Elliot Silver’s post about how an enterprising domain investor contacted him via snail mail, is creating new traffic for the Top Notch Domains founder.
Domain name pitching, a common practice for email communications, is now getting out of hand, according to Silver.
“My PO box isn’t unlimited, unlike the web space I get from GoDaddy, and it’s filling up fast!” exclaimed Elliot, sharing photos of his mailbox.
“I used to get a couple of Holiday cards a year, from DomainTools and my GoDaddy rep, another from Frank Schilling who stopped mailing rum cakes a while back – that’s it. But now, after blogging about it, I’m getting between 20 to 30 letters a day, some are perfumed and sealed with a kiss!” added Elliot.
Such attempts to sell domain names are obviously futile, but domainers are desperate enough to spend money on stamps and quite often, return receipt deliveries.
“With email spam, I don’t have to send out a return receipt notification, but with the USPS deliveries the sender gets notified. I hope they don’t start sending me a signature request because that’d be the end of it!” said Elliot Silver.
If you want to sell a domain via the US Mail try stuffing it inside a quality product, such as a Rolex watch or a pair of Gucci shoes. Elliot might reconsider.