I guess they think we're as stupid as they are... heh... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Mark Petersen'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 6:13 PM Subject: RE: Domain Lock Downside
> Yeah so much for all these automated systems, when it all comes down to > an eyeball.. :) > > We too have seen a 700% increase in business, and all of it fraudulent > sourcing from India.. Same crew, using the same 'org name'. One > actually had the audacity to email us about 2 hours after submitting > order to ask us to 'please process the order' so they could upload the > site, etc. A $1000 USD transaction was definitely out of the ordinary.. > :) > > Funny... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Petersen > Sent: May 27, 2002 6:24 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Domain Lock Downside > > Well, I don't know about a market upswing, but we sure have seen a rash > of > bad / stolen card attempts come in from IP's tracing back to > south east Asia over the past few days. So much so that we've switched > over > to cueing everything and validating by hand for now until things > settle down. What a pain in the rear! > -Mark > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "SpyProductions - Lars Hindsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 12:30 PM > Subject: Domain Lock Downside > > > > Gents, > > > > Locking domains is a PIA because end users can't modify squat without > > contacting us first. This is OK with the "dumb and happy's" but we > have > > customers with 1000+ names in their profiles. > > > > It is like what goes up must come down. If you lock it, you need to > unlock > > it. Changing DNS is undoable with locked domains, and that is a sore > spot > > for most of our customers. > > > > I suppose my only option is to enable an option at registration asking > > customers, "Do you want your domain records locked?" > > > > Otherwise, if I'm all wet here tell me. > > > > Also, has anyone noticed a market upswing? We have seen an increase > of > > domain name registrations recently and I can't help but think it is > this > way > > across the board. Nothing significant but it is noticeable. The > .com's > are > > by far the most popular of course but .us has been much more steady > and > > strong than .biz and .info have ever been. Just thought I'd share. > I'm > > talking March through May numbers. > > > > Regards, > > Lars Hindsley > > SpyProductions.com > > Achieve Web Success > > > > > >
