Ireland uses .ie, which requires a local presence to register. Below: who operates each namespace, what its rules actually constrain, the accredited local registrars, and how global registrars compare on price where we hold a sourced figure.
Gandi and OVHcloud are the registrars this site tracks that meet all three local conditions in Ireland: a storefront in an official language, billing in EUR, and .ie for sale. Of the 11 local storefronts read on 2026-09-29, MyHost prints the lowest standing .ie price: €24.59 incl. VAT, computed from €19.99 ex. VAT; €5.99 first year, then SmartHost at €24.59 incl. VAT, computed from €19.99 ex. VAT; €2.75 first year. .IE accredits 116 registrars to sell .ie; none of them is tested or scored here. Global registrars that sell .ie in US dollars are the global option for a buyer in Ireland, not a recommendation in it.
These 116 companies are accredited by the Ireland registry to sell .ie. Every figure below is a fact the registry publishes, read from its accredited-registrar list on 2026-09-29.
IE Domain Registry CLG t/a .IE publishes 116 registrars under contract for .ie. Of those, it lists 0 as offering DNSSEC.
We do not reproduce all 116 names here. Any order we printed them in would imply a ranking, and we have tested none of them. The registry's own list is the authority: IE Domain Registry CLG t/a .IE registrar list, read 2026-09-29.
We have not tested any of these registrars, so nothing here carries a price, a score or a ranking. Comparing them on price and service is work we have not done, and saying which is better would be invention.
Three conditions decide whether a registrar can be recommended in Ireland rather than merely to the world from it: an interface in an official language, billing in the local currency, and selling the local namespace. All three must hold. 2 of the 17 registrars below meet all three.
| Registrar | Irish / English interface | Bills in EUR | Sells .ie | Recommendable here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gandinot tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-20 | Yes Bills in EUR. Page in French. ".com - 13,20 €" with a tax control offering "Excluding VAT" and "20.0% VAT". source read 2026-09-20 | Yes | |
| OVHcloudnot tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | Yes Bills in EUR. Page in French. ".com 7,99 € HT", renewal "13,49 € HT"; HT (hors taxes) appears throughout the pricing section. source read 2026-09-20 | Yes | |
| Cloudflare Registrar | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-20 | Not yet assessed No storefront of this registrar has been read where the billing currency could be established. source read 2026-09-20 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| Porkbun | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-20 | No Bills in USD only. "All prices are in USD" is a positive statement that no other billing currency is offered, so this is a recorded 'no' on every non-USD currency rather than an absence. source read 2026-09-20 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails 2 conditions |
| Dynadot | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-20 | Not yet assessed Offers EUR in a currency selector, but whether the card is charged in EUR or in USD after a conversion is not established. Nine currencies in the selector, which is more than any other registrar tracked here. Whether the card is charged in the selected currency or in USD after a conversion is NOT established: https://www.dynadot.com/community/help/question/change-currency was read on the same date and says nothing about how charges are made or about an exchange rate. Until that is established these do not pass the currency condition, because the condition exists to protect a buyer from a conversion fee and a display-only currency does not. source read 2026-09-20 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| NameSilo | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | Not yet assessed No storefront of this registrar has been read where the billing currency could be established. source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| Hover | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | No Bills in USD only. "All pricing is per year and in USD." is a positive statement that no other billing currency is offered, as Porkbun's is; recorded as a 'no' on every non-USD currency. source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails 2 conditions |
| Squarespace Domains | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | Not yet assessed No storefront of this registrar has been read where the billing currency could be established. source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| AWS Route 53not tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | Not yet assessed No storefront of this registrar has been read where the billing currency could be established. source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| Com Laudenot tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | Not yet assessed No storefront of this registrar has been read where the billing currency could be established. source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| Hostingernot tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-20 | Yes Bills in EUR. 10,99 € /an 0,01 € /1re année; Les prix n'incluent pas la TVA source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| IONOSnot tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-20 | Yes Bills in EUR. Page in German. Price printed "1,30 € 0,08€ /Monat für 12 Monate" for .de, with "Preise inkl. MwSt." beside it. source read 2026-09-20 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| MarkMonitornot tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | Not yet assessed No storefront of this registrar has been read where the billing currency could be established. source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| Name.comnot tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | Not yet assessed Offers EUR in a currency selector, but whether the card is charged in EUR or in USD after a conversion is not established. Thirteen currencies in the selector (AU$, R$, CA$, ¥, €, £, ₹, MX$, ₱, ﷼, ฿, ₺, USD $). Whether the card is charged in the selected currency is not established by the page, so none passes the currency condition. source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| Shopify Domainsnot tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | Not yet assessed No storefront of this registrar has been read where the billing currency could be established. source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| Wix Domainsnot tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | Not yet assessed No storefront of this registrar has been read where the billing currency could be established. source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
| WordPress.comnot tested by us | Yes Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. source read 2026-09-29 | Not yet assessed No storefront of this registrar has been read where the billing currency could be established. source read 2026-09-29 | No Not among the registrars recorded as selling .ie. | Nofails one condition |
A dash is ignorance, not a failing grade: it means we have not established that condition either way. Several registrars render their language and currency switchers in JavaScript, which the read behind this table cannot see, so we record nothing rather than a false “no”. A currency that appears only in a display selector does not count as billing in that currency, because a converted price charged in dollars is exactly the case this condition exists to catch.
