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If you guys didn't know, I wanted to let you know what I found out yesterday from my hosting company "HostGator". I purchased a 2nd domain, which is going to be part of my own business, and because that domain was purchased at HostGator, and thus is registered with HostGator, as soon I registered the domain and that domain and all of my identifying information was inserted into the public database called "whois", I have been getting automated email messages from people all across the country (and in other countries) advertising their web development services.
Because this database is available to the general public across the entire world, I would assume that the people sending these message are people who use advanced software to query the DB and get the most recent record additions. This has happened in my case because when you purchase a domain with HostGator, they do not include in the purchase price what is called "privacy protection". You can purchase it for an annual price of $14.99, and if you do, HostGator claims that any correspondence coming from people who capture your information from the whois database, will automatically be re-routed to their servers instead of coming to you.
This claim by HG's agents is probably true, considering the fact that I registered my 1st domain with GoDaddy when I was a customer of theirs. From the time I purchased that 1st domain and for the subsequent 3 months until I left GoDaddy for good, I never got 1 email from a troll or spammer offering me web development services. And the reason for that is simply because GoDaddy includes the so called "privacy protection" in the domain package when you purchase a domain, regardless if it is a primary one or an add-on.
Another thing I wanted to share is an instance of someone sending me an automated message and wording it in such a way (and manipulating the subject line) that was in a attempt to fool me into thinking that it was actually written by hand. This came from a guy that claimed to be a "local businessman", but yet the message indicates clearly that he's not interested in establishing long lasting relationships and building trust that results in long-running customer loyalty. So his attempt is exactly what large corporations are now trying to do - claiming that they care about every single customer even though they're a world-wide firm. It's inevitable....if you're big, you're not small. So what that said, here is a link to my posting on LinkedIn where I made other professionals aware of this gentleman's attempt to "get rich quick" and establish "many customers quickly": Local businessman's clever attempt to seem human.
I just wanted to share this little bit of knowledge with the rest of you guys. Perhaps you already knew about this whole process of being involved with the "whois" database. Perhaps you didn't. If you didn't, I hope this thread adds to your future knowledgebase.
And Colin, this is for you.....stand by for another thread that will be started by me that will give you a little bit of enlightenment and instill in you a little curiosity (it won't be posted for another day or 2).
Because this database is available to the general public across the entire world, I would assume that the people sending these message are people who use advanced software to query the DB and get the most recent record additions. This has happened in my case because when you purchase a domain with HostGator, they do not include in the purchase price what is called "privacy protection". You can purchase it for an annual price of $14.99, and if you do, HostGator claims that any correspondence coming from people who capture your information from the whois database, will automatically be re-routed to their servers instead of coming to you.
This claim by HG's agents is probably true, considering the fact that I registered my 1st domain with GoDaddy when I was a customer of theirs. From the time I purchased that 1st domain and for the subsequent 3 months until I left GoDaddy for good, I never got 1 email from a troll or spammer offering me web development services. And the reason for that is simply because GoDaddy includes the so called "privacy protection" in the domain package when you purchase a domain, regardless if it is a primary one or an add-on.
Another thing I wanted to share is an instance of someone sending me an automated message and wording it in such a way (and manipulating the subject line) that was in a attempt to fool me into thinking that it was actually written by hand. This came from a guy that claimed to be a "local businessman", but yet the message indicates clearly that he's not interested in establishing long lasting relationships and building trust that results in long-running customer loyalty. So his attempt is exactly what large corporations are now trying to do - claiming that they care about every single customer even though they're a world-wide firm. It's inevitable....if you're big, you're not small. So what that said, here is a link to my posting on LinkedIn where I made other professionals aware of this gentleman's attempt to "get rich quick" and establish "many customers quickly": Local businessman's clever attempt to seem human.
I just wanted to share this little bit of knowledge with the rest of you guys. Perhaps you already knew about this whole process of being involved with the "whois" database. Perhaps you didn't. If you didn't, I hope this thread adds to your future knowledgebase.
And Colin, this is for you.....stand by for another thread that will be started by me that will give you a little bit of enlightenment and instill in you a little curiosity (it won't be posted for another day or 2).
