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Web60 FeaturesSell food through your website in Ireland and food law applies to the page, not just the kitchen. Allergens, claims and what an inspector can check.
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Irish SMECross the VAT threshold in Ireland and every price on your website is wrong. What Revenue requires, what the law says you must show, and how to fix it.
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SEO & PageSpeedGoogle switched off FAQ rich results on 7 May 2026. Your site was not penalised, and your FAQ page still has a job. What changed and what to leave alone.
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Industry NewsA supplier demanding you raise the price on your product page is resale price maintenance. In Ireland it is illegal, and you are a party to it too.
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Industry NewsFrom 1 November 2028 every business in Ireland must be able to receive a structured eInvoice. What Revenue's eInvoicing deadline means for small firms.
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SEO & PageSpeedGoogle and GA4 both shipped AI reporting in 2026, yet neither answers the real question. How to track AI referral traffic to your business website.
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Web60 FeaturesFree QR generators own the redirect behind your printed code. Why Irish businesses should point every QR code at a short path on their own domain.
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Irish SMEYou sell to other businesses, but your website terms assume every buyer is a consumer. What Irish law hands you on late payment, and what you give away.
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Web60 FeaturesYour payment provider reviews your website before card money reaches your bank. What the Visa rules require, where it must appear, and what a review costs.
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InfrastructureUsing ChatGPT with customer data makes your business the data controller, not the AI company. What the Irish DPC expects, and a four-step fix for staff AI use.
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SEO & PageSpeedChatGPT and Gemini repeat stale details about your business and there is no edit button. How to find the wrong answers and fix the sources they read.
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Irish SMERegistering a business name with the CRO gives you no ownership of it. What the certificate actually does, and the four checks to run before you spend money.
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SEO & PageSpeedGoogle shows a grey globe beside your result when it cannot read your favicon. What Google needs, how to set it in WordPress, and how long it takes.
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Irish SMESince October 2025 your customer's bank checks the name on your IBAN before paying. Why real invoices get flagged, and how to make your name match.
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InfrastructureHosting switching fees end on 12 January 2027. What the EU Data Act already obliges your provider to do, and which hosting plans it may not cover.
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Industry NewsIreland missed the pay transparency deadline. The job advert rules carry no headcount threshold, and they land on the careers page you already publish.
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Web60 FeaturesIrish law needs consent before you email marketing, and every message is a separate offence. The rules, the 12-month exemption, and the proof you must keep.
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ComparisonsIrish law decides what a non-refundable deposit is worth when a customer cancels. What the Consumer Rights Act allows, and the wording that holds up.
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SEO & PageSpeedThe business above you on Google did not pay for that spot. What they actually have, which parts you can copy this month, and the one you cannot.
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InfrastructureAnnounce a sale in Ireland and you must show the prior price: the lowest price you charged in the previous 30 days. The rule, the traps, the penalties.
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Irish SMEAdding a card surcharge at checkout is banned in Ireland for consumer cards and euro transfers. The law, the narrow exception, and four legal alternatives.
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Industry NewsThe EU right to repair rules started on 31 July 2026. For a repair business in Ireland the opportunity is not compliance, it is being findable online.
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ComparisonsSelling through DoneDeal or Facebook Marketplace ads? You rent visibility, compete on price alone, and can be suspended overnight. The owned alternative.
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Industry NewsA "no refunds" line on your website is an offence under Ireland's Consumer Rights Act 2022. What your customer is actually owed, and what to write instead.
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Web60 FeaturesNew green claims rules hit Irish business websites on 27 September 2026. What eco-friendly, sustainable and carbon-neutral can still say, and what must go.
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SEO & PageSpeedA stranger offers €180 to publish an article on your website. What Google's spam policies and Irish consumer law say before you accept the money.
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Industry NewsThe EU switched off its online dispute resolution platform in July 2025. If your website terms still link to it, find out what to remove and what still applies.
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SEO & PageSpeedYour Google listing can say permanently closed without you touching it. How wrong closures happen, how to reopen the profile, and how to stop it recurring.
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InfrastructureA photograph of a customer, a child or a staff member is personal data. What Irish businesses need before publishing photos of people on a website.
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ComparisonsSelling a download or an online course from Ireland? One missing checkbox keeps every refund window open, and VAT is due where your buyer lives.
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Web60 FeaturesTaking recurring payments on your own website means expiring cards, lapsed mandates and refund windows. What has to work every month, and what breaks.
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ComparisonsBrexit did not close the UK to Irish sellers. Northern Ireland is still an EU supply for goods, and Great Britain turns on one number: £135. Here is the split.
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Web60 FeaturesA customer disputed a payment and the money left your account. What a chargeback involves, which evidence card rules accept, and what your site must record.
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ComparisonsMarketplace ticketing costs more than the percentage. What it takes to sell event tickets from your own website in Ireland, and when a marketplace still wins.
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SEO & PageSpeedYour products can appear in Google's free listings at no cost. How Irish shops get listed, the CSS step most miss, and what changes on 18 August.
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Web60 FeaturesEU product safety rules now set what every online product listing has to show, and what a recall asks of your website. What Irish shops need on the page.
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ComparisonsIrish law says undisclosed delivery charges are not payable. What your website must show before the order, where the money goes, and how to price postage.
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Web60 FeaturesSelling alcohol online in Ireland puts real rules on your website: minimum pricing, banned promotions and bilingual health warnings from September 2028.
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SEO & PageSpeedGoogle is 94% of Irish search. The rest runs on an index most business owners never submit to. How to get your website indexed on Bing in about an hour.
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InfrastructureFake testimonials, unverified five stars and cherry-picked feedback are banned under Irish law. What your website reviews page must show, and prove.
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SEO & PageSpeedAn out of stock product page can hold its Google ranking or lose it for good. How Irish shops decide whether to keep, redirect or delete the page.
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InfrastructureWebsite advertising rules in Ireland reach further than owners expect. What clinics, solicitors, brokers and builders cannot legally publish on their site.
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ComparisonsDelivery apps take 25% to 35% of every takeaway order. What that costs an Irish food business, and what taking orders direct on your own site costs.
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SEO & PageSpeedYour supplier's product descriptions sit on every other stockist's site too. Google shows one of them, rarely yours. What to write on the page instead.
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SEO & PageSpeedA rival's ad sits above your own business name in Google. What Google's rules allow, what Irish trade mark law covers, and what actually wins the click back.
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Web60 FeaturesIrish gift vouchers must run at least five years, and the VAT can fall due before anyone redeems one. What to set up when you sell them from your own site.
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ComparisonsClick and collect lets a shop sell online with no courier, no packaging and no return postage. What it costs, where it breaks, and how to set it up.
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InfrastructureA pricing error went live on your online shop. What Irish consumer law actually requires, when you can cancel the order, and how fast you must fix it.
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SEO & PageSpeedMore than half the phones in Ireland are iPhones, and Apple Maps runs on separate data to Google. How to claim, verify and fix your Apple Maps listing.
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ComparisonsRate parity ended across the EU in November 2024. You can now price lower on your own website than on Booking.com, and most owners have not moved.
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