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Weightless export wins in crowded internet domain name space

Weightless export succeeds in crowded internet domain name space - (iWantMyName)

By Peter Kerr for sticK

(sticK - 25 Nov. 2010 ) There's no shortage of web-based companies offering the ability to secure an internet domain name.

But within that crowded field, Wellington company iWantMyName, has carved a small but growing niche, and after two years in business has moved beyond start-up to record revenue growth of over 250% a year.

Co-founder Paul Spence, who is also chairman of the capital's IT professionals group 'Unlimited Potential', says domain name registration was deliberately targeted as an arena in which global growth was possible.

"We started in the middle of the recession, and despite the currency moving against us and tight terms of trade from suppliers and banks, we've survived," he says

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