Spiral Hosting

The price of .com and .net domain name registration will increase on 1st July 2010.

This increase has been decided by Verisign, the operator of .com and .net domain names. It is the maximum 7% increase, much to the dismay of registration companies like Spiral Hosting!

For us, this means we will pay an extra $0.48 for .com domains and $0.42 for .net domains (pricing in US Dollars). Since our business operates in three currencies our pricing is also dependent on currency fluctuations. Three months ago in March 2010 $1 was equal to €0.73; today $1 is equal to €0.81. Hence,  the currency exchange rate is not so much in our favour and margins are tight!

Unfortunately this means our selling price to you will increase for .com registrations to €8.55 (approximately $10.50 or £7.00) and .net registrations to €8.35 (approximately $10.23 or £6.83) on 1st July 2010. The new pricing will still leave Spiral Hosting as very competitive and we’ll continue to review it on a regular basis to ensure that we are passing on any possible savings and promotions to our customers.We will decrease any prices where currency fluctuations allow us to do so!

If you have domains you want to register, renew or transfer to us we recommend doing this before the price increase! This will be the third time Verisign has increased the .com/.net price since 2006, and it may happen again in 2011. We would therefore encourage multi-year renewals as this will provide insulation from registry price increases now and in the future.

If you have any questions about domain registrations or renewals please email our support team who will be happy to help!

Grab an Irish domain name this week for only €14.00 in the FINAL WEEK of our .ie domain promotion. This promotion must end on Friday 25 June 2010! This is the lowest price for .ie domain registration in Ireland/anywhere!

There’s no limit on the number of domains you can register at this price. You can place your domain order here. You don’t have to host your website with us, but we’d be delighted if you do!

If you host your site with us, you can have your .ie domain name for free. Simply sign up for a web hosting package and eligible domain names will automatically be discounted. Hosting packages start from €30/year.

Application process

The IE Domain Registry is a managed registry and therefore every .ie domain registration requires an application to be submitted. However, they have greatly relaxed the rules recently and the process is a lot less strict. We do most of the work for you!

If we need anything from you for your application, we’ll contact you once we receive your domain order. If there are any faxes or letters required, we will provide a draft letter for you to check, sign and send to us. We make it easy!

.ie domains names for businesses:

• .ie domain names provide your business or organisation with a unique Irish identity. People will identify your organisation as being Irish, or having a presence in Ireland.
• Greater security and more confidence – .ie domain registrations are manually checked, which is encouraging for consumers looking to do business with you.
• Achieve a higher search engine rating. Websites using .ie domain names are ranked higher by Google.ie for Irish searches.
• For businesses, you’ll need to provide your Irish/NI Company or Business number, and possibly a signed letter if you are registering a discretionary domain name or something completely random!.

.ie domain names for individuals:

• Registration of personal domains were introduced in 2007 and they are very popular. This has contributed to record registration levels for .ie domains.
• You cannot register just your first name, or just your surname, but you can choose from lots of different formats: JohnSmith.ie, John-Smith.ie, John-Paul-Smith.ie, JSmith.ie, PaulSmith.ie etc. (more info. [PDF])
• For individuals, you will simply need to provide a scan of your Irish/NI passport, driver’s license, birth certificate or a utility bill.

If you’ve any questions, please contact us!

To take advantage of this offer, simply check for your domain’s availability. Subject to our usual T&C’s. Offer ends 25th June 2010. All .ie domain applicants must provide the necessary documentation and the documentation must be accepted by the IE Domain Registry by Tuesday 29 June 2010 to avail of the promotional price. Domain applications pending after this date must pay normal price.

We are delighted to announce that Spiral Hosting Limited have become an IE Accredited Registrar. This means that Spiral Hosting are an official reseller of Irish .ie domain names with the IE Domain Registry. We previously registered all .IE domain names through our datacentre’s accreditation.

All .IE domain names purchased through Spiral Hosting were today part of a bulk transfer to our own IEDR accreditation (excluding those that have been newly registered since 10 May 2010 which will be part of a second bulk transfer in due course). The bulk transfer is managed by the IE Domain Registry and will not affect your domain name or website in any way. The renewal date, admin-contact, nameservers etc. associated with your domain name will all remain the same.

We hope that becoming an IE Accredited Registrar will give us access to lower .IE pricing and we can then pass the savings onto our customers. There will not be any downtime during the bulk transfer and you will continue to manage all .IE domains through your Spiral Hosting Client Area.