Afilias, who run the .info registry, have announced that they are now accepting proposals for the allocation of 1 and 2 character .info domain names. It’s not an auction or any other kind of sale. You have to show the registry that your planned use of the domain name(s) will “enhance the .info brand”. Of [...]
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Eggs.. Bunnies and Domains
This weekend it’s Easter, so there’ll be lots of Easter Eggs and fluffy chicks and all that kind of stuff for children of all ages.. So on behalf of everyone here at Blacknight I’d like to wish you all a very happy and peaceful Easter. Enjoy the break if you’re taking it .. Now we [...]

St Patrick’s Day Domain Special Blowout
Blacknight is a 100% Irish owned and run company. It’s something we’re very proud of. We’re also the only Irish ICANN accredited registrar, we’re the biggest Eurid registrar, the biggest Nominet registrar etc.,, (You get the point?) For 51 weeks of the year we don’t “push” our Irishness, or at least not overtly .. However, [...]

Beat The Valentine’s Day Blues With A Domain
Valentine’s Day might be a wonderful concept if you’ve got a “better half”. If you don’t, however, it can be a really annoying day. For the last few weeks the shops have been trying to tempt people with cards, gifts and flowers… So what better way to deal with the Valentine’s Day blues than by [...]

Save Money With Our Friday Deals
Special offers and discounts can be fun! If you subscribe to our newsletter you can get subscriber only discounts that we don’t offer anywhere else! In order to celebrate Friday, which seemed like a stupid enough reason to have a discount, we’ve put together a couple of special discounts for you. Use the coupon code: [...]
Save Money On Domains – Current Discounts
Over the last couple of months we’ve announced several special offers on domain names. You can also use the shorter and more memorable http://domainoffers.me to get here ALL domain registrations include FREE DNS and FREE domain forwarding (both standard and frame forwarding) There are no silly hidden charges – what you pay for is what [...]

Info Website Owners Can Win Big
If your site is using .info as its main domain then you could win up to $7500. Afilias, the company that runs .info, is running a competition for .info website owners to celebrate excellence. Further information and entry form is available on the awards site. Here’s the official press release: DUBLIN, IRELAND – October 7, [...]

Info Price Shocker
We’ve been running so many “silly” domain deals in the last few weeks that I almost overlooked one – our price slash on .info domains! What you get? .info registration for €4.95 Which registration periods are covered? One year registration only. How long is the offer available? Until December 31st 2009 Is it applicable to [...]
Europäischer Hosting-Gigant startet Massenvertrieb der .mobi- und .im- Domains
Machen Sie bei der mobilen Revolution mit und erwerben Sie einen .mobi-Domain-Namen oder bündeln Sie Ihre soziale Kommunikation im Netz auf einer .im-Domain. Carlow, Irland, 23. September 2009 – Blacknight Solutions, Irlands bestbewerteter und am schnellsten wachsender Domain-Registrar und Hosting Provider, hat den weltweiten Verkauf der .mobi- und .im-Domains gestartet. Bei noch nie da gewesenen [...]
Gigante europeo dell’ Hosting lancia una strepitosa offerta sui domini .mobi e .im
Unisciti alla rivoluzione mobile e acquista un dominio .mobi o centralizza le tue attività social media con un dominio .im. Carlow, Irlanda – 23 Settembre 2009 – Blacknight Solutions, il registrar e hosting provider più quotato e in maggior espansione in Irlanda, ha lanciato un’offerta a livello mondiale sui domini .mobi e .im. Aziende e [...]
A Busy Few Weeks
Over the last few weeks we’ve been working hard on launching a bunch of domain extensions on our own accreditation. While the main focus of our attention has been on getting the more popular domain extensions up and running (ie. com / net / org / info / biz / mobi etc.,) we’ve also ended [...]

DotInfo Now Live On Blacknight
I did warn people that we’d have several announcements like this this week, so I’m not going to apologise! Blacknight are now fully accredited with Afilias for .info. In common with the other domain extensions we launched this week, all new registrations will be processed under Blacknight’s ICANN accreditation. We will be enabling transfers in [...]
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