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Type:	Privately Held
Industry:	Registrar and 3rd level registry
Founded:	London, Great Britain (1995)
Headquarters:	35-39 Moorgate, London, EC2R 6AR
Country:	Great Britain
Products:	domains, sub-domains
Employees:	25 ^[1]
Website:	http://www.centralnic.com
Key People
Robert Pooker, founder & executive Ben Crawford, CEO ^[2] Steve Dyer, founder Joe Alagna, GM of NA markets ^[3]

CentralNic is an Internet domain name registrar. Currently, they are the domain registration operator for the .la ccTLD (Laos domains) even though the company markets them as being Los Angeles domains ^[4]. Their headquarters is located in London, Great Britain.

Unlike traditional registrars, CentralNic owns some very short domain (2 letter) domain names against which it sells third level names. They also have a worldwide network of over 1500 registrars. ^[5]

History

CentralNic was founded in 1995 unde the initial name of NomiNation by Steve Dyer and Robert Pooke. The name of the company was changed from NomiNation to CentralNic in 2000.

Services offered by CentralNic

Their main area of activity is domain registry services offered for a total of 22 sub-domain (second level TLDs), as follows:

yourname.ae.org United Arab Emirates
yourname.uy.com Uruguay
yourname.qc.com Quebec
yourname.gb.net Great Britain
yourname.gb.com Great Britain
yourname.hu.com Hungary
yourname.se.net Sweden
yourname.se.com Sweden
yourname.sa.com Saudi Arabia
yourname.ru.com Russia
yourname.ar.com Argentina
yourname.br.com Brazil
yourname.za.com South Africa
yourname.no.com Norway
yourname.kr.com Korea
yourname.jpn.com Japan
yourname.de.com Germany
yourname.cn.com China
yourname.us.com United States
yourname.uk.net United Kingdom
yourname.uk.com United Kingdom
yourname.eu.com European Union ^[6]

References

External links

Official website of CentralNic
Location of CentralNic HQ on the map
CentralNic contact

[1] CentralNic on LinkedIn

[2] NewCeo

[3] CentralNic's Joe Alagna Details How the Registry Services Provider Utilizes the World's Greatest Collection of 2-Letter .Com Domain Names

[4] Domains offered by CentralNic

[5] About CentralNic

[6] CentralNic domains

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 | logo            = Aboutus.jpg
 | type            = Privately Held
-| industry        = Domain name registrar
+| industry        = Registrar and 3rd level registry
 | founded         = London, Great Britain (1995)
 | founder(s)      = Robert Pooke, Steve Dyer
@@ Line 14: / Line 14: @@
 | keypeople       = Robert Pooker, founder & executive <br>
 Ben Crawford, CEO <ref>[https://www.centralnic.com/company/news/2009/new-ceo NewCeo]</ref> <br>
 Steve Dyer, founder <br>
-Joe Alagna, GM of NA markets <ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100526.htm CentralNic's Joe Alagna Details How the Registry Services Provider Utilizes the World's Greatest Collection of 2-Letter .Com Domain Names]</ref>
+[[Joe Alagna]], GM of NA markets <ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2010/dailyposts/20100526.htm CentralNic's Joe Alagna Details How the Registry Services Provider Utilizes the World's Greatest Collection of 2-Letter .Com Domain Names]</ref>
 }}
-CentralNic is an Internet domain name registrar. Currently, they are the domain registration operator for the .la [[ccTLD]]s (Laos domains) even though the company markets them as being Los Angeles domains <ref>[https://www.centralnic.com/names/domains Domains offered by CentralNic]</ref>. Their headquarters is located in London, Great Britain. Another particularity of CentralNic is that they do not offer regular [[TLD]]s but subdomains like .eu.com, .cn.com or .us.com. CentralNic has a worldwide network of over 1500 registrars. <ref>[https://www.centralnic.com/company About CentralNic]</ref>
+CentralNic is an Internet domain name registrar. Currently, they are the domain registration operator for the .la [[ccTLD]] (Laos domains) even though the company markets them as being Los Angeles domains <ref>[https://www.centralnic.com/names/domains Domains offered by CentralNic]</ref>. Their headquarters is located in London, Great Britain.
+Unlike traditional registrars, CentralNic owns some very short domain (2 letter) domain names against which it sells third level names.  They also have a worldwide network of over 1500 registrars. <ref>[https://www.centralnic.com/company About CentralNic]</ref>
 == History ==
+CentralNic was founded in 1995 unde the initial name of NomiNation by Steve Dyer and Robert Pooke. The name of the company was changed from NomiNation to CentralNic in 2000.
-CentralNic was founded in 1995 unde the initial name of NomiNation by Steve Dyer and Robert Pooke. The name of the company was changed from NomiNation to CentralNic in 2000. The headquarters of CentralNic is in London, Great Britain.
 == Services offered by CentralNic ==
+Their main area of activity is domain registry services offered for a total of 22 sub-domain (second level [[TLD]]s), as follows:
-CentralNic is currently is the domain registry operator for the .la [[ccTLD]] which they market as being Los Angles even if it stands for Laos. Their main area of activity is domain registry services offered for a total of 22 sub-domain (second level [[TLD]]s), as follows:
+*  yourname.ae.org	United Arab Emirates
-*  yourname.ae.org	              United Arab Emirates
 *  yourname.uy.com	Uruguay
 *  yourname.qc.com	Quebec
-*  yourname.gb.net	              Great Britain
+*  yourname.gb.net	Great Britain
 *  yourname.gb.com	Great Britain
 *  yourname.hu.com	Hungary
-*  yourname.se.net	              Sweden
+*  yourname.se.net	Sweden
 *  yourname.se.com	Sweden
 *  yourname.sa.com	Saudi Arabia
@@ Line 52: / Line 47: @@
 *  yourname.cn.com	China
 *  yourname.us.com	United States
-*  yourname.uk.net	              United Kingdom
+*  yourname.uk.net	United Kingdom
 *  yourname.uk.com	United Kingdom
 *  yourname.eu.com	European Union <ref>[https://www.centralnic.com/names/domains CentralNic domains]</ref>
 == References ==
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 == External links ==