XYZ and Radix propel CentralNic's registry growth. CentralNic now has over 4 million domain names on its new top level domain registry services platform, the company announced today. It provides registry services to .xyz, which accounts for about ... Continue Reading4 Comments
CentralNic co-founder retires from Board, Instra CEO joins
· Domain RegistrarsOne of the founders of CentralNic is stepping down for his board duties. Domain name registrar and new top level domain name registry CentralNic announced two changes to its board today. Executive Director Robert Pooke has retired from the Board of ... Continue Reading3 Comments
CentralNic acquires Instra for $24 million, sells $3.6M in domains, and plans to raise $15M
· Domain RegistrarsCentralNic buys another domain name registrar. Publicly traded domain name registrar and registry CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) has agreed to acquire domain name registrar Instra Group for AU $33 million (USD $24 million), the company announced ... Continue Reading3 Comments
XYZ 2, Verisign 0
· UncategorizedJudge dismisses registry change lawsuit. A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit Verisign filed against .XYZ and CentralNic. Verisign sued the companies after two of Verisign's clients sold their top level domain names to .XYZ and switched to ... Continue Reading3 Comments
CentralNic reports earnings, numbers decline from last half
· ServicesAlthough year-over-year numbers look nice, it's not a good comparison. Top level domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) reported results for the first half of the year today. The company painted a rosy picture comparing the results to the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Verisign sues CentralNic and .XYZ over .Theatre, .Protection and .Security
· Policy & LawCompany upset that Verisign was dropped as registry services provider in favor of CentralNic. Earlier this week I noted a lawsuit Verisign filed in Virginia against .XYZ and Daniel Negari. Thanks to a request by the defendants to remove the case to ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Google Alphabet news causes CentralNic shares to jump 50%
· ServicesShares in .xyz services company are up big this week. Shares in domain name registry company CentralNic have jumped about 50% since Monday afternoon. The company thinks this is due to Google's selection of the domain name abc.xyz for its new company ... Continue Reading1 Comment
CentralNic sells $1 million domain name portfolio
· Domain SalesCentralNic sells more domain names from its domain trading business. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) announced today that it has sold a group of domain names for US $1 million, to be paid over the coming months. The sale comes from CentralNic's portfolio of ... Continue Reading4 Comments
CentralNic raises £2.3 Million
· Domain RegistrarsCentralNic pads bank account with institutional placement. Publicly traded domain name registry and registrar CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) has raised £2.3 Million by placing 5,750,000 new ordinary shares. The shares were sold at 40 pence each, above ... Continue Reading1 Comment
CentralNic doubled revenue in 2014
· ServicesCompany posts big gains, likely due to acquisition of domain name registrar last year. Domain name services company CentralNic doubled its revenue in 2014 and increased its adjusted EBITDA by 65%. The company grew its topline from £3.891 million to ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment