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These guys, be it one group using several domains for their "offer" emails or several like-thinking groups sending out basically the same offer on similar domains... are getting annoying.
Sure, I know that some people send out emails offering to secure a domain (that they don't already own) that is in a closed auction. I do NOT agree with these sort of solicitations either, but at least the quality of these domains is usually BETTER and more likely to be of interest to the recipient.... these guys are offering to secure me domains, that they do NOT already own, which are WORSE quality than what I already have (I expect someone will jump in and say that a 3-letter + hyphen domain is NOT worse quality than a 4-letter domains, and is perhaps even BETTER/more flexible, but I disagree and imagine that most endusers that have a 3-letter + hyphen domain have so either because the hyphen "makes sense"/is part of their business name to begin with, they really only need 3 letters for their acronym and the 3-letter domain is not available or they wanted a 4-letter domain but it was not available so they got creative.... essentially, they would be the exception and the trend would NOT be for most businesses with a 4-letter acronym domain jumping on the chance to have 3 of the 4 + a hyphen instead.... anywho, is a matter of perspective I suppose).
The last few days I have received several "offers" and "time is drawing near" reminders regarding expiring hyphenated versions of my 4-letter domains. Why they think I might be interested in a 3-letter + random hyphen version of my current 4-letter .com is beyond me.
It makes somewhat more sense with actual "keyword" domains, although obviously most everyone would still prefer the unhyphenated version over the hyphenated. Soliciting a hyphenated keyword domain to the registrant of the unhyphenated version might be of more interest since, even with the hyphenated version, you still have the actual keywords in the domain. That doesn't make as much sense with short, acronym domains imo.... if I, or an enduser, have a specific acronym domain the chances are that the letters stand for something specific and throwing a hyphen in there isn't helpful... might be necessary if the actual acronym I would prefer is already taken but, in this instance, I already HAVE the actual acronym.
IF you are the one doing this, and you read this.... please, PLEASE be a little more "selective" about who you think might really be interested in your super hyphenated-domain "offer". I realize it is a numbers game but come on.... why not improve your reply rate and invest (oh wait... you are not investing anything to begin with, you are soliciting domains that you don't own to gauge interest and save any risk of back-ordering without a sure sale) in domains WITHOUT hyphens that you can solicit to domain+hyphen registrants?
And really.... offering to sell domains, be they crap or top-notch, that you are not already in a legal position to sell is really unethical to begin with in my opinion.
Ok, end of rant but I sure hope that they get discouraged by the lack of interest in these domains soon!
Sure, I know that some people send out emails offering to secure a domain (that they don't already own) that is in a closed auction. I do NOT agree with these sort of solicitations either, but at least the quality of these domains is usually BETTER and more likely to be of interest to the recipient.... these guys are offering to secure me domains, that they do NOT already own, which are WORSE quality than what I already have (I expect someone will jump in and say that a 3-letter + hyphen domain is NOT worse quality than a 4-letter domains, and is perhaps even BETTER/more flexible, but I disagree and imagine that most endusers that have a 3-letter + hyphen domain have so either because the hyphen "makes sense"/is part of their business name to begin with, they really only need 3 letters for their acronym and the 3-letter domain is not available or they wanted a 4-letter domain but it was not available so they got creative.... essentially, they would be the exception and the trend would NOT be for most businesses with a 4-letter acronym domain jumping on the chance to have 3 of the 4 + a hyphen instead.... anywho, is a matter of perspective I suppose).
The last few days I have received several "offers" and "time is drawing near" reminders regarding expiring hyphenated versions of my 4-letter domains. Why they think I might be interested in a 3-letter + random hyphen version of my current 4-letter .com is beyond me.
It makes somewhat more sense with actual "keyword" domains, although obviously most everyone would still prefer the unhyphenated version over the hyphenated. Soliciting a hyphenated keyword domain to the registrant of the unhyphenated version might be of more interest since, even with the hyphenated version, you still have the actual keywords in the domain. That doesn't make as much sense with short, acronym domains imo.... if I, or an enduser, have a specific acronym domain the chances are that the letters stand for something specific and throwing a hyphen in there isn't helpful... might be necessary if the actual acronym I would prefer is already taken but, in this instance, I already HAVE the actual acronym.
IF you are the one doing this, and you read this.... please, PLEASE be a little more "selective" about who you think might really be interested in your super hyphenated-domain "offer". I realize it is a numbers game but come on.... why not improve your reply rate and invest (oh wait... you are not investing anything to begin with, you are soliciting domains that you don't own to gauge interest and save any risk of back-ordering without a sure sale) in domains WITHOUT hyphens that you can solicit to domain+hyphen registrants?
And really.... offering to sell domains, be they crap or top-notch, that you are not already in a legal position to sell is really unethical to begin with in my opinion.
Ok, end of rant but I sure hope that they get discouraged by the lack of interest in these domains soon!
