anyone ever see a domain company do this?

[ly2 from WF]

So I'm sure everyone has got the emails/spam saying "Hey you own domain.net and I happen to have domain.com for sale if you're interested for the low price of $xxx dollars.

So today I got something similar only they weren't trying to anal rape me, they were just giving me a free alert in the hopes I would go reg it at their registrar or under their affiliate ID.

I think this is not only very cool but seems to be a great business idea, if the domain I owed wasn't purely for spam uses I'd be all over this:

FYI the part that is edited out is a name of a city like "atlantaautorepair.net" I just don't have whois protection on it so I blacked it out.

EDIT: after looking into it further it's a godaddy affiliate.

 

[jordanj77]

Smart, and a nice change from the typical anal rape scenario as you described.

 

[bauss]

smart man

 

[GoogleBitchSlap]

I get ones regarding expiring domains that are similar to ones I already own. Of course I just go backorder the domain at my registrar for $13.

Not a bad strategy either. Guy is probably making some money if he does it on a large scale.

 

[matt3]

Get'em eeeeryday.

 

[-Matt-]

That would be a lot of work (researching) for only a potential $1.60 commission

 

[oneups]

i actually got something like that a couple weeks ago and just disregarded it

 

[jordanj77]

That would be a lot of work (researching) for only a potential $1.60 commission

 

[Jizzlobber]

"more and more people are using the (CTRL+Enter)..."

Do not want these people.

 

[imkevintan]

I've gotten these before, but I never paid them much attention. It does seem like a smart marketing idea anyone of us could use.

 

[Falian]

That would be a lot of work (researching) for only a potential $1.60 commission

I'm sure it's automated, but you are right. It must have taken alot of work to automate it to the point where it can make a decent ROI.