Virtovo sold. Selling Colocrossing network now.

[ftpitnipon]

Here I means for the FTPIT servers.I should have used "we"

Actually I started off with incero,but there were some IP issues before,so I had to move away from them to CC

Later when Ryan joined Incero,I ordered incero again.Ryan is very helpful.He had solved many issues over FB

 

[DomainBop]

This matter had multiple points of wondering - like the WHOIS info on the virtovo.com domain.

That combined with the fact that the Vancouver servers aren't scheduled to be shut down until next weekend is why the Virtovo offer on WHT raised questions.  "Susan" should have notified customers who still have service in Vancouver that the domain but not the customers had been sold.  It would have eliminated the possibility of confusion.  (the last post from "Susan" 10 days ago was "The website will have information on it shortly to reflect the closure of services.")

 

[ftpitnipon]

She told me she has refunded everybody and all payments due have been cleared.While refunding ,customers may have been informed of it.I have no idea of the internal working though

 

[DomainBop]

She told me she has refunded everybody and all payments due have been cleared.While refunding ,customers may have been informed of it.I have no idea of the internal working though

When she announced the Vancouver closure on June 3rd she extended the expiry dates for everyone in Vancouver until July 19th so people with service in Vancouver got a few weeks of free service.

We have extended all Vancouver VPS expiry dates to the 19th so you will not have to pay another invoice in this location and your VPS will be online for six weeks until the 19th.

 

[Francisco]

Chris is the owner of FTPIT and he is also partner of the company.We have transferred the domain from godaddy to namesilo where they added the whois by default

Can you include a last name or at least a first initial on that?

Only reason I bring that up is no one wants there to be assumptions made by "Which Chris?"

Francisco

 

[ftpitnipon]

Christ Boggs not the #winning one

 

[Virtovo]

Only the domain was sold.  Customers were informed as part of the closure that the domain would likely be sold and as a result were offered this email address to contact on any issues that needed addressing in Vancouver:

[email protected]

Services in Vancouver are still operational until the 19th as agreed.  No customer data was passed on.  The sale was merely for the brand and the domain name. 

 

[Virtovo]

Just to add some clarity to the whole thing.  I was unaware of this thread and only made aware quite late by the domain buyer.

After having been approached by a couple of individuals I decided not to sell the business in its entirety for various reasons.  Some were to do with the reputation of the buyer and who clients might end up with as a result and other concerns were to do with personal guarantees with Paypal and bank accounts which I'd still be liable for in a transfer of business.

I was approached by ftpit about selling the brand (domain names, website design, associated social media accounts and forum logins).  The agreement was to transfer these things one by one as part payments were made (this was at the buyers request).  The buyer was to announce a change of ownership of the domain/social media accounts once completed.  I prepared an email to clients as part of a series of closure emails which detailed the brand was likely to be sold after July 1st and they were given the direct IP to access SolusVM and an email of [email protected] to contact (hopefully a client can verify, DomainBop?).  I had even gone as far as contacting a few people (such as Manndude) to tell them about a purchase to ensure no wrongdoing was done regarding 'verified provider' status etc.

After July 1st payment was made for the domain name and it was transferred (along with .net version and a few other unused business related .com/.net addresses).  After transferred I was told that purchase of the social media/forum access would be delayed to the end of the month.  I wasn't sure why this was; however agreed.  This is where things got sloppy on my part as my mind completely went off the announcement of a change of ownership.

It seems the new owner has since posted on WHT etc which has caused this confusion.

Just to clarify:

• virtovo.com/virtovo.net sold to ftpit
• Customer data was not transferred and the only copy is now a SQL dump stored locally
• A change of ownership of the domain was to be announced by the buyer
• Forum + Social media accounts are still under original control

Please accept my apologies as customers and a community if this has caused confusion.

 

[DomainBop]

I prepared an email to clients as part of a series of closure emails which detailed the brand was likely to be sold after July 1st and they were given the direct IP to access SolusVM and an email of [email protected] to contact (hopefully a client can verify, DomainBop?)

June 23rd email to customers:

Closure of Website and Client area

After July 1st our website and client area will not be available.  It is possible that post closure we may look to sell the Virtovo domain name and website design.  We will not be seling/transferring any client data or services.

If you need to contact support after July 1st.  Please use the following email address:


virtovo@xxxx


You may access the SolusVM control panel directly here: http://xx.xx.xx.xx


Services in Vancouver will continue to run until July 19th as agreed; however support replies will be delayed after July 1st.

The confusion arose because the buyer of the domain/brand made it appear in their WHT ad that it was a continuation of the "old" Virtovo business by saying they had been in business since December 2013:

Q: How long have you been in business?
A: Since December,2013

Google cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:TzDG6U5VEugJ:www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php%3Fp%3D9174551+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

A hat tip to you for clarifying, and for not selling client info (probably one of my worst pet peeves).  What made you decide to step away from hosting?

 

[ftpitnipon]

Hello everybody

Just a quick note,this domain has been transfered to a third party as I have mentioned before .I /FtpIt no longer associated with this domain hereafter