SmartHost

.ie registrar in Ireland, read from its own storefront on 2026-09-29

Accredited by .IESells .ie with a printed price

Can a member of the public buy a .ie here?

Yes, on the evidence of its own storefront: a English interface, .ie among the namespaces offered, and a EUR price printed with its VAT treatment on 2026-09-29.

.ie price on its own page

€24.59 incl. VAT, computed from €19.99 ex. VAT at 23%; €2.75 in the first year as a promotion; renewal €19.99 ex. VAT, stated on the same page. Read 2026-09-29.

Standing price rank in Ireland: #3 of 8 .ie storefronts read with a comparable price, cheapest first (the ranking). Price only.

new .ie domain registrations for €2.75 (ex VAT) for the first year ... Standard renewal rates of €19.99 (ex VAT) will apply thereafter

Source page

Namespaces on its own page

.ie.com

What its page printed

".ie €2.75/year"; "SmartHost offers new .ie domain registrations for €2.75 (ex VAT) for the first year ... Standard renewal rates of €19.99 (ex VAT) will apply thereafter."

Read from https://smarthost.ie/domains on 2026-09-29. A storefront read establishes the language, the currency and the figure the page printed that day. It does not establish support quality, uptime or what a renewal will cost next year.

How the Ireland storefronts were read

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. On 2026-10-15 the remaining 105 registrars on IEDR's list that publish a website were opened, so every registrar on the list with a published website has now been tried: 79 were read, 26 could not be, and 3 more print a comparable .ie price.

FAQ

Is SmartHost accredited to sell .ie?

Yes. SmartHost is on the accredited-registrar list .IE publishes, read on 2026-09-29. Accreditation means the registry permits it to sell the namespace; it does not by itself mean the registrar retails .ie to the public, which is what the storefront read establishes.

What does SmartHost charge for a .ie domain?

On 2026-09-29 its own page printed €24.59 incl. VAT, computed from €19.99 ex. VAT; €2.75 first year. That is the registrar's quote on one date, with the VAT treatment the page stated, not a price this site verified through its pricing pipeline.

Has this site tested SmartHost?

No. We have run no support test, no transfer test and no uptime measurement on SmartHost, so it carries no score and appears in no quality ranking. The .ie ranking on the Ireland page orders registrars by one printed price only.

All .ie storefronts read in Ireland Its row on .IE’s accredited list Visit the official site

Sources

SmartHost's own storefront, read 2026-09-29
.IE accredited-registrar list, read 2026-09-29
Accredited registrar directory, every company on a country registry's list
Ireland page, every .ie storefront read, ranked by printed price
/data/local-storefronts.json, this record, machine-readable
/methodology/, why untested registrars carry no score