I laughed and bought the .ca.
The whole plot
$3,000 → $15 CAD
The cold emails began.
Their “last price.”
Registered directly. Mine again.
A true story about divine timing & one useful cold email
Thanks for the
heads-up.
They tried to sell me my old domain for thousands. Years later, their follow-ups reminded me to check. It was unregistered. I bought it back for fifteen Canadian dollars and change.
See how it happened ↓An open thank-you
Dear domain sellers,
Your persistence did not sell me the domain.
It reminded me to look.
With impeccable timing,
Al
Al
So, what were they part of?
A very small funnel for one very obvious buyer.
My public profile connected alovett.ca with my business site. Matching a surname across domain extensions is easy to automate.
Two later sender domains were created four days apart, shared the same nameserver pair, and were updated at the exact same second—strong evidence of shared administration.
Most likely: one operator or sales pipeline using several sender identities and automated follow-ups. That is an inference, not proof of anyone’s legal identity.
DAILY BoB · TRUE STORY
Today’s episode
Divine Timing
Dot Com
“Sometimes the message isn’t the offer.
Sometimes the message is: go check for yourself.”
ALOVETT.COMOLD ASKING PRICE$3,000+ USD“FINAL” OFFER$100 USD
ACTUAL ENDING$15 CAD**and change. The currency makes it funnier.
ACTUAL ENDING$15 CAD**and change. The currency makes it funnier.
The moral
Check the facts.
Keep your sense of humour.
A seller’s price is not value. A deadline is not always real. And a cold email can accidentally be useful.