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Re: Show HN: we like to work from coffee shops, so we made this

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Post by larrys »

mindcrime wrote: post #70
bonf wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whois privacy email addresses will forward incoming mails to you as well. A buying offer can be a smart way to probe the owner behind that privacy wall, who I guess most of the time is just a normal guy/gal...

Interesting.. I didn't realize that, as I've never bothered to pay the extra fee for the "private" registration. But I do use a less-important GMail account for the email contact, so at least my main email doesn't get swamped. But the phone number on there is actually my personal cellphone, which could be annoying if a lot of people started calling, but so far that doesn't seem to happen.

"But it just doesn't happen at the moment."

(Can't reply to this below).

Want to point out though that once the info is slurped and appears elsewhere you won't be able to put the genie back in the bottle.

I many times pull up old info for domains in search.

Re: Show HN: we like to work from coffee shops, so we made this

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Post by mindcrime »

larrys wrote: post #81
mindcrime wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting.. I didn't realize that, as I've never bothered to pay the extra fee for the "private" registration. But I do use a less-important GMail account for the email contact, so at least my main email doesn't get swamped. But the phone number on there is actually my personal cellphone, which could be annoying if a lot of people started calling, but so far that doesn't seem to happen.

"But it just doesn't happen at the moment." (Can't reply to this below). Want to point out though that once the info is slurped and appears elsewhere you won't be able to put the genie back in the bottle. I many times pull up old info for domains in search.

Now that's a fair point. Now that you have me thinking about this, maybe I'll make it a point to change it sooner than later after all. :-)

Edit: Done. Thanks for the nudge, larrys.

Re: Show HN: we like to work from coffee shops, so we made this

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Post by duiker101 »

larrys wrote: post #61
duiker101 wrote: post #52

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get something we already have, apply a use case nobody should care, make a nice website with a video and promote it like a great idea, overprice it = success.

"overprice it" Why do you feel it's overpriced exactly? If someone thinks it's a good idea to try $5 isn't exactly a big risk to take to have a turnkey product.

it's not overpriced in the meaning that it will make you go bankrupt but I think you can buy adhesive paper for much less that fits in any printer.

Re: Show HN: we like to work from coffee shops, so we made this

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Post by dkrich »

larrys wrote: post #75
dkrich wrote: post #63

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The timing of this is interesting to me because I recently registered a new domain, opted to leave my contact info public, and have since received an unending barrage of spam emails that I have to attribute to the WHOIS record due to the timing. I agree about publicly displaying contact info, but would like to know some good suggestions for filtering out the crap that comes with it.

"I agree about publicly displaying contact info, but would like to know some good suggestions for filtering out the crap that comes with it." Gmail account which is setup to forward to your regular email account. Or simply change to a new gmail if you get to much spam. I register domains all the time and have a single email account that represents a large quantity of domains. I don't find the spam to be a big problem…

Thanks for the advice- I'll give that a try. I'm kind of pissed that I didn't think to do that in the first place.

Re: Show HN: we like to work from coffee shops, so we made this

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Post by ValentineC »

larrys wrote: post #69
bonf wrote: post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Whois privacy email addresses will forward incoming mails to you as well. A buying offer can be a smart way to probe the owner behind that privacy wall, who I guess most of the time is just a normal guy/gal...

"Whois privacy email addresses" A turn off for many buyers. They look like bogus addresses. Makes much more sense to take the effort to get a gmail account that looks legit and use that to filter. Then if you get to much spam simply get another gmail and change the whois. Etc.

I'm actually receiving a whole load of spam on one of the email addresses provided by my registrar's whois privacy service. I'm guessing that spammers don't care how ugly an email address looks, as long as they reach someone.

The forwarding thing sounds like a good idea. Not turning off people interested in one of my domain names is an awesome bonus.

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