Emails from domainers selling crap names

[biggie]

i thought it would be real nice to share some of the emails i receive from fellow domainers trying to sell their crappy names.

hopefully, some of you will read these and stop sending or see the mistakes they make so you won't make them too.

here is one from Andrew Brad, and if he is a member here...he's a clown! why? because he included every other email address he sent this mail to. thus one could harvest his list and spam them too.

To whom it may concern,



The premium generic aged domain FREDLOYAINSURANCE.NET is up for sale and I am emailing several parties that have registered similar domains OR use "[fredloya], [fredloya insurance], [loya insurance], [fred loya claims], [fredloya locations] etc." as keywords in their advertising campaigns.This is a 6-year old domain, with no drops since it was registered in 2006.



According to the Google Traffic Estimator the keywords ‘Fredloya Insurance’ receive over 40,500 searches every month, thus making this a high SEO premium domain worth thousands of dollars.



Right now, the asking price for FredLoyaInsurance.net is just $250, and is available on a first-come-first-served basis. Yes, you read it right, $250 ONLY.



This is a great opportunity to acquire a great domain at a throw-away price. If you have any questions don't hesitate to send me an email or call me directly at +91. 939-2774-412.



All transactions will held either via Paypal or via the secure services of Escrow.com.



Best regards,



Andrew Brad


Domain Broker, FredloyaInsurance.net

+91. 939-2774-412

if any of you receive such emails, feel free to post them so we can expose the spammers.

Thanks

 

[Fonzie]

You guys do understand how unimaginably damaging these chimps are to domain reselling, right?

Imagine if you were tasked with selling premium, comprehensive car insurance for only $20 a month. You'd think it would be the easiest thing in the world to sell, since everyone else was already paying $50, $70, $200 a month. So, you start making phone calls but to your surprise, people are slamming the phone down the moment you mention you're selling insurance. Those few times you do get interested clients, you have to spend an hour allaying their suspicions and fears, to convince them that indeed, your $20 insurance is legit and worth their time.

And why are consumers this way?
Because of mentally retarded monkey salespersons who, for the past 10 years, have contaminated their phones with idiotic and pointless sales calls trying to sell them garbage that wasn't worth their time, nevertheless their money.

It's getting to the point that people getting solicitations to buy domain names are viewing them similar to "Congratulations: You're Today's 10,000th Visitor. Click Here to claim your free IPAD"

The only way to counteract this is to present the right kinds of domains- that will certainly pique their interest- and put it right in the title. Even then, a lot of end-user buying decisions are very impulsive and if they've been made jaded towards domainer solicitation, the negative buyer psychology will work against you regardless of how good your names are.

 

[south]

Just for fun I have started making offers for their names.

Unfortunately for them, I'm using email addresses for honeypots.

:P

 

[WGS_Thunder]

Got one from dailysoldlist . com this morning. The subject line was a domain name I own Purchase. It was just a list of poor quality domains and not about buying one of mine. dailysoldlist Registrant Contact:
NowYo.com

 

[biggie]

received email today from some newkidontheblockdropcatcher trying to sell me the .com version of the .net that i own.


little do they know i used to own the ,com and dropped it a couple of years ago


in this case the .net gets traffic but the .com doesn't

 

[DN BROKER]

pathetic people

 

[twomoon]

I had one guy who emailed me around 3 times during the week offering me to catch for me a domain I was the owner and forgot to renew.

"mydomain.com will be listed as available in a couple of days.
The domain could be of use ... bla bla bla

This is a priority offer and we are contacting you one time."

After the 3-rd time I advised him to do his homework and to check whois before mailing people (whois was mine), and after around 2 weeks I registered it again without any problems.

 

[NLP]

I also find repeat offenders like the spammers at Intrust Domains, etc., incredibly annoying, but when it comes to people emailing users with similar names, aren't we being a bit hypocritical?

How many domainers use services like Estibot, ZFBot, and LeadRefs to look up owners of similar domains, specifically so they can sell to them? A few pages back, there was an example used of "dogpoop" and "catpoop" and names containing, well, poop.

There's no guarantee that, as a domain investor, you are going to have any interest in acquiring or developing any new "poop" domains, but how is someone supposed to know that? What if you're in the business of lead generation, and you own a vast network of legal names, and the person has an "accident attorney" name? You'd be a likely candidate for a potential end-user for their name, assuming it's decent quality.

I think the primary annoyance here is (besides the repeat offenders that send 4-5 emails a DAY) that the names they're peddling aren't good enough.

I wonder if people would really complain if someone - who was emailing out of the blue - was offering up MortgageLeads.com (name chosen at random) for sale. Or something of similar quality.

