Tag Archives: CentralNic

Fri 20th June 2014
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Fallout From CentralNic’s Acquisition Of Internet.bs, European Clients Getting Hit With VAT - It shouldn’t be news to any domain name holders that live in the Europe but if you do and use a European domain name registrar they are required to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) for each transaction. The VAT is like a sales tax in the United States but higher than any state’s sales tax. Up to now Bahamas.bs a domain name registrar originated under the country of the Bahamas was not required to collect or charge any such taxes however now that the registrar has been acquired by CentralNic a company ... read more ...
Tue 17th June 2014
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CentralNic to Acquire Internet.BS In A Deal Worth Up to $7.5 Million - CentralNic plc,(AIM:CNIC) acquired Internet.BS, a top 30 domain name registrar for a maximum consideration of USD 7.5 million. CentralNic said it will pay $5.2 million when the deal closes, with $2.7 million due in cash and $2.5 million to be paid in the form of 2.1 million new CentralNic shares. An additional $1.8 million payment is deferred. It is to be paid over 12 months and can be adjusted higher or lower depending on the acquisition’s performance. The maximum amount that can be paid is $2.3 ... read more ...
Mon 16th June 2014
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CentralNic buys domain name registrar Internet.bs (IBS) - CentralNic gobbles of up large domain name registrar in $7.5 million deal. Publicly traded CentralNic (LSE: CNIC) has purchased Bahamian domain name registrar Internet.bs (IBS). The move gives CentralNic, currently positioned as a registry, a strong entry in the retail registrar market. CentralNic is traditionally known for offering third level domain names, but it is the technical registry services provider powering dozens of new top level domain name applicants. ... read more ...
Thu 10th April 2014
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CentralNic acquires resources of DomiNIC GmbH - CentralNic publicly traded on the AIM Exchange under the symbol CNIC, announced an acquisition of the assets of  DomiNIC GmbH. Since 1994 DomiNIC has been continually developed into an all-round domain and DNS management system with integrated customer and user administration. In January 2014 CentralNic acquired all rights to the DomiNIC software with the intent of offering this solution to a wider market and combining its existing technology with the DomiNIC software to continue its tradition of ... read more ...
Mon 24th March 2014
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Radix boots ARI in preference of CentralNic - CentralNic picks up contracts for new TLDs from rival. New top level domain name applicant Radix has selected CentralNic to be the backend registry provider for its .website, .host, .space and .press top level domain names. Radix had originally said that ARI Registry Services would be the technical services provider for all of its top level domain names. With that in mind, it was somewhat surprising when Radix chose CentralNic to power its .pw launch in 2012. That ... read more ...
Fri 28th February 2014
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.Wiki Will Be CentralNic’s First New gTLD to launch, followed by .XYZ - CentralNic’s first new gTLD to launch will be .wiki, which takes a term that is synonymous with online collaboration and high quality websites, and makes it available for the use of companies, developers, communities and hobbyists alike. The first .wiki domains will be available to trademark holders on 3 March when it starts it Sunrise Period, and to others from 8 May. This will be followed by .XYZ priced below .com domain names and and designed to be appropriate for any website in any language. The ... read more ...
Tue 18th February 2014
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CentralNic Signs Agreement with Domain Venture Partners - CentralNic signed a deal with Domain Venture Partners as stated in the press release below. Central Nic is a publicly traded company on the London Aim, the stock is up about 2.4 % to 84.5 pence. Domain Venture Partners is a fund that has been set up by new gtld applicant Famous Four Media. Press Release: CentralNic plc (AIM:CNIC), the internet platform business which derives revenues from the worldwide sale of internet domain names, today announces that it has signed an agreement (“agreement”) ... read more ...
Thu 9th January 2014
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CentralNic and Co.com Ink Deal - According to a press release we received today, Co.com LLC and CentralNic (LSE: CNIC) announced an agreement today, under which CentralNic will provide the technical registry services to make co.com domain names available through registrars worldwide. With the introduction of co.com, companies who missed out will have a second opportunity to get a generic and global domain name ending in .com at an affordable price. The co.com registry will have an open registration policy, meaning that any company, ... read more ...
Fri 18th October 2013
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CentralNic offers financing for new TLD auctions as good as operative capital - CentralNic will back new TLD applicants at auction and provide working capital. With ICANN’s auctions to settle new TLD contention sets coming soon, and applicants realizing they might need more money to launch their TLDs than previously expected, a number of companies are offering funding. One of those is newly-public CentralNic, which is offering financing for auctions as well as working capital for ongoing operations. CentralNic already has clients that have ... read more ...
