Ezgoing wrote
> 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.
As a domain owner, i can find the services/prices i want. If i can't, i ask
people i know/trust and/or use search engines.
Consider the fact that there are likely (guesstimate) 10,000 resellers of
domains worldwide. Do i/you want 10,000 emails in my/your email box for
each domain that comes up for renewal?
Just wait til 5mb video files start dropping into our email boxes.
Imo, i want the right to opt out of certain or all phone/mail/email lists.
It's a waste of my time, of trees, of ink, of gasoline, and of water.
(21st century ~ ^~^~^~~~~
In fact, perhaps opting in should be the only method used.
Default would be no solicitation, unless i/you/we request it.
Swerve
> From: "ezgoing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 19:22:44 -0500
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: SPAM (?)
>
> 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
>
>
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