Of course, that would never happen. But although there ARE scammers out there, just because you end up someone's email list, don't necessarily assume it's malicious. Chances are they're just taking the advice posted in the "How to Find End Users" thread here and what they have read online.

I just think it's slightly hypocritical of domainers as a whole to question that activity when it's something that, on some level, we have all participated in. That is...unless you've never PMed anyone on a forum with names for sale, or looked up an email address in the WhoIS and contacted someone about a name for sale.

The key is to *not* do it for crappy names, not to do it repeatedly, and to respect the person you're contacting.

 

[Kate]

I also find repeat offenders like the spammers at Intrust Domains, etc., incredibly annoying, but when it comes to people emailing users with similar names, aren't we being a bit hypocritical?

I don't think so.
intrust riverside et al are not just pesky spammers. Based on volume and duration I think it would be appropriate to depict their activities as a well oiled criminal operation.

But approaching end users without spamming is an art. Your approach must be thoroughly individualized and very relevant to the decision maker.
Personally I like snail mail (with good stationary). It's less intrusive and has not delete button.
Because I am extremely careful and selective I doubt you will find one bad review of myself or my company for spamming.

But these days, I usually contact people to buy domains from them. The good domains sell for themselves. You can speed up things by being proactive but I find that you are in a much better position when you are not the one soliciting.

The key is to *not* do it for crappy names, not to do it repeatedly, and to respect the person you're contacting.

That's the bottom line. Don't waste other people's time... and yours.

Domainers pimping crap names give us a bad name, they also make us look like crooks desperate to offload junk onto another bigger sucker :p

 

[DN BROKER]

SCAMMER - [email protected] - [email protected]

pathetic individual


I have found out that you have registered a new domain *****************
I can develop the website for you.

Some websites I have developed are


Can we please talk or chat ?
Skype id : Shonti_kol
Gtalk : dbose2012 .a@gmail .com
exthink7955 @ dataone .in

Thanks

Shonti
Kolkata, India
Cell Phone : +91 9804600501

 

[dmi]

Care to explain what has he done? I don't see anything wrong with this email. It's just another way of finding clients.

 

[Theo Goodman]

I hate these developer spams. I got the same one as above as well as many others. They scan whois for newly registered domains I guess.
One I told to not email me again, he replied
"ok tell me when you are ready with the project"

 

[HBK216]

I hate these developer spams. I got the same one as above as well as many others. They scan whois for newly registered domains I guess.
One I told to not email me again, he replied
"ok tell me when you are ready with the project"

LMFAO that last part is funny!

 

[Archangel]

This @$$hole emailed me this daily for about a week, even after I told im I wasn't interested & to stop emailing me:

Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:05:51 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Preferred Domain Availability Notification:
XXXXXXXXXXXX will be listed for auction in a few days. This domain might be useful for you, since you own a domain similar to this domain.
To confirm interest in owning this domain, fill out the simple form here: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Sincerely,Alexander
6660 Delmonico Drive, Suite 415 Colorado Springs, CO 80919
If you do not want more of these messages, please click the link above and follow instructions at the bottom of the page
Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer. Ronald Reagan

This moron had no hope of ever doing business with me. lol

 

[bmugford]

I don't think I have ever seen a worse pitch.


Hllo


Friends, if you because of your site without
a good domain name was not a significant
grade website regret or anxious?we found that
the domain( XXXXXXXX.co.in )is will help your business.
If you are interesting, we would consider give a
fair price to you! If you have any question,you
can visit: [email protected] last,Sorry for
the disturb if any.




Best gards



Wang

 

[Archangel]

If you're gonna sell a domain, at least assure your English is proper. lol

I don't think I have ever seen a worse pitch.


Hllo


Friends, if you because of your site without
a good domain name was not a significant
grade website regret or anxious?we found that
the domain( XXXXXXXX.co.in )is will help your business.
If you are interesting, we would consider give a
fair price to you! If you have any question,you
can visit: [email protected] last,Sorry for
the disturb if any.




Best gards



Wang

 

[TestCase]

The newest ones I've received.

Subject: Domain Purchase Opportunity!!!!
From: "Joshua R" <[email protected]>
To: "Me"

Hello,

I am emailing you in regards to the domain name %Domain_Name%. This domain is currently up for sale. If you are interested in this domain please feel free to make a reasonable offer. You can email me at [email protected] with your offer. Upon receiving your offer, I will review it and be in contact with you.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing back from you.

Have a wonderful day!

Intersolved Team
11590 Black Forest Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80908

Seems he is just learning to work his spam mailer as it actually contained "%Domain_Name%" instead of his intended domain.

He seems to be getting the hang of things as his next came several hours later...

