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Industry NewsSell anything with a plug, a battery or an LED from your own site and Irish WEEE rules apply. The exact notice wording, recycling lines and take-back duties.
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SEO & PageSpeedMost Irish businesses take enquiries by phone, not at a checkout. How to track website enquiries your analytics never sees, and the numbers worth counting.
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Web60 FeaturesIrish law wants a second price on your product pages, the price per kilo or litre. Where the rule reaches an online shop, who is exempt, what it costs.
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ComparisonsRepeat a manufacturer's guarantee on your product page and Irish law can make you the guarantor. What the Consumer Rights Act 2022 asks of sellers.
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InfrastructureWordPress can close a plugin without telling you. Updates stop, the code keeps running, and your admin screen shows nothing. How to check your own list.
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SEO & PageSpeedGoogle's supplier unit gives direct providers a slot beside the booking sites and directories in EEA results. It now covers local business queries.
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Web60 FeaturesMade in Ireland is a claim of origin with a statutory test behind it. What Irish law actually requires before those words go on your product page.
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Web60 FeaturesSEAI rated 87% of in-store products compliant and only 27% of Irish retail websites. What the energy label rules actually require on your product pages.
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InfrastructureYour customer must vet its suppliers under NIS2, even though Ireland has not passed the law yet. What the form really asks, and how to answer it credibly.
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SEO & PageSpeedYour booking widget, menu or price list may sit in an iframe Google never reads. How to verify what search engines actually store from your page.
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ComparisonsA giveaway tied to a purchase becomes a lottery under Irish law once prizes pass €2,500. The permit, the terms, and where your entry page should live.
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Irish SMESelling drinks online in Ireland? The deposit must be charged, shown on its own line, and carried on four documents. What the 2024 regulations require.
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Web60 FeaturesRevenue lets you deduct website running costs in full, but a one-off build may be capital and spread over eight years. What to ask before you pay.
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Web60 FeaturesAn abandoned basket never sends you an email. Where the sale dies on a small shop's checkout, which causes you actually control, and how to test yours.
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SEO & PageSpeedYour own Google search is shaped by your location, device and history. How to check where your business really ranks, and which number to trust instead.
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SEO & PageSpeedA one-page website gives Google a single URL to index, which caps every search you can win. What that costs, how to fix it, and when one page is enough.
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ComparisonsFrom 20 November 2026 a pay later button at your checkout is regulated consumer credit in Ireland. What changes on your pages, and who carries it.
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Web60 FeaturesElectronic signatures are legal in Ireland under the Electronic Commerce Act 2000. The harder question is whether your record of the click would hold up.
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ComparisonsSince December 2022 your tips and gratuities notice has had to appear on your website, not only beside the till. Most businesses display half the rule.
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Industry NewsThe EU packaging rules applied from 12 August 2026. Ireland's 10 tonne exemption never covered exports. What that means for every parcel you post abroad.
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ComparisonsThe new parcel customs charge ended duty-free imports under €150. What the €3 rule and November's handling fee mean for Irish shops competing on price.
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InfrastructureSix weeks in hospital and nobody could log into the website. The business website succession plan most Irish owner-run firms have never written down.
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InfrastructureYour customer paid a fraudster and believes your invoice is settled. Who owes what now, the 72-hour GDPR clock, and what to do in the first hour.
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ComparisonsA link in your bio is not a business website. What Google's guidelines actually say, what the Pro tier really costs, and what your customer came to do.
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Industry NewsIreland's Advertising Code covers your own website, not only paid ads. Complaints are free, and upheld cases get published with your business name on them.
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Irish SMEA countdown timer that resets for every visitor is a prohibited practice under Irish consumer law. Where the line sits, and how to audit your own site.
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Industry NewsA platform can remove your business Page or listing overnight. Under the EU Digital Services Act, Ireland now has a free independent appeal route.
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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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