Spiral Hosting

For a limited time only, Spiral Hosting are offering new .TV domain name registrations for just €9.95 / $13.95 / £8.26 a year.

The normal price is  €30 so this is a massive discount!

Why .TV?

• Personal Users – Tell your audience that you have video
• Developers – Put your customers on the cutting edge with .tv sites.
• Businesses – Host how-to videos and trainings on a .tv website.

A .tv domain means your Web address can communicate more than just where your site is – it can tell people what your site is – an entertaining destination worth visiting again and again. A Web address that ends with .tv tells your audience that a vibrant rich-media experience awaits, before they even get there! And since .tv is so distinct and memorable visitors will have no problem recalling your address when they want to come back.

To take advantage of this promotion, simply check for your domain’s availability using the search box above. Subject to our usual T&C’s. Promotional pricing for 1st year of new registrations only. Offer ends 30th September 2010.

The IE Domain Registry (responsible for Ireland’s .ie namespace) has reported the best performing second quarter for .ie domain registrations since records began. A total of 9,448 .ie domains were registered between April and June this year.

Registration figures for the first half of 2010 show there were 19,099 .ie domains registered in the period January to June this year, bringing the total number of .ie domains at the end of June to almost 146,000.

March and April were the strongest performing months of the year to date, with registrations totalling 3,686 and 3,262 respectively, representing increases of 2.2pc and 6.6pc on the same months in the previous year. March accounts for the highest number of registrations recorded in a single month during the past 12 months.

Register your .IE domain today with SpiralHosting.ie for only €19.45. We guarantee to offer the lowest registration price for .ie domains anywhere!*

To celebrate the Fourth of July Spiral Hosting have reduced the price of new .US domain name registrations to half price! Grab one today for only $4.99 / €3.98 / £3.28 ! Simply use promo code “usa” at the checkout to get your 50% discount!

Why choose .US?

• Businesses use .US domain names to promote themselves as American companies, to inspire consumer confidence and to encourage consumers to “buy American.”
• .US domains enable domestic and international firms of every size and industry classification to protect their trademarks and establish their corporate identities online in the United States.
• The .US domain can raise the online profile of nonprofits, associations and charities, and can help foreign companies establish a U.S.-based online identity.
• Consumers and businesses can use a .US address for e-mail, a Web site, or both. Many desirable .US domains are still available, and .US addresses can last a lifetime, so there’s no need to change email or website addresses when switching from one Internet Service Provider to another.

Purchasers of .US domain names use them for both business and personal reasons. While most of the .US domains are registered and used in the USA (86%), .US domains are also purchased by registrants in Canada and European countries looking to establish an American presence.

To take advantage of this promotion, simply check for your domain’s availability using the search box above. Subject to our usual T&C’s. Promotional pricing for 1st year of new registrations only. Offer ends 30th September 2010.

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.

Special Offer Today Only .COM for €3.50 !

We have a special offer on new .COM registrations/transfers. Today only grab a .COM for €3.50!

Simply use the promotion code ‘cheapdotcom’ at checkout.

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Our usual Terms & Conditions apply. Offer ends 22 April 2010. Limited promotional quantity available. Limit of 1 .com registration/transfer per customer.

Spiral Hosting has today warned customers of a domain name renewal scam.

ISPrenewal.com (also known as domainrenewalonline.org, onlinereminder.biz and reminder-renewal.com) has been sending domain renewal reminder emails to our customers, requesting that they visit their website and pay $79.95 for their domain name renewal.

The emails are sent from fake email addresses through a mailserver belonging to an ISP in Latvia. We wish to advise all customers that this is a scam. Customers are advised to disregard all communication from “ISP renewal” and any other domain names that the scammers may be using.

An example of an email from ISP Renewal:

Our .ME domain promotion has been extended until 30 April 2010. Dot-ME is the domain extension for You! Grab one today for only €3.99 / £3.59 / $5.38 !

Why .ME?

• great for personalized domains, such as:
  “John.me”, “Bob.me”, “Mary.me”.  These could, for example, be used for your own blog or other personal website
• fantastic for a call-to-action domain:
  e.g. “lookat.me”, “WillYouDate.me”, “Insure.me”, “Shopfor.me”, “ChatWith.ME”, etc.
• perfect for social networking:
  e.g. “TheWorldof.ME”

Subject to our usual T&C’s. Offer ends 30th April 2010.

Happy Birthday .COM !

On 15th March 1985 the first ever .com domain was registered to Symbolics computers of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

25 years later there are now 86 million .com domains registered, and companies like Spiral Hosting to practically give them away! Celebrate the 25th birthday of the .com domain by registering one for only €4.95 !

Simply use the promotion code ‘bday’ at checkout. Offer ends Friday 19th March 2010 at midnight.