| Nowadays it is necessary to have a website no | | | | have your own server. If you don't have a dedicated |
| matter what kind of business you have. A good | | | | server, you can avail of the services of web-hosting |
| business website does not have to cost an arm and | | | | firms. Most website hosting firms are based abroad. |
| leg. However, cost should not be your only criteria. | | | | Most of the time, they are also cheaper than |
| There is a risk that cheap might mean amateurish | | | | Ireland-based firms. In the long run, getting the |
| and non-professional, which is bad for business. | | | | services of one based in Ireland may be better since |
| The first advice in how to set up a website in Ireland | | | | you'll have the same business hours. In case of |
| is to register your website or domain in an | | | | glitches, you'll have faster and easier access to |
| Ireland-based domain registry. You can choose | | | | technical support. |
| between a dot-com (.com), dot-ie (.ie), or dot-eu | | | | Once registration and hosting is taken care of, the |
| (.eu) website. A dot-com domain is the cheapest but | | | | next step in how to set up a website in Ireland is to |
| is very common. If you want your site to reflect | | | | design your site. You can do this yourself but if you |
| right away that your business is based in Ireland, | | | | are not that confident in your skills, you can hire a |
| choose a dot-ie domain name. | | | | website designer to do this for you. |
| You can choose to host your website yourself if you | | | | |