They're soliciting me through WHOIS!

[zoogo]

On a few of my domains with public whois, The Domain Registry of Canada (droc.ca) who I did NOT register these domains with, has taken the liberty of sending me actual postal mail to my address, containing the domains they found my info from and an offer to switch to their services (which, may I add, cost $40/year CAD for a .com)

This is a blatant solicitation, and one of the many reasons I keep private WHOIS for as many of my domains as possible.

Now, what can I do about this in regards to action regarding the company?

Thank you.

 

[globegenius]

Well for starters the official site is called CIRA Canadian Internet Registration Authority which I am a member of. Yes Canadian domains are worth more money and they have more protection also.

 

[goodkarmaco]

Now I know what I am about to say may not be the way things are supposed to be. I know years ago when signing up for a Godaddy account I read the tos, over time you forget about it. My point I guess is I like the fact that people can get ahold of me thru the "who is". I suspect alot of the more successful domainers feel that way too as I have seen them post over the years that they sold the name they are talking about, even right here in this forum thru someone finding them thru a "who is" search.

Thats the number one reason I do not pay a couple extra dollars to have my "who is" private. I want people to buy my domains. Truth be told I have sold 90% of my domains over the year's thru a person who looked up who owned the domain thru "who is" and contacted me directly.

Thats also why many domainers like myself type into the field for "address 2" not a real address but words such as " This domain is for sale". That way when a party searches to see who owns a name I may own they will see that I am open to them to get in touch with me.

About spam from those trying to sell me something I really get close to zero. Maybe one or two a month from someone wanting to sell me to buy a name I have regged in a different ext.

I think the benefits far outweigh a couple spam letters. That is if you like making money. Saying that I do not spam people. I merely make it easy for a person to contact me about my domains.

 

[HappyDay]

If you are a member of The Web's Largest Community Tracking Online Fraud & Abuse | Project Honey Pot you can publish the spam e-mail with full header or use an other spam database.

Btw: Anyone got domain spam e-mails from John Timmers InTrust Domains?

 

[tristanperry]

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They usually send those letters for crap domains, not the really good or premium ones. So my guess is: they're targeting newbies.

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From personal experience I know that this isn't fully true - I've had their scam letters for $xxx+ domains, too.