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CentralNic grabs more of the reseller market with $16.5 million acquisition
Kevin Murphy,
May 21, 2019, 14:17:13 (UTC),
Domain Registrars
CentralNic is living up to its self-described role as an industry “consolidator” with the acquisition of Australian domain wholesaler TPP Wholesale.
The company, assuming it manages to find the financial backing, will pay AUD 24 million ($16.5 million) for the business, currently a unit of ARQ Group (formerly known as Melbourne IT).
TPP has 14,000 resellers and 840,000 domains under management, including 19% of all .com.au registrations, according to CentralNic.
The company reckons the unit had revenue of AUD 17 million ($11.7 million) and EBITDA of AUD 3.9 million ($2.7 million) in 2018, which makes the purchase look like a bit of a bargain when compared to its acquisition of Instra a few years ago.
They bought a company who are subject to a possible upcoming wider Australian Class Action.
https://domainer.com.au/justifying-the-end-result/