Barry Hand » domains http://www.barryhand.ie Analysing Marketing, Social Media & Online Business Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:11:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 There's only One Barry Hand…with a DOT IE domain http://www.barryhand.ie/blog/theres-only-one-barry-handwith-a-dot-ie-domain/ http://www.barryhand.ie/blog/theres-only-one-barry-handwith-a-dot-ie-domain/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:32:31 +0000 Barry http://www.barryhand.ie/theres-only-one-barry-handwith-a-dot-ie-domain/ Irish domain names DOT IE requirements were recently relaxed, making it easier to owning a .ie domain name.

At the end of October, Anyone could (and still can) register their own name with a .ie extension.

So if you’re Paddy Murphy or Seamus O’Brien the chances are your name is gone, but still worth checking.

All that’s required is a bank statement, utility bill or a scan of your drivers license, I picked up mine at my employers Hosting & Domains site. If your full name isn’t available, you can get a wide range of permutations like:

Johnsmith.ie [first name / surname]
Johnpaulsmith.ie [first name / middlename / surname]
John-smith.ie [first name / - / surname]
John-paul-smith.ie [first name / - / middlename / - / surname]
Johnpsmith.ie [first name / middle initial / surname]
John-p-smith.ie [first name / - / middle initial / - / surname]
Jsmith.ie [first initial / surname]
Jpsmith.ie [first initial / middle initial / surname]
Jp-smith.ie [first initial / middle initial / - / surname]
J-smith.ie [first initial / - / surname]
J-p-smith.ie [first initial / - / middle initial / - / surname]
Paulsmith.ie [middlename / surname]
Paul-smith.ie [middlename / - / surname]
Psmith.ie [middle initial / surname]
P-smith.ie [middle initial / - / surname]

Now all I need is someone called Barry Hand to get really famous, and make me an unbelievable offer for this domain…

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