Recently I have been bombarded by automated voicemail messages from assorted vendors attempting to hawk their services. I’ve realized that they all revolve around selling an abstract service, such as car insurance, health insurance, or theft insurance. Surprisingly, I never received any of this spam prior to signing up for web hosting on GoDaddy. The chronological correlation was disturbingly clear; I started receiving random automated calls on my phone about 12 hours after I purchased a domain from them. I had explicitly indicated on my subscription application that I did not want to be contacted by vendors. I haven’t given out my telephone to any other service since then either.

It’s frustrating, because I have been unable to link GoDaddy with spam vendors, although I have read some forums with similar complaints. I guess they need to supplement their $1.19 yearly domain registration charges with other means.

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