Team Internet#Companies within the group

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CentralNic was founded by Stephen Dyer in 2000{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/23/nominet_election/ |title=Vote for who should run the UK's Internet |date=2004-06-23 |accessdate=2008-03-10 |last=McCarthy |first=Kieren |publisher=The Register}} as a successor organisation to NomiNation, a company which he had founded in 1995.{{cite web |url=http://www.icann.org/tlds/org/applications/organic/exhibit-1.html |title=Exhibit 1 Information on Nominet UK |publisher=ICANN |accessdate=2008-03-10}}

In August 2013 CentralNic announced{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/10238383/UK-web-domain-firm-CentralNic-eyes-London-IPO.html |title=UK web domain firm CentralNic eyes London IPO |date=2013-08-12 |accessdate=2013-08-21 |last=Titcomb |first=James |publisher=The Daily Telegraph}} that it planned to float on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange. Shortly after this announcement, the Group began trading its shares on the LSE in September 2013.{{Cite web |date=2013-09-03 |title=CentralNic Begins Trading Its Shares on The London Stock Exchange's AIM Market |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130903006327/en/CentralNic-Begins-Trading-Its-Shares-on-The-London-Stock-Exchange%E2%80%99s-AIM-Market |access-date=2023-09-20 |website=www.businesswire.com |language=en}}

In the following years CentralNic carried out several acquisitions: early in 2014 CentralNic acquired DomiNIC GmbH.{{cite news|url=https://www.thedomains.com/2014/04/10/centralnic-acquires-assets-of-dominic-gmbh/|title=CentralNic acquires assets of DomiNIC GmbH|date=2014-04-10|work=TheDomains.com|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-US}} That same year it announced the acquisition of retail domain name registrar Internet.BS, for US$7.5m, adding to its expanding Registrar Portfolio.{{cite news|url=https://domainnamewire.com/2014/06/16/centralnic-buys-domain-name-registrar-internet-bs-ibs|title=CentralNic buys domain name registrar Internet.bs (IBS) - Domain Name Wire {{!}} Domain Name News & Website Stuff|date=2014-06-16|work=Domain Name Wire {{!}} Domain Name News & Website Stuff|access-date=2018-03-03|language=en-US}} In 2015 CentralNic acquired Instra Corp and quickly integrated this retail and corporate domain name registrar into its portfolio.{{cite news |last=O'Sullivan |first=Patrick |date=2015-12-14 |title=Instra snapped up for $35m |language=en-NZ |work=The New Zealand Herald |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503458&objectid=11560729 |access-date=2018-03-03 |issn=1170-0777}} A few years later, in 2018, CentralNic acquired the ccTLD for Slovakia (.sk) in a €26m deal.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/brief-centralnic-group-to-acquire-busine/brief-centralnic-group-to-acquire-business-and-assets-of-sk-nic-idUSFWN1LA0X0|title=BRIEF-Centralnic Group to acquire business and assets of SK-NIC|date=2017-08-25|work=Reuters|accessdate=2018-03-03}}

CentralNic announced a transformative merger with KeyDrive Group on 16 July 2018, in a reverse takeover (according to AIM rules of the London Stock Exchange).{{Cite web|url=https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/200828/centralnic-closes-transformational-acquisition-of-keydrive-200828.html|title=CentralNic closes transformational acquisition of KeyDrive|date=16 July 2018}} After this, more acquisitions followed: on 6 September 2018 CentralNic acquired Romania and Brazil-focused registrar and domain hosting provider GlobeHosting Inc. for a consideration of €2.56 million.{{cite web |url=https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/centralnic/news/rns/story/x8jn99w |title=Press Release, 6th September 2018 |access-date=2019-11-22}}

2019 was a particular year with several acquisitions announced: on 20 May the Group announced its plans to acquire the leading Australian and New Zealand domain name and hosting reseller business TPP Wholesale for $24m AUD.{{cite web |url=https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/centralnic/news/rns/story/rn0d4pw |title=Press Release, May 20th 2019 |access-date=2019-11-22}} On 1 July CentralNic acquired international domain name reseller platform Hexonet Group for up to €10 million.{{cite web |url=https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/centralnic/news/rns/story/xj64vgw |title=Press Release, July 1st 2019 |access-date=2019-11-22}} On 7 August CentralNic acquired international domain name retailer Ideegeo Group Ltd ("Ideegeo") for up to NZD$5.2 million (c.$3.4m USD).{{cite web |url=https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/centralnic/news/rns/story/xey52nw |title=Press Release, August 7 2019 |access-date=2019-11-22}} Then later in November CentralNic acquired Team Internet from Matomy Media for $48m.{{cite web|url=https://domaininvesting.com/centralnic-acquires-team-internet-ag-for-up-to-48-million-usd/|title=CentralNic Acquires Team Internet AG for up to $48 million (USD)|date=15 November 2019|access-date=16 November 2019}}.

In September 2020 it was announced that the Group would acquire the Zeropark and Voluum businesses of Polish company Codewise for $36m.{{cite web|url=https://domainnamewire.com/2020/09/10/centralnic-to-acquire-monetization-company-codewise-for-36-million/|title=CentralNic to acquire monetization company Codewise for $36 million|date=10 September 2020|access-date=27 January 2021}}. The deal was completed in November 2020. Shortly after, in January 2021 CentralNic acquired French brand protection registrar Safebrands for $4.4m.{{cite web|url=https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/938713/centralnic-group-snaps-up--french-footprint--safebrands--making-us-major-non-us-company-in-space--938713.html|title=CentralNic Group snaps up 'French footprint' SafeBrands, 'making us major non-US company in space'|date=18 January 2021|access-date=27 January 2021}}.

