Revision as of 09:54, 16 July 2015

.IE is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Ireland. As of 2000, the business of administrating the domain registry is handled by IE Domain Registry Limited. Domain name registration is open to individuals located in, or with a significant connection with, any part of the island of Ireland.

Introduced	1988
Country	Ireland
Registry	IE Domain Registry (IEDR)
IDN Capable	No
Webpage	Register .IE

Registry

Periods

API

Domain Registration

Domains can be registered with the API AddDomain command.

command = AddDomain
domain  = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)

X-IE-REGISTRANT-CLASS = (TEXT)
X-IE-REGISTRANT-CATEGORY = (TEXT)

OPTIONAL

auth = (TEXT) | (NULL)
period = (PERIOD)
transferlock = 0 | 1 | (NULL)

Further information can be found at TLD specific

Domain Transfer

command = TransferDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 =  (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)
auth = (AUTH)

Further information can be found at TLD specific

Delete Domain

Domains can be deleted with the API DeleteDomain command.
There is no Deletion Restorable Period.

command = DeleteDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

Restore Domain

Ownerchange

In order to change the owner you have to request a trade with the TradeDomain command. This can be done through our web interface or through our API:

command = ModifyDomain
domain = (DOMAIN)

REQUIRED

ownercontact0 = (CONTACT)
admincontact0 = (CONTACT)
techcontact0 = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0 = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1 = (NAMESERVER)

X-IE-REGISTRANT-CLASS = (TEXT)
X-IE-REGISTRANT-CATEGORY = (TEXT)

Further information can be found at TLD specific

TLD specific

Registration

In order to complete a registration for a .IE domain you will have to send the following additional information to Hexonet: E.g.Proof of business relationship with Ireland (Bills etc.) and a excerpt from the commercial register

Important:
The domain name must correspond to the company name.
Example: product - proof required, company name, etc.

Ownerchange

To complete an ownerchange order of .IE domain you have to be send following additional information of the new owner to Hexonet: Proof of business relationship with Ireland (Bills etc.) and an excerpt of the commercial register must be sent.

Important:
The domain name must correspond to the company name.
Example: product - proof required, company name, etc.

TLD specific for Northern Ireland, Ireland, United Kingdom and USA

For both, Ownerchange and Registration, the Domain Owner Contact must contain the state information as follows:

Northern Ireland

REQUIRED

:Co. Antrim
:Co. Armagh
:Co. Derry
:Co. Down
:Co. Fermanagh
:Co. Tyrone

Ireland

REQUIRED

:Co. Carlow
:Co. Cavan
:Co. Clare
:Co. Cork
:Co. Donegal
:Co. Dublin
:Co. Galway
:Co. Kerry
:Co. Kildare
:Co. Kilkenny
:Co. Laois
:Co. Leitrim
:Co. Limerick
:Co. Longford
:Co. Louth
:Co. Mayo
:Co. Meath
:Co. Monaghan
:Co. Offaly
:Co. Roscommon
:Co. Sligo
:Co. Tipperary
:Co. Waterford
:Co. Westmeath
:Co. Wexford
:Co. Wicklow

United Kingdom

REQUIRED

:Alderney
:Avon
:Bedfordshire
:Berkshire
:Borders
:Buckinghamshire
:Cambridgeshire
:Central
:Cheshire
:Cleveland
:Clwyd
:Cornwall
:Cumbria
:Derbyshire
:Devon
:Dorset
:Dumfries & Galloway
:Durham
:Dyfed
:East Sussex
:Essex
:Fife
:Gloucestershire
:Grampian
:Greater London
:Greater Manchester
:Guernsey
:Gwent
:Gwynedd
:Hampshire
:Hereford & Worcester
:Hertfordshire
:Highland
:Humberside
:Isle Of Man
:Isle of Wight
:Jersey
:Kent
:Lancashire
:Leicestershire
:Lincolnshire
:Lothian
:Merseyside
:Mid Glamorgan
:Middlesex
:Norfolk
:North Yorkshire
:Northamptonshire
:Northumberland
:Nottinghamshire
:Orkney
:Oxfordshire
:Powys
:Scotland
:Shetland
:Shropshire
:Somerset
:South Glamorgan
:South Yorkshire
:Staffordshire
:Strathclyde
:Suffolk
:Surrey
:Sussex
:Tayside
:Tyne & Wear
:Wales
:Warwickshire
:West Glamorgan
:West Lothian
:West Midlands
:West Sussex
:West Yorkshire
:Western Isles
:Wiltshire

USA

REQUIRED

:Alabama (AL)
:Alaska (AK)
:Arizona (AZ)
:Arkansas (AR)
:California (CA)
:Colorado (CO)
:Connecticut (CT)
:Delaware (DE)
:District of Columbia (DC)
:Florida (FL)
:Georgia (GA)
:Hawaii (HI)
:Idaho (ID)
:Illinois (IL)
:Indiana (IN)
:Iowa (IA)
:Kansas (KS)
:Kentucky (KY)
:Louisiana (LA)
:Maine (ME)
:Maryland (MD)
:Massachusetts (MA)
:Michigan (MI)
:Minnesota (MN)
:Mississippi (MS)
:Missouri (MO)
:Montana (MT)
:Nebraska (NE)
:Nevada (NV)
:New Hampshire (NH)
:New Jersey (NJ)
:New Mexico (NM)
:New York (NY)
:North Carolina (NC)
:North Dakota (ND)
:Ohio (OH)
:Oklahoma (OK)
:Oregon (OR)
:Pennsylvania (PA)
:Rhode Island (RI)
:South Carolina (SC)
:South Dakota (SD)
:Tennessee (TN)
:Texas (TX)
:Utah (UT)
:Vermont	(VT)
:Virginia (VA)
:Washington (WA)
:West Virginia (WV)
:Wisconsin (WI)
:Wyoming (WY)

Addons

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