Company:CentralNic

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CentralNic Group PLC is a British multinational internet services holding company[1] headquartered in London, United Kingdom[2]. Its subsidiaries provide domain name registry[3] and registrar services[4], in addition to associated products and services, including web hosting, brand management, and domain parking[5]. CentralNic Group PLC is listed within the AIM market on the London Stock Exchange.

Companies within the group


Country code top-level domains

CentralNic Ltd, the domain name registry subsidiary of CentralNic Group PLC, registers second-level domains (SLDs) under these country code top-level domains (ccTLDs):[7]

  • .am, Armenia
  • .cx, Christmas Island
  • .fm, Federated States of Micronesia
  • .la, Laos; also borrowed for Los Angeles
  • .pw, Palau
  • .sk, Slovakia
  • .dm, Dominica


New top-level domains

CentralNic registers SLDs under these [new] generic top-level domain (gTLDs):[8]

  • .art
  • .bar
  • .basketball
  • .best
  • .college
  • .ceo
  • .design
  • .fans
  • .feedback
  • .frl
  • .fun
  • .gent
  • .host
  • .icu
  • .ink
  • .love
  • .observer
  • .online
  • .ooo
  • .press
  • .protection
  • .realty
  • .reit
  • .rent
  • .rest
  • .security
  • .site
  • .space
  • .storage
  • .store
  • .tech
  • .theatre
  • .tickets
  • .website
  • .wiki
  • .xyz


Second-level domains

CentralNic registers subdomains under these unofficial second-level domains (SLDs):


None of these domains is an official SLD. Therefore, this part of CentralNic's operation is a private sub-domain registry.

These subdomains have been relatively popular and sold across a wide range of domain registrars globally, including GoDaddy, Alibaba, Network Solutions, eNom, Webfusion, GMO Internet, Inc., Gandi, Key Systems, Directi, InternetX, and many others.[9]

History

In 2000, Stephen Dyer founded CentralNic[10] as a successor organisation to NomiNation, a company which he had founded in 1995.[11]

In 2013, CentralNic announced[12] that it planned to float on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

In early 2014, CentralNic acquired DomiNIC GmbH.[13]

In 2014, CentralNic acquired retail domain name registrar Internet.BS, for US$7.5m, adding to its expanding Registrar Portfolio.[14]

In 2015, CentralNic acquired Instra Corp and quickly integrated this retail and corporate domain name registrar into its portfolio.[15]

In 2018, CentralNic acquired the ccTLD for Slovakia (.sk) in a €26m deal.[16]

On 16 July 2018 CentralNic announced a merger with KeyDrive Group in a reverse takeover (according to AIM rules of the London Stock Exchange)[17].

On 6 September 2018 CentralNic acquired Romania and Brazil-focused registrar and domain hosting provider GlobeHosting Inc. for a consideration of €2.56 million[18].

On 20 May 2019 CentralNic announced plans to acquire the leading Australian and New Zealand domain name and hosting reseller business TPP Wholesale for $24m AUD[19].

On 1 July 2019 CentralNic acquired international domain name reseller platform Hexonet Group for up to €10 million[20].

On 7 August 2019 CentralNic acquired international domain name retailer Ideegeo Group Ltd ("Ideegeo") for up to NZD$5.2 million (c.$3.4m USD)[21].

In November 2019 CentralNic acquired Team Internet from Matomy Media for $48m.[22]

References

  1. ↑ "Company Information - CentralNic Group plc (CNIC)". https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/shares-search-results/c/centralnic-group-plc-ordinary-0.1p/company-information. Retrieved 22 November 2019. 
  2. ↑ "CentralNic". https://www.peldonrose.com/projects/centralnic/. Retrieved 22 November 2019. 
  3. ↑ "Registry - CentralNic". https://www.centralnicgroup.com/registry/. Retrieved 22 November 2019. 
  4. ↑ "Retail - CentralNic". https://www.centralnicgroup.com/retail/. Retrieved 22 November 2019. 
  5. ↑ "Corporate - CentralNic". https://www.centralnicgroup.com/corporate/. Retrieved 22 November 2019. 
  6. ↑ https://www.centralnicgroup.com/retail/
  7. ↑ "Complete TLD List : Domain Names : CentralNic". CentralNic website. https://www.centralnic.com/portfolio/tldlist. Retrieved 2019-04-17. 
  8. ↑ https://www.centralnic.com/portfolio/newtlds/overview
  9. ↑ "Accredited Registrars : Support: CentralNic" (in en). https://www.centralnic.com/support/registrars. 
  10. ↑ McCarthy, Kieren (2004-06-23). "Vote for who should run the UK's Internet". The Register. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/23/nominet_election/. Retrieved 2008-03-10. 
  11. ↑ "Exhibit 1 Information on Nominet UK". ICANN. http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/applications/organic/exhibit-1.html. Retrieved 2008-03-10. 
  12. ↑ Titcomb, James (2013-08-12). "UK web domain firm CentralNic eyes London IPO". The Daily Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/10238383/UK-web-domain-firm-CentralNic-eyes-London-IPO.html. Retrieved 2013-08-21. 
  13. ↑ "CentralNic acquires assets of DomiNIC GmbH" (in en-US). TheDomains.com. 2014-04-10. https://www.thedomains.com/2014/04/10/centralnic-acquires-assets-of-dominic-gmbh/. 
  14. ↑ "CentralNic buys domain name registrar Internet.bs (IBS) - Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Website Stuff" (in en-US). Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News & Website Stuff. 2014-06-16. https://domainnamewire.com/2014/06/16/centralnic-buys-domain-name-registrar-internet-bs-ibs. 
  15. ↑ HawkesBayToday, Patrick O'Sullivan Patrick O'Sullivan is Hawke's Bay Today business editor patrick osullivan@nzme co nz (2015-12-14). "Instra snapped up for $35m" (in en-NZ). NZ Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503458&objectid=11560729. 
  16. ↑ "BRIEF-Centralnic Group to acquire business and assets of SK-NIC". Reuters. 2017-08-25. https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-centralnic-group-to-acquire-busine/brief-centralnic-group-to-acquire-business-and-assets-of-sk-nic-idUSFWN1LA0X0. Retrieved 2018-03-03. 
  17. ↑ https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/200828/centralnic-closes-transformational-acquisition-of-keydrive-200828.html
  18. ↑ "Press Release, 6th September 2018". https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/centralnic/news/rns/story/x8jn99w. 
  19. ↑ "Press Release, May 20th 2019". https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/centralnic/news/rns/story/rn0d4pw. 
  20. ↑ "Press Release, July 1st 2019". https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/centralnic/news/rns/story/xj64vgw. 
  21. ↑ "Press Release, August 7 2019". https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/centralnic/news/rns/story/xey52nw. 
  22. ↑ "CentralNic Acquires Team Internet AG for up to $48 million (USD)". 15 November 2019. https://domaininvesting.com/centralnic-acquires-team-internet-ag-for-up-to-48-million-usd/. .

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