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Originally Posted by Arch-Stanton However, here’s an interesting static, there are approx 300,000 registered businesses’ here in Ireland (source enterprise Ireland) yet the IEDR have only sold 50,000 names to date. The restriction of access impedes many peoples ability to purchase a .ie domain. |
No. I would disagree. The perception of restriction is what causes the issue.
If you have a registered business with the CRO there is nothing to stop you registering IE domains
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Originally Posted by Arch-Stanton How may times yourself have you answered questions on boards, explaining to people, the hoops they must jump through before they can buy a .ie. |
In most cases the people asking the questions did not have a registered business name or were still under the impression that they needed to jump through hoops
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Originally Posted by Arch-Stanton The IEDR over the last couple of years have dropped their price and developed a better control panel for resellers, this is good, and fair play, operators like yourself have passed this saving on to your customers.
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We've always tried to pass on the savings to our clients, however there are others
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Originally Posted by Arch-Stanton However, I believe competition in the market can only benefit the customer and increase the efficiency of registries and availability of names people want. |
No. Competition in itself is a good thing, but if you start pushing yet another alternative to .ie you will only cause confusion.