Our financial position in 2005 facilitated the introduction of our third and most significant price reduction yet, with registration and renewal rates reduced by 20% for direct registrations with the IEDR and by 26% for the .ie resellers, as of 1st January 2006. This latest price reduction means that prices for .ie domain names have been reduced by over 40% over the past 3 years. During this 3 year period net volumes increased by 68%, staff numbers reduced by 25% and operating costs decreased by 50%. [...]
Commenting on the results, Mr. David Curtin, IEDR Chief Executive, said:
"I am pleased to report that the IE Domain Registry's (IEDR) financial performance was very strong in 2005, posting profit for the third consecutive year. Our robust financial performance has enabled us to reinvest our financial resources on customer service, process automation and infrastructure improvements to deliver improved value, choice, service and security to our customers, further developing the .ie domain space."