Centralnic, the company that runs .uk.com and other extensions, is now an ICANN accredited registrar.
They don’t appear to be listed on the IANA site yet or on the ICANN list of accredited registrars, however ICANN has informed registry operators of the accreditation, so expect their name to appear there soon.
Related articles
- So Centralnic Acquired Gb.com (internetnews.me)
- Centralnic’s Gb.com In Dispute – gb.com now wildcarded (internetnews.me)
- Domain registrar touts dot-surnames for $500k (go.theregister.com)
theo says
Intresting list.
Any idea why Enom is accredited 30 times ?
1263 enom371, Incorporated Accredited
1264 enom373, Incorporated Accredited
1265 enom375, Incorporated Accredited
1266 enom377, Incorporated Accredited
1267 enom381, Incorporated Accredited
1268 enom383, Incorporated Accredited
1269 enom385, Incorporated Accredited
1270 enom387, Incorporated Accredited
1271 enom389, Incorporated Accredited
1272 enom391, Incorporated Accredited
1273 enom393, Incorporated Accredited
1274 enom395, Incorporated Accredited
1275 enom397, Incorporated Accredited
1276 enom399, Incorporated Accredited
1277 enom403, Incorporated Accredited
1278 enom405, Incorporated Accredited
1279 enom407, Incorporated Accredited
1280 enom411, Incorporated Accredited
1281 enom431, Incorporated Accredited
1282 enom433, Incorporated Accredited
1283 enom435, Incorporated Accredited
1284 enom437, Incorporated Accredited
1285 enom439, Incorporated Accredited
1286 enom441, Incorporated Accredited
1287 enom449, Incorporated Accredited
1288 enom451, Incorporated Accredited
1289 enom453, Incorporated
Have a good one.
Michele Neylon says
Theo
If you look closely you’ll find that they have more than 30 accreditations – quite a lot more.
Why?
I’m not 100% sure. I suspect that it might be due to the number of EPP connections each registrar is allowed, though that limit was increased
Michele
theo says
More then 30 ? looks like overkill but they prolly have their reasons for good reasons.
Kevin Murphy says
“CentralNic Registrar” seems to have been listed on ICANN’s registrar list for several months. Is that the same entity?
Michele Neylon says
Kevin
I couldn’t find it listed when I looked the other day and the registries were only informed about the accreditation shortly before I posted the article. Under normal circumstances the registries are informed of accreditation the same day as they happen
Michele
Kevin Murphy says
Interesting. Checking against my archives, I see you’re right.
http://www.iana.org/assignments/registrar-ids/registrar-ids.xml
I had assumed ICANN only added new registrars to the bottom of the list.
In this case, row 1564 appears to have been empty until CentralNic took the slot this week. Perhaps it took ICANN longer to process the accreditation than registrars 1565-1600…?
Michele Neylon says
Kevin
You doubted me? 🙂 I’m hurt!
They assign IANA IDs sequentially. The only exception is DomainTheNet which has a really high number. I suspect that they assign the number when the application is almost accepted, but they don’t publish until it is finalised, so it’s possible that there could be a delay
M
Graham Schreiber says
Please could somebody tell me who ran CentralNic, before Nov 21, 2011.
I have a trademark dispute, that was purchased via Enom and they refer me to CentralNic.
Having looked at IANA ‘root’ the closest I cam to .uk.com, was .com managed by VeriSign. VeriSign told me that Network Solutions manage CentralNic, however, Network Solutions deny a relationship. In the Whois, CentralNic, is registered by Network Solutions.
If somebody could help me figure out who licensed CentralNic, to sell Domain names, via Enom, I’d be delighted for the info.
Thanks, Graham Schreiber.
Michele Neylon says
Graham
Centralnic sell subdomains, which is what could be causing confusion.
So, for example, if someone had trademark.uk.com then Network Solutions etc., wouldn’t know about it. You need to talk to Centralnic directly
Michele