<s>
Its	O
subsidiaries	O
provide	O
domain	B-Protocol
name	I-Protocol
registry	I-Protocol
and	O
registrar	B-Application
services	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
associated	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
,	O
including	O
web	O
hosting	O
,	O
brand	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
domain	B-Protocol
parking	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
Stephen	O
Dyer	O
founded	O
CentralNic	O
as	O
a	O
successor	O
organisation	O
to	O
NomiNation	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
company	O
which	O
he	O
had	O
founded	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
CentralNic	O
acquired	O
retail	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrar	I-Application
Internet.BS	O
,	O
for	O
US	O
$7.5	O
m	O
,	O
adding	O
to	O
its	O
expanding	O
Registrar	B-Application
Portfolio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
,	O
CentralNic	O
acquired	O
Instra	O
Corp	O
and	O
quickly	O
integrated	O
this	O
retail	O
and	O
corporate	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrar	I-Application
into	O
its	O
portfolio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
CentralNic	O
acquired	O
the	O
ccTLD	B-Application
for	O
Slovakia	O
(	O
.sk	B-Language
)	O
in	O
a	O
€26m	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
6	O
September	O
2018	O
CentralNic	O
acquired	O
Romania	O
and	O
Brazil-focused	O
registrar	B-Application
and	O
domain	O
hosting	O
provider	O
GlobeHosting	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
a	O
consideration	O
of	O
€2.56	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2021	O
CentralNic	O
acquired	O
French	O
brand	O
protection	O
registrar	B-Application
Safebrands	O
for	O
$4.4	O
m	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CentralNic	O
Ltd	O
,	O
the	O
domain	B-Protocol
name	I-Protocol
registry	I-Protocol
subsidiary	O
of	O
CentralNic	O
Group	O
PLC	O
,	O
registers	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
(	O
SLDs	O
)	O
under	O
these	O
country	B-Application
code	I-Application
top-level	I-Application
domains	I-Application
(	O
ccTLDs	B-Application
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
CentralNic	O
registers	O
subdomains	B-Protocol
under	O
these	O
unofficial	O
second-level	B-Protocol
domains	I-Protocol
(	O
SLDs	O
)	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
this	O
part	O
of	O
CentralNic	O
's	O
operation	O
is	O
a	O
private	B-Protocol
sub-domain	I-Protocol
registry	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
subdomains	B-Protocol
have	O
been	O
relatively	O
popular	O
and	O
sold	O
across	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
domain	B-Application
registrars	I-Application
globally	O
,	O
including	O
GoDaddy	O
,	O
Alibaba	O
,	O
Network	O
Solutions	O
,	O
eNom	B-Protocol
,	O
Webfusion	O
,	O
GMO	O
Internet	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
Gandi	B-Protocol
,	O
Key	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
,	O
Directi	O
,	O
InternetX	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
