IEDR : Robber Barons of the Internet
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Ok, I did it, against all my better judgement I went an registered PutPlace.ie today. What did it cost?
€54.45!
You are having a laugh? Shurely, shome mishtake?
For comparision:
PutPlace.tv : €28.07
PutPlace.co.uk: €14.07 (for two years!)
PutPlace.mobi: €14.02
PutPlace.us : €5.60
But lets look at a comparable sized nation like Belgium.
PutPlace.be : €12.27
The only other country with a pricing policy as cracked as the IEDR seems to be Denmark, where the domains cost upwards of €40 euro.
And for what? The spurious value of having a “valid” .ie domain. Unfortunately not a single person outside of the staff at the IEDR and the poor saps like me who register domains have any clue that a .ie domain is any more “valid” or “genuine” than any other domain you might register. So the whole effort is wasted except that it fills the IEDR coffers with cash.
I would love to hear from anybody who has chosen to pay or not pay for a service based on the fact that the domain had .ie at the end of it?
Update: looks like Blacknight may be adding to the heat here, Stephen McCarron of Hosting365 comments,
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October 25th, 2007 at 3:55 pm eHey Joe,
I think you went to the wrong shop - we charge just €25.95 per year (ex VAT).
www.register365.com