In Our VPS Sale!

By on July 29, 2010 in Hosting, Promotions, vps

We could wax lyrically about how wonderful our current offer on Windows VPS servers is, but we’d prefer to let it speak for itself From now until the end of August we have slashed the price on all our Windows VPS by 50%. Or put another way, we’ve reduced the price by half! You can [...]

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Have your say

Not Happy With Policy? Make Your Voice Heard!

By on July 26, 2010 in icann, policy

As regular readers know we are actively involved in domain name and internet industry self-regulation and policy development. It has always been my personal belief that if you have the ability to make your voice heard then you should take advantage of any and all opportunities to do so. Why? Because the world is not [...]

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Meet .co

Sick of .com? Meet .co!

By on July 22, 2010 in cctlds, Domains

We’re delighted to announce that we’re now offering the .co domain extension for registration. But what is it you may be asking yourself? .co is a strange beast, as it’s being hailed as the “next big thing” and I guess your question should be, is it going to be ? Well the .co registry are [...]

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Introducing Blacknig.ht

By on July 19, 2010 in Blacknight

Over the last couple of years URL shorteners have gone from being “handy”, yet probably geeky, to being omnipresent. Just about every website out there has some kind of URL shortening builtin with an increasing number of companies / sites opting to use their own branded one. We finally got round to putting our own [...]

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cn.com domain price slash

Doing Business In China? Save Big On Cn.com Domain Registration

By on July 15, 2010 in Domains, Promotions

If you’re doing business in China then you need to use a domain that “speaks” to China. So why not grab a cn.com during our special sale? We’ve reduced the price on cn.com domain registration by more than 50% – register a cn.com domain name for only €9.99 / year! You don’t need any special [...]

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Are Your Hands Tied?

By on July 12, 2010 in Domains

Domain transfers shouldn’t be a “big deal”. It should be quite easy. A registrant (ie. you) should be able to switch the billing of their domain name(s) from one registrar (or reseller) to another quite painlessly. As long as you aren’t a criminal it should be a simple and accessible process. Unfortunately the reality remains [...]

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double the bandwidth

And Now With Even More Bandwidth!

By on July 12, 2010 in Hosting, irishblogs, network

We’ve doubled the bandwidth on all our shared hosting plans (Minimus, Medius & Maximus) effective immediately. You can compare our hosting plans’ limits here – 200 gigabytes of bandwidth is now our minimum amount!! Anyone who signed up since Friday has been getting the new allocations, while existing client accounts should be updated with the [...]

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WordPress 3 Availble via the app vault

WordPress 3 is now available via the App Vault

By on July 9, 2010 in Blogging, howto

We’re happy to announce that WordPress 3 is now available via the app vault on the Blacknight control panel. The app vault comes with all Shared Hosting Plans which are available from as little as €4.95 a month. What does this mean for you? Good things WordPress 3 comes with: a new default theme (called [...]

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.biz - get serious

Save On Business (.biz) Domain Names

By on July 5, 2010 in Domains, Promotions

From now until the end of August we have reduced the price of .biz domain names to €5.99 / year. Do you need a coupon code? No. The price reduction will appear automatically in the checkout What does this apply to? The €5.99 / year price applies to new registrations and transfers of .biz domain [...]

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