The registry's full list of .ie accredited registrars (115 names, plus GoDaddy from its partner page) was read on 2026-09-29, and 11 storefronts were opened: nine Irish retail brands plus the OVHcloud and Gandi pages. Blacknight's pages were not found, Hosting Ireland returned 502, and Irish Domains and GoDaddy returned 403. Maxer displayed US dollars and Gandi priced for France. Five stores print a regular .ie price in euros excluding 23% VAT, each with a cut first year.
| # | Registrar | .ie standing price, incl. VAT | First year | Renewal | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MyHostEnglish storefront, bills in EUR | €24.59computed: €19.99 ex. VAT + 23% | €5.99 promotion, ex. VAT | not stated on its page | source |
| 2 | SmartHostEnglish storefront, bills in EUR | €24.59computed: €19.99 ex. VAT + 23% | €2.75 promotion, ex. VAT | €19.99 ex. VAT, stated | source |
| 3 | OVHcloudEnglish storefront, bills in EUR | €28.15computed: €22.89 ex. VAT + 23% | €14.99 promotion, ex. VAT | €22.89 ex. VAT, stated | source |
| 4 | Register365English storefront, bills in EUR | €56.57computed: €45.99 ex. VAT + 23% | €2.99 promotion, ex. VAT | not stated on its page | source |
| 5 | LetsHost.ieEnglish storefront, bills in EUR | €57.80computed: €46.99 ex. VAT + 23% | €3.49 promotion, ex. VAT | not stated on its page | source |
Ordered by the standing .ie price each registrar's own page printed on 2026-09-29: the renewal where the page states one, else the regular price, VAT included (added at 23% where the page states prices excluding it). Price only: this site has not tested their support, uptime or transfers, and none of them carries a score.
A local-language storefront, but no .ie price with its VAT treatment on the page read.
Not read on 2026-09-29: Blacknight (Both addresses tried (/domain-names/ie-domain-names/ and /domain-names/) returned "Page not found" on 2026-09-29. Nothing priced was read.); Hosting Ireland (HTTP 502 on both addresses tried on 2026-09-29. Nothing read.); Irish Domains (HTTP 403 (a server test page, then "403 Forbidden") on 2026-09-29. Nothing read.); GoDaddy (HTTP 403 "Access Denied" on 2026-09-29. Nothing read.). Unread is a fact about our read, not a finding about the registrar.
| Registrar | Score | Why it qualifies here |
|---|---|---|
| not tested by us | Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. Bills in EUR. Page in French. ".com - 13,20 €" with a tax control offering "Excluding VAT" and "20.0% VAT". Sells .ie, and we hold a sourced price for it. | |
| not tested by us | Operates a English-language storefront, which is an official language of Ireland. Bills in EUR. Page in French. ".com 7,99 € HT", renewal "13,49 € HT"; HT (hors taxes) appears throughout the pricing section. Sells .ie, and we hold a sourced price for it. |
Ordered by our overall score where a registrar carries one. A registrar we have not tested can meet all three local conditions and is listed for it, without a score and never above a scored one.
| Registrar | Does not meet | Why it is still worth naming |
|---|---|---|
| does not bill in EUR; does not sell .ie | Verified .com renewal of $11.08. Not the cheapest .com we verify: Spaceship renews at $10.18, 9% less. Porkbun is the pick here for catalogue breadth, not for price. WHOIS privacy: free, included by default. |
Buying a gTLD through an English-language registrar that bills in dollars is a real and common choice, so it is named with the trade stated rather than dropped. It is not a recommendation in Ireland: the conditions it misses are in the column above.
