{"id":2659,"date":"2012-09-04T13:58:15","date_gmt":"2012-09-04T17:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=2659"},"modified":"2012-09-04T14:21:12","modified_gmt":"2012-09-04T18:21:12","slug":"good-lord-elliot-look-what-youve-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/good-lord-elliot-look-what-youve-started\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Lord, Elliot – look what you’ve started!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I could not help but chuckle today, after receiving an email from a chap offering to sell a domain.<\/p>\n

Sure, this was the same old “let’s spam every domainer from a scraped WHOIS list<\/em>” email – but with a twist.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After skimming through the email, I reached its closing statement, that looked very familiar:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Please let me know when you have a chance.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Despite battling a flu bug currently, my memory works just fine; I quickly identified this as being part of an “updated end-user email<\/em>” that Elliot<\/strong><\/a> posted at his blog, very recently.<\/p>\n

In that post<\/strong><\/a>, I had explained via a comment why quick and dirty, cookie cutter responses that don’t stand out for their individual attention by the writer, can easily be misconstrued for spam.<\/p>\n

It seems that people are too lazy or too ignorant<\/strong> to compose an email that explains just what they have in their head!<\/p>\n

Here is Elliot’s email “template”:<\/p>\n

Hi [Name],<\/em><\/p>\n

My company owns the domain name, [Domain Name ].com, and it is now for sale. The domain name is easy to remember and it may be good for SEO, which should help bring you business.<\/p>\n

I am reaching out to a number of [industry] companies, and I am interested in discussing the sale of [Domain Name ].com if you have an interest.<\/p>\n

Please let me know when you have a chance.<\/p>\n

Regards,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And here is what our friend from South Africa emailed me about:<\/p>\n

Hi.<\/p>\n

I own the domain name, [x] .co, and it is now for sale. The domain name is easy to remember and it may be good for SEO, which should help bring you business.<\/p>\n

I am reaching out to a number of other individuals\/or websites, and I am interested in discussing the sale of [x] .co if you have an interest. Note that if you buy [x] .co, the transfer\/payment<\/p>\n

process will be done through Escrow.com which will give me(seller) and you(buyer) security that you will receive the domain and I will receive the money.<\/p>\n

Please let me know when you have a chance.<\/p>\n

Regards,<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So very little was changed; the addition of an escrow process paragraph added very little to the fact that this copy\/paste<\/strong> of Elliot’s email signifies a lack of writing skills<\/strong>, when reaching out to someone for a sale.<\/p>\n

To top it off, our seller openly CC’ed 351 email accounts<\/strong>, thus adding himself to the list of domainer spammers<\/strong>. The domain wasn’t hot either.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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