Note: you may want to read the Introduction and Part One of this series for a quick overview of the “speed-dating” process and some notes about the results presented here. Answers are from the registry operator, and don’t represent our independent evaluation.

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Contestant #3 - CentralNIC

CentralNIC is a durable study in an alternate business model. They’ve been around since 1995, selling domain names under a “two-letter-code.com” taxonomy, for instance uk.com, us.com, and so on. While some have whined that this is “cheating” or “unreal,” the fact is that domain names from CentralNIC work just as well as any other, and aren’t subject to the vagaries of ICANN or ccTLD policies. They have a large network of registrars, and are proof that you can do things differently and thrive. Their site has a largely propaganda-free history of CentralNIC.

UPDATE: CentralNIC has a page devoted to its registry services.

If you have a view on CentralNIC’s service offerings, please do leave a comment.

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Tags: CentralNIC, new gTLD, new TLD, new top-level domains, Dan Schindler, Joe Alagna, Gavin Brown, ICANN, domain registry

Posted by Antony in: Domains, Guide to new TLDs