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CentralNic notes results: revenue up 16%

CentralNic notes results: revenue up 16%

CentralNic profit spikes in first half of year.

CentralNicDomain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), which went public last month, has released interim results for the first half of 2013.

For the first half of 2013, the firm pulled in £1,735 million in revenue, a 16% jump from the same period in 2012. Its profit ahead of tax almost doubled, up 98% to £0.636 million.

The firm credits a broader base of domain name registrars distributing its domain names as well as the launch of .pw for bolstering its numbers.

Following the half ended, CentralNic re-launched .la in a partnership with GoDaddy. It will be interesting to see if that gives the firm any kind of bump in the second half of the year.

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