About CentralNic Group
In 2023, CentralNic celebrates 27 years in the domain and web services industry. CentralNic has annually doubled in size six out of the past seven years through a combination of organic growth, winning new clients, and by acquisitions. CentralNic’s pioneering omni-platform approach is underpinned by a philosophy of providing every customer type with world-class domain names and associated web services solutions.
Since its establishment, CentralNic has developed its own proprietary software platforms for the global distribution of domain names. During 2011 and 2012, CentralNic embarked on a number of growth strategies, including winning over 100 new gTLD and ccTLD registry clients to provide registry, distribution, DNS, marketing, policy and abuse management services.
In 2013, CentralNic listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange (LON:CNIC) and later that same year purchased the rights to the DomiNIC domain management platform which is used by Telcos and large corporations to manage sales of domain names. In 2014, CentralNic acquired Internet.bs, a Top 20 global domain name registrar with customers in nearly 200 countries. In 2015, CentralNic continued to execute on its acquisition strategy with dnsXperts, a German software development company specialising in domain name management platforms for Telcos and large corporations.
Early in 2016, CentralNic announced the acquisition of Instra Group, a large, Australasian based ICANN accredited registrar and supplier of associated services to small businesses and corporations under such well-known brands as OnlyDomains, Instra, and AsiaRegistry.
In December 2017, CentralNic completed its purchase of SK-NIC, the domain name registry for the Slovakian domain extension .SK.
In August 2018, CentralNic achieved another milestone when it acquired KeyDrive, a global technology business and leading domain registrar which managed nearly 6 million domain names. This acquisition added strength in the reseller platform and corporate domain management area of the business. Following swiftly, in September 2018, came the acquisition of GlobeHosting, a registrar and retailer of domain names and SSL certificates and a hosting provider servicing principally the Romanian and Brazilian markets.
CentralNic further strengthened its position in the domain name industry in June 2019 with the acquisition of Australasia’s leading reseller platform TPP Wholesale, which introduced CentralNic to web services such as hosting and Office 365 software at scale. This was followed by acquiring HEXONET, a market leader in services for thousands of reseller clients from around the globe. Around the same period, CentralNic acquired I Want My Name, renowned as the domain retailer with the best user interface design in the industry.
At the end of 2019, CentralNic added the additional division of web services to its bank of offerings with the December 2019 acquisition of Team Internet, which operates the popular domain parking service ParkingCrew that monetizes more than 20 million domains, as well as the rapidly growing TONIC. for Publishers traffic arbitrage platform.
Despite the COVID pandemic, CentralNic continued its acquisitions in 2020, absorbing the businesses of Codewise, including the monetization platform ZeroPark, the online marketing software Voluum tracker and the associated Media Buying platform Voluum DSP.
In 2021, CentralNic acquired the French corporate registrar SafeBrands, which manages the domain portfolios of leading French and Swiss brands, as well as creating online brand protection and enforcement tools that CentralNic now markets globally. German online marketing firm Wando also joined the CentralNic stable.
CentralNic kicked off 2022 with the acquisition of German product review website VGL and continued by acquiring Israeli social media and native advertising company Aporia. These acquisitions further strengthened the Group’s fast-growing Online Marketing segment. CentralNic rounded out the year by purchasing California-based domain name management business IPMC.
