Team Internet Group

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
Website:	http://www.centralnic.com
Twitter:	@CentralNic
Key People
Robert Pooker, founder & executive Ben Crawford, CEO Steve Dyer, founder Joe Alagna, GM of NA markets

CentralNic is an internet domain name registrar. Currently, they are the domain registration operator for the .la ccTLD; these are techincally domain names meant for Laos, though the company markets them as being Los Angeles domains. Their headquarters is located in London, Great Britain.

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

History

CentralNic was founded in 1995 under 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), such as:

• 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

External links

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