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These two are the site’s global picks and are the same on every country page, which is why they are labelled globally and sit outside the table above. Nothing about a registrar’s API or its support channels changes at a border; what does change is language, billing currency and whether it can sell the local namespace, and that is what the eligibility table measures.
Purpose: Ireland's primary registrable domain (.ie).
Eligibility: Supported (accented characters)
| Registrar | First year | Renewal | Transfer | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $53.99 | $54.49 | $53.99 | 2026-09-28 | |
| $24.64 | $55.98 | $24.64 | 2026-09-28 |
Pricing fetched from each registrar's own pricing page on the date shown. Local registrars may bill in EUR and add VAT/GST/sales tax on top.
English-language support standard.
The Public Suffix List records 1 registrable namespace under .ie.
| Namespace |
|---|
| .gov.ie |
Operator: IE Domain Registry CLG · .ie signed in the root zone (2026-09-28)
Namespace existence: publicsuffix.org/list/public_suffix_list.dat, 2026-08-19.
| Registrar | First-year | Renewal | 10-year cost | WHOIS privacy | Last checked | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (verified price) |  Spaceship | $9.08 | $10.18 | $100.70 | Free | 2026-09-02 |
| (verified price) |  Dynadot | $10.88 | $10.88 | $108.80 | Free | 2026-09-28 |
| (verified price) |  Porkbun | $11.08 | $11.08 | $110.80 | Free | 2026-09-28 |
| (verified price) |  OVHcloud | $9.20 | $14.69 | $141.41 | Available; contact data red… | 2026-09-28 |
| (verified price) | Amazon Route 53 | $16.00 | $16.00 | $160.00 | Free, with exceptions | 2026-09-29 |
| (verified price) | NameSilo | $17.29 | $17.29 | $172.90 | Free | 2026-09-28 |
| (verified price) |  Namecheap | $11.28 | $18.48 | $177.60 | Free, with exceptions | 2026-08-19 |
| (verified price) |  Hover | $18.99 | $18.99 | $189.90 | Free, with exceptions | 2026-09-28 |
| (verified price) | Name.com | $12.99 | $19.99 | $192.90 | Available (Whois Privacy) o… | 2026-09-28 |
| (verified price) |  IONOS | $1.00 | $20.00 | $181.00 | Available; contact data red… | 2026-09-29 |
| (verified price) |  Gandi | $11.00 | $38.38 | $356.42 | Free, with exceptions | 2026-09-28 |
Compared across the 11 registrars whose .com price we have read ourselves.
Most global registrars price domains in USD; local registrars often invoice in EUR.
.ie is sold by 2 of the registrars whose prices we verify, renewing from $54.49: more than the cheapest verified .com at $10.18.
At $54.49 a year, .ie is 267th of 295 by price among the extensions we verify: $44.31 more than the cheapest verified .com. The local extension is a premium here, not a saving.
| ccTLD | Sellers we verify | Cheapest verified renewal | vs cheapest .com |
|---|---|---|---|
| .ie | 2 | $54.49 | +$44.31 |
Renewals are all-in and per year, at the cheapest registrar we verify for that extension, checked 2026-09-29. The .com reference is the cheapest verified .com renewal ($10.18). "Listed" counts registrars our country notes record as selling the extension without a price we have read ourselves.
What this page does not tell you: how the registrars based in Ireland compare. We list 116 of them by name only, no prices, no scores, no hands-on testing, so any claim here that a local registrar is cheaper, better supported or easier to pay would be invention. Where local billing in Euro (EUR), local-language support, or a registry rule requires a local registrar, that is a reason to use one, and comparing them is work we have not done. Ireland also applies a local-presence or nexus requirement to at least one of its ccTLDs: see the registry rules above before assuming eligibility.
