An Indian firm known as Azure Knowledge Corporation is taking Microsoft to court over the name Azure. Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service. Apparently the India based company has been doing business since 1996. Microsoft did not start using Azure in India until 2014. TheHinduBusinessOnline.com wrote: The civil suit, filed last month at the City Civil Court here, is about the … [Read more...]
Coronavirus.es confiscated temporarily by Spanish Government
According to the registrant of Coronavirus.es the Spanish government has confiscated the name. They did say it would be returned when the crisis was over. @WhoaDomain.com said he turned down a $10,000 offer on the name. Here is the post on Namepros: Not going to complain as they said they would give back the domain after this crisis is over (supposedly). I should have grabbed that $10k … [Read more...]
Domaining.com monthly brokerage bulletin Volume 3
Francois sent out the third brokerage bulletin where brokers have a chance to let people know what they got This is the third issue of the domaining.com monthly bulletin which exclusively features names for sale by brokers. If you are a broker and want to list your names in the next issue please contact us. Bodis Seeks Key Account Manager Are you the next 'Ricky Roma'?, do you … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by OA.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and OA.com led the way at 554,000 Euro, ($609,713). Perfectos.be was second at 45,000 Euro, ($49,531). Auden.com was third at 25,000 GBP, ($30,200). 56 .com sales 16 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Casino domain names and hyphenated domains made a decent showing. Domain … [Read more...]
NameSilo to launch back ordering service Catch.club
NameSilo (an advertiser here) launching Catch.club. Two tweets from NameSilo on there new … [Read more...]
Pure Scooters rebranding to Pure Electric
Pure Scooters is an electric scooter retailer out of the U.K. They announced they are rebranding to Pure Electric. The domain name PureElectric.com was caught by DropCatch and sold at auction for $1,501 in 2016. The domain name was parked at Uniregistry after being caught and then moved to Efty. The registrant info has been under privacy. It moved from NameBright to Epik and now it … [Read more...]
How many registrars do you use?
When it comes to domain name registrars, many have loyalty to one or just want the organization and ease of management to just one provider. Some use registrars for different extensions, your favorite might have the best .com, net, org pricing and privacy for free but they are too high for your interests in new gtlds or exotic cctlds. I think if you are a .com only investor the number … [Read more...]