In October 2022, CentralNic acquired the California-headquartered domain name management business, Intellectual Property Management Co. Inc. for $7.6 million USD.{{Cite web |title=CentralNic to acquire Californian domain name management firm {{!}} Financial News |url=https://www.lse.co.uk/news/centralnic-to-acquire-californian-domain-name-management-firm-5i8osk6q7hn9tr3.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www.lse.co.uk |language=en}} And then in December 2022, it was announced the Group had acquired a portfolio of revenue generating niche websites from multiple sellers for $ 5.2 million USD cash.{{Cite web |title=CentralNic acquires niche website portfolio for USD5.2 million {{!}} Financial News |url=https://www.lse.co.uk/news/centralnic-acquires-niche-website-portfolio-for-usd52-million-br7bsc2kxjtdnj8.html |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.lse.co.uk |language=en}}

On 4 September 2023, the rebranding of the CentralNic Group to Team Internet Group was announced during an event at the London Stock exchange to celebrate the company's 10-year IPO anniversary.{{Cite web |title=CentralNic Commemorates a Decade on the London Stock Exchange with a Distinguished Rebrand to 'Team Internet' |url=https://www.londonstockexchange.com/discover/news-and-insights/centralnic-commemorates-decade-london-stock-exchange-distinguished-rebrand-team-internet |access-date=2023-09-04 |website=www.londonstockexchange.com |language=en}}

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• [https://centralnicregistry.com/ CentralNic Ltd]
• [https://www.onlydomains.com/ OnlyDomains]
• [https://www.instra.com/en/about-us/our-company Instra Corporation]
• [https://www.iwantmyname.com/ iwantmyname]{{Cite web|url=https://www.centralnicgroup.com/retail/|title=Retail}}
• [https://internetbs.net/ Internet Domain Service BS Corp]
• [https://www.moniker.com/ Moniker]
• [https://www.domaindiscount24.com/ domaindiscount24]
• [https://www.hexonet.net/ Hexonet]
• [https://www.centralnicreseller.com/ CentralNic Reseller (formerly RRPproxy)]
• [https://www.partnergate.com/ PartnerGate]
• [https://www.1api.net/ 1api]
• [https://tppwholesale.com.au/ TPP Wholesale]
• [https://www.key-systems.net/ Key-Systems]
• [https://www.keydrive.lu/ KeyDrive Group] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902054021/https://www.keydrive.lu/ |date=2018-09-02 }}
• [https://www.dominic.de/ DomiNIC]
• [https://sk-nic.sk/ SK-NIC]
• [https://www.brandshelter.com/ BrandShelter]
• [https://safebrands.com/ SafeBrands]
• [https://nic.saarland/ nic.SAARLAND]
• [https://toweb.domains/ toweb Brasil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930210321/https://toweb.domains/ |date=2020-09-30 }}
• [https://www.ksregistry.com/ KS Registry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724073345/https://www.ksregistry.com/ |date=2020-07-24 }}
• [https://www.ks-datacenter.de/ Key-Systems Datacenter]
• [https://www.globehosting.com/ GlobeHosting]
• [https://www.teaminternet.com/ Team Internet]
• [https://codewise.com/ Codewise]
• [https://www.wandome.com/ Wando Internet Solutions]
• [https://www.vergleich.org/ VGL Verlagsgesellschaft mbH]
• [https://www.allesgesundheit.com/ AllesGesundheit]
• [https://www.nameaction.com/ NameAction]

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CentralNic Ltd, the domain name registry subsidiary of Team Internet Group PLC, registers second-level domains (SLDs) under these country code top-level domains (ccTLDs):{{cite web |url=https://www.centralnic.com/portfolio/tldlist |title=Complete TLD List : Domain Names : CentralNic |accessdate=2023-04-07 |publisher=CentralNic website}}

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• .bh, Bahrain
• .fm, Federated States of Micronesia
• .fo, Faroe Islands
• .gd, Grenada
• .gl, Greenland
• .la, Laos; also borrowed for Los Angeles
• .pw, Palau
• .sk, Slovakia
• .vg, British Virgin Islands

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Team Internet registers SLDs under these [new] generic top-level domain (gTLDs):{{Cite web|url=https://www.centralnic.com/portfolio/newtlds/overview|title = Generic Top-level Domains (GTLDS)}}

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• .art
• .bar
• .basketball
• .best
• .college
• .ceo
• .design
• .fans
• .feedback
• .frl
• .fun
• .gent
• .host
• .icu
• .ink
• .love
• .observer
• .online
• .ooo
• .press
• .protection
• .realty
• .reit
• .rent
• .rest
• .security
• .site
• .space
• .storage
• .store
• .tech
• .theatre
• .tickets
• .website
• .wiki
• .xyz

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Team Internet registers subdomains under these unofficial second-level domains (SLDs):

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

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None of these domains is an official SLD. Therefore, this part of Team Internet's operation is a private sub-domain registry.

These subdomains have been relatively popular and sold across a wide range of domain registrars globally, including GoDaddy, Alibaba, Network Solutions, eNom, Webfusion, GMO Internet, Inc., Gandi, Key Systems, Directi, InternetX, and many others.{{cite web|url=https://www.centralnic.com/support/registrars|title=Accredited Registrars : Support: CentralNic|website=centralnic.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17}}

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