Subject: somebarelyrelateddomainname.com-Purchase Opportunity
From: "Joshua R"
Add sender to Contacts
To: "Me"

Hello,

I am emailing you in regards to the domain name somebarelyrelateddomainname.com. This domain is currently up for sale. If you are interested in this domain please feel free to make a reasonable offer. You can email me at [email protected] with your offer. Upon receiving your offer, I will review it and be in contact with you.

Thank you for your time and I look forward to hearing back from you.

Have a wonderful day!

Intersolved Team
11590 Black Forest Road
Colorado Springs, CO 80908

His email domain, "intersolved.com" resolves to a GoDaddy parking page. Idiots! Just can't take anyone seriously these days...

 

[Sull]

Here are some of the more recent spammers / scammers that rotate their sending URL and "company" name almost every time. They pollute the market for the good guys in my opinion.

Check this first "gem" out with two dashes. Awesome!

Time is approaching for c--ycle . com to become available, with a minimum amount of time left, we want to ensure you that you can receive c--ycle . com at a responsible price.

You still have time to express interest: scammy URL removed


The benefits you will receive by owning this domain:

Organic Placement within search engines
Generate more clients by more control over market
Better Company Branding and Name Recognition
Makes your prospective clients feel more secure.
Offering more resources and information to your Target Market


Sincerely,


Huge Names Inc
122 S Michigan Ave Suite 1200
Chicago, IL 60603

This is the time to make aproposition on before it is offered to the general public. We want to ensure your business does not lose any clients or sales by not having this Domain Name.


Most companies own all domains, whether it is .com, .net, .org etc., to prevent any lost customers to their website to promote their products and services. We look forward to getting you your Domain Name shortly.


With time ticking every minute, be the first to take advantage to secure: scammy URL removed

The opportunity is now open to capture your market, with the proper placement available that benefits your products or services.


The benefits you will receive by owning this domain:

Organic Placement within search engines
Generate more clients by more control over market
Makes your prospective clients feel more secure.
Offering more resources and information to your Target Market

Sincerely,


Big Names LLC
65 E Wacker Pl Suite 1350
Chicago, IL 60601

This is the time to make aproposition on before it is offered to the general public. We want to ensure your business does not lose any clients or sales by not having this Domain Name.

Most companies own all domains, whether it is .com, .net, .org etc., to prevent any lost customers to their website to promote their products and services. We look forward to getting you your Domain Name shortly.


With time ticking every minute, be the first to take advantage to secure: scammy URL removed

The opportunity is now open to capture your market, with the proper placement available that benefits your products or services.


The benefits you will receive by owning this domain:

Organic Placement within search engines.
Generate more clients by more control over market.
Makes your prospective clients feel more secure.
Offering more resources and information to your Target Market.

Sincerely,


Best Domains
3229 Helms Avenue Suite 200
Los Angeles, CA 90034

This is a huge aspect to your business and when every minute counts for you to be able to secure, do not wait any longer to become the owner.


Why compete with your competitors when you can be one step ahead of them.


Provide abid for right now: scammy URL removed



Sincerely,


Domain Enterprise
1201 South Figueroa Street # 300
Los Angeles, CA 90015

 

[!!]

hey, you never know, a rubbish domain name to someone could be an awesome domain name to someone else :D haha 1 persons trash is another persons treasure :D thank god i dont get these kinds of emails too often :D haha

 

[Domainace]

The thing is, I've gotten this spam from some of the world's top domainers, the ones who are always in the news with 6-figure sales. I say spam not because the domains are bad, but because they barely relate to me. My email was obviously scraped and mailed to without any human checking on it.

So that leaves one of two possibilities:
1-The super domain hero is desperate and trying to raise cash any way possible.
2-The spammy approach works.

Personally, I send out very few emails. Within the past month or so, I've sent out one email (for a domain bought at a forum for $1-$2 - I forget.) That resulted in one sale. I am disappointed if I don't get a 10% to %30 response rate when I mail out, depending on how well vetted my targets are. This, though, takes time.

I can see the benefits of just running some software and sending out a couple thousand mails. While they are less personal, they will also hit targets that I never would have found when vetting each person myself. And they save my time.

The downside is that there is so much of this crap that domain sales letters will soon all go straight to the spam folder, next to the viagra emails.

 

[biggie]

The downside is that there is so much of this crap that domain sales letters will soon all go straight to the spam folder, next to the viagra emails.

totally agree


and with more people entering the domain world everyday, you can expect the volume to increase and quality to decrease.

 

[Kate]

Received today from: manyco <[email protected]>
Isn't it cute ?

Dear sir/madam，

I'm sorry to disturb you.
The following List is the domains we are selling or brokering,If you are interest in someone,Please also let me know.

