This is a little odd.

[Rob D]

I received an email today from someone asking if they could put an add on one of my sites and how much it would cost.

What's odd is the site in question hasn't done anything in the last six months, has a PR of 0 and currently has a default installation of wordpress on it(including the default first post). I doubt that this person has even visited the site or checked it's traffic or they certainly wouldn't be inquiring about advertising on it.

Now having said that how would you respond? I'm thinking I maybe grab 4 or 5 PLR articles throw them on the site and ask for $25/month and see what they say. maybe even say I'm not using the domain and offer to sell it to him?

Any thoughts?

[Amy Bass]

Does your site have any traffic or content yet?

[Rob D]

Maybe a few visitors a month. I used the domain as a redirect for some bum marketing I did over 6 months ago - since then nothing.

[jhongren]

Originally Posted by Rob D

I received an email today from someone asking if they could put an add on one of my sites and how much it would cost.

What's odd is the site in question hasn't done anything in the last six months, has a PR of 0 and currently has a default installation of wordpress on it(including the default first post). I doubt that this person has even visited the site or checked it's traffic or they certainly wouldn't be inquiring about advertising on it.

Now having said that how would you respond? I'm thinking I maybe grab 4 or 5 PLR articles throw them on the site and ask for $25/month and see what they say. maybe even say I'm not using the domain and offer to sell it to him?

Any thoughts?

HI Rob,

There are a few reasons he asked for an ad:
1. a link back
2. checking out your rate (he could be a competitor)
3. he foresees potential in your site (so he may have his own agenda or plan)

May we know your site?

Cheers,
John

[Rob D]

There is definitely potential to develop it but to be honest the niche(credit cards) bores me intensely. The promotion I did way back when made me a few sales redirecting from the domain.

Actually I think further digging has just revealed a possibility - There are some links to old content pages indexed in google - none of them are valid anymore because of wordpresses htaccess rules messing them up - but there IS more to the site than I thought.

[jhongren]

I am just thinking. Rather than guessing what is on the advertiser's mind, