CentralNic


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

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CentralNic Ltd, the domain name registry subsidiary of CentralNic Group PLC, registers second-level domains under these country code top-level domains :
CentralNic registers SLDs under these generic top-level domain :
CentralNic registers subdomains under these unofficial second-level domains :
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.

History

In 2000, Stephen Dyer founded CentralNic as a successor organisation to NomiNation, a company which he had founded in 1995.
In 2013, CentralNic announced that it planned to float on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.
In early 2014, CentralNic acquired DomiNIC GmbH.
In 2014, CentralNic acquired retail domain name registrar Internet.BS, for US$7.5m, adding to its expanding Registrar Portfolio.
In 2015, CentralNic acquired Instra Corp and quickly integrated this retail and corporate domain name registrar into its portfolio.
In 2018, CentralNic acquired the ccTLD for Slovakia in a €26m deal.
On 16 July 2018 CentralNic announced a merger with KeyDrive Group in a reverse takeover.
On 6 September 2018 CentralNic acquired Romania and Brazil-focused registrar and domain hosting provider GlobeHosting Inc. for a consideration of €2.56 million.
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.
On 1 July 2019 CentralNic acquired international domain name reseller platform Hexonet Group for up to €10 million.
On 7 August 2019 CentralNic acquired international domain name retailer Ideegeo Group Ltd for up to NZD$5.2 million.
In November 2019 CentralNic acquired Team Internet from Matomy Media for $48m.