Thu 26th September 2013
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CentralNic buys Mex.com. Yourname.Mex.com entrance soon? - Domain name company picks up Mex.com at auction and will likely use it to sell subdomains. Last month I wrote about an auction at Sedo for Mex.com. The auction closed for 29,111 EUR. The domain has changed hands and the buyer is domain name company CentralNic. CentralNic, which went public earlier this month, is known for selling third level domain name registrations at domain registrars the same way second level domain registrations are sold. Most of the third level ... read more ...
Wed 25th September 2013
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CentralNic reports results: income adult 16% - CentralNic profit spikes in first half of year. Domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), which went public last month, has released interim results for the first half of 2013. For the first half of 2013, the company pulled in £1,735 million in revenue, a 16% jump from the same period in 2012. Its profit before tax almost doubled, up 98% to £0.636 million. The company credits a broader base of domain name registrars distributing its domain names as well as the ... read more ...
Tue 17th September 2013
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CentralNic business indication will means lots of new TLD confusion - Hi Volker et al: The lawsuit is being continued; because Honourable Judge Lee, while being highly knowledgeable about Law, can’t be an expert in every circumstance presented. Much like Hospitals have Doctors finely trained tuned in specific medical processes, Courts can’t always forecast which “Doctor” is best suited to an issue. American Law is rapidly expanding, with regard to the Internet, of which the US regulates the primary TLD’s. Please read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_jurisdiction_in_Internet_cases_in_the_United_States ... read more ...
Tue 3rd September 2013
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CentralNic goes public: a demeanour during a numbers - CentralNic went public yesterday. Here are some of the company’s financials. Yesterday CentralNic, a company best known for offering third level domain names similar to ccTLDs, went public. The company plans to use proceeds for a number of purposes, including investing in some new TLD applications (e.g. funding auctions) and building a domain registrar business. Here’s a look at the some of the company’s numbers. Market cap at placing: £32.5 million2012 revenue: ... read more ...
Tue 13th August 2013
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.XYZ One Of The 1st New gTLD’s To Launch Opens Up Pre-Registration - The registry for the new gTLD .XYZ has just opened up preregistrations. While preregistrations for new gTLD’s is nothing new the fact that this is being done at the registry level is different. Many registrars and auction houses opened up preregistrations over the last couple of years but in this case it is the registry itself taking the preregistrations. As always there is no cost to preregister a .XYZ domain name however the preregistration does not give you any rights to the domain. .XYZ was ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Formally Announces Sep IPO - CentralNic and SLD’s … You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig; and a pig subject to US Law 15 USC § 1125 – False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden (a) Civil action (1) Any person who, on or in connection with any goods or services, or any container for goods, uses in commerce any word, term, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, or any false designation of origin, false or misleading description of fact, or false or misleading ... read more ...
Mon 12th August 2013
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CentralNic skeleton IPO - Domain name registry plans to file for initial public offering. Domain name registry and backend services provider CentralNic is planning to officially announce an initial public offering tomorrow, The Telegraph reports. The company, which today is known mostly for selling third level domain names under domains such as .us.com and .uk.com, hopes to raise £5 million through the offering. It will use the funds for its top level domain name investments. It will list ... read more ...
Tue 23rd July 2013
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SedoMLS gets some-more domain extensions with .eu and CentralNic deals - Sedo adds three ccTLDs to distribution network. SedoMLS, the domain listing distribution system for Sedo, has signed up new registries that will enable it to sell more types of domain names. Last week Sedo announced a partnership with EURid, the .eu registry, added the .eu domain extension to the SedoMLS Premium network. [Sedo was able to do this because EURid, the .eu registry, made its transfer system automatic.] Today the company announced a deal with CentralNic ... read more ...
Mon 8th July 2013
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.LA gets GoDaddy’s selling energy to assistance code domain for Los Angeles - .LA to get another push as the domain for Los Angeles. GoDaddy announced this morning that it has teamed up with DOT LA Marketing Company and CentralNic to help push the ccTLD .la as a domain name for Los Angeles. The domain name registrar is offering annual .la domain name registrations for $39.99 and will hold auctions for some premium .la domain names as well. .LA is actually the country code for Laos, also known as Lao People’s Democratic Republic, a country ... read more ...
Fri 3rd August 2012
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Guy insane about CentralNic domains sues ICANN and Network Solutions - Hi Andrew: Quick work … I’ve not even received my ‘official’ AO440 forms, that need mailing to the above mentioned; and here thank’s to your effective journalistic efforts, they now know that my aggrieved plodding is moving forward. FYI ~ I DID NOT withdraw from the UDRP “Expert” services of Nominet! Nominet … DID NOT … do the work contracted, ample documents were presented to Visa for a charge back; and they conceded, now I’m moving forward, then back. I’m well ... read more ...