I for one don't have a problem with it.
However, I don't have a problem with it being sent by email
either.
Either way it is a legitimate marketing ploy. I don't
consider it as spam because it is a service that the domain
owner may use.
Get rich quick schemes, porn sites, these are spam.
Don't want to start another battle here with those zealots
who consider any email that they did not originate as spam,
but I don't see this as any different than the telephone
solicitation nor the mail solicitation.
Telephone solicitation I hung up if not interested, mail
gets thrown in the trash, email gets deleted. Very little
loss of energy on my part.
And no, we do not solicit by email nor snail mail. We have
excellent search engine positioning, good client referrals
and advertise in the local market, all of which are more
effective than email or snail mail solicitation.
We do not consider domain name registration to be a profit
center, but just another service that we provide for our
clients and those we hope will become our clients in the
future. So we are not really concerned about those who
solicit by email or snail mail.
But we do find those emails we received trying to get us to
switch web hosts amusing. Seem like they would at least
cull their lists before sending hosting offers to an hosting
company.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim
Carey
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 5:24 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SPAM (?)
Hi,
I have, twice now, received snail mail (with prepaid reply
envelope) letters
pointing out that a domain I own is set to expire in the
near future and
that I could save "substantial" amounts by moving to their
service. This
other provider is also an OpenSRS reseller.
Now I actually consider this to be a legitamate marketing
ploy and applaud
the "get up and go" of the other reseller.
If this were sent as an email it would be considered to be
spam - what do
ppl on the list think of this approach (ie snail mail
solicitation)
Jim Carey
www.OZbcoz.com discount domain registration
www.iluvoz.com affordable hosting services
