A NORTH-East technology business has become one of the largest independent domain name registration companies in the UK, after buying up one of its online rivals.
Domainnamesgb.com, based in Kingston Park, Newcastle, is buying Clicknames.net, the budget online domain name registration business, operated by Middlesbrough based Onyx Internet.
As part of the deal, Domainnamesgb.com will re-sell Onyx's broadband services to its customers.
The firm, set up in 1999 by Richard Smith, has increased its customer base by 300 per cent in the past 18 months, to about 25,000 users world-wide.
Mr Smith said: "We are very pleased to have acquired Clicknames.
"It has an excellent reputation within the internet industry and a substantial, high-quality customer base.
"Organic growth in the internet industry is now quite rare and there will be many more such deals done in the future, as the number of registration companies consolidates.
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