Premium One Word:
Hamburg.co
Husband.co
Ground.co
Lesson.co
Region.co
Finger.co
Bring.co
Weekly.co
Subject.co
Branch.co
Manner.co
Quartz.co
Produce.co
Scheme.co
Holder.co
Amuse.co
Repeat.co
Spouse.co
Belief.co
Servant.co
Neighbor.co
Condition.co
Topsite.co
Afternoon.co
Require.co
However.co
Blossom.co
Composite.co
inform.co
African.co
Eleven.co
Father.co
Middle.co
Third.co
Every.co
Always.co
After.co
Again.co
Could.co
Chariot.co
Close.co
Complete.co
Enough.co
important.co
Expect.co
Leave.co
Little.co
Nothing.co
Often.co
Other.co
Problem.co
These.co
Those.co
Under.co
While.co

4L One Word Domains
Zong.co
Wawa.co
Buss.co
Cent.co
Come.co
Dear.co
Deed.co
Deep.co
Duty.co
Folk.co
Germ.co
Hear.co
Mean.co
Also.co
Bomb.co
Bone.co
Born.co
Both.co
Drag.co
Each.co
Else.co
Some.co
Tale.co
Ever.co
Exit.co
Vice.co
Wage.co
Fill.co
Gain.co
Gown.co
Harm.co
Hawk.co
Hide.co
Holy.co
Keep.co
Kill.co
Lack.co
Lazy.co
Lose.co
Mere.co
Mess.co
Mile.co
Must.co
Past.co
Poor.co
This.co
Tomb.co
Tone.co
Twin.co
Role.co
Size.co
Sure.co
Tail.co
Tear.co
Than.co
That.co
Then.co
They.co
Warm.co
Warn.co
Weak.co
Wear.co

3L One Word Domains
Cry.co
ill.co
Put.co
Few.co
Premium LLL Domains
PGA.co
ANX.co
JNN.co
OGX.co
CYH.co
SMX.co
EPW.co
TVN.co
KOX.co
CQC.co
JPY.co
AQR.co
THQ.co
BBZ.co
ESS.co
LME.co
EBY.co
GVT.co
CCK.co
CNH.co
MMV.co
OWO.co

Regards
Many.co

 

[bmugford]

Another one...

Hello Sir,

The premium generic aged domain LameDomain.Net is up for sale and I am emailing several parties that have registered similar domains.

This is a 13-year old domain, with no drops since it was registered in 1999. The number of search results for 'Lame Domain' on Google is a staggering 13.2 Million.

According to the Google Traffic Estimator, the keyword ‘Lame Domain’ receive over 40,500 exact global searches every month, thus making this a high SEO premium domain worth thousands of dollars.

Right now, the asking price for LameDomain.Net is just $1288, and is available on a first-come-first-served basis. Yes, you read it right, $1288 ONLY. This is a great opportunity to acquire a great domain at a throw-away price. If you have any questions don't hesitate to send me an email or call me directly at +91. 954.2000.100.

All transactions will held either via Paypal or via the secure services of Escrow.com.

Best regards,
Edward Smith

 

[tonecas]

that is a better pitch

regards,
tonecas

 

[Kate]

This one is slightly better.
But it doesn't state why we were specifically targeted and why we should have any interest. I also don't like the unsubscribe link.

Please excuse the direct approach regarding the domain ETB.com.


My name is Paul Whibley and I work as a Professional Domain Broker, I wanted to inquire whether you might be interested in purchasing the domain “ETB.com”? I have listed some sales of three letter .com domains below, these sales took place in the last year and shows that on average the sales price is close to $70,000.

nbb.com $ 95,000
ese.com $ 85,000
lik.com $ 65,000
icn.com $ 60,000
mry.com $ 55,000
geb.com $ 53,000


My client is keen to achieve a sales price of close to $50,000 but is willing, for a quick transaction, to sell for $30,000. This is a substantial discount and a positive investment in a valuable domain. If you would like to make an offer for this domain please get back to me at your earliest convenience.

If you are not the right person to be speaking with regarding this I would really appreciate it if you could either let me know with whom that might be or alternatively forward my request to that person.

Please appreciate that I found your details on the internet and will not be perusing you further on this matter, should this not be of interest and you need not reply rest assured I will not mail you again.

If you would like more details please do get back to me, any guidance or assistance would certainly be appreciated, thank you in advance for your time.

I look forward to hearing back from you.


Kind regards


Paul Whibley

Domain Check

UNSUBSCRIBE

 

[Sull]

Another one...

Wow, not only is that a terrible .net domain name but he is completely lying. I had to check on the search results for myself out of curiosity.

And the number of search results for "lame domain" is laughable...

Honestly should always be the first policy in my book.