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CentralNic heading for liquidation / bankruptcy

in serious financial trouble

         

amznVibe

5:28 am on Jan 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

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CentralNic is a company that offers an interesting set of domain extensions such as .us.com .uk.com .de.com .eu.com [centralnic.com] for about $120US per 2 years.

I guess buying all those two letter domains and their rather high registration has driven them into serious trouble:

The London Gazette December 17th, 2003 [gazettes-online.co.uk]

At an Extraordinary Meeting of the Members of the above-named Company, duly convened ...... on 10 December 2003, the following Extraordinary Resolution was duly passed:

“That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this Meeting that the Company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly that the Company be wound up voluntarily, ......

I wonder if some large registrar will buy them outright or we will see some spectacular two letter domain sales?

IanTurner

8:00 am on Jan 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

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We got a notice that they were restructuring just before Christmas, when I get into the office next week I can dig it out.

amznVibe

3:53 pm on Jan 2, 2004 (gmt 0)

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I would be interested in hearing what they said in that, thanks.

IanTurner

12:02 pm on Jan 6, 2004 (gmt 0)

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In a statement on 19/12/03 from CentralNic

A company backed by a large media and telecoms group has purchased the
business of CentralNic for an undisclosed sum. This follows CentralNic's
recent successful re-structuring. The business will continue to trade
under the CentralNic name.

See
[officialspin.com...]

Other sites indicate that Robert Pooke already held a 5% plus share in CentralNic

amznVibe

4:55 am on Jan 7, 2004 (gmt 0)

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I think their first move to making the company more popular/successful is to drop the fees a tad and do the marketing ploy that .co.uk uses with listing the one year price and reminding people that two years is the minimum.

I'd also think euros and US dollars listed on their price page would make people feel they are more of an international company rather than UK centric.

Doesn't $50 / €40 / £30 look alot better in print?

(Are people in Europe able to look at pounds and understand the cost fluently?
I am still trying to get the hang of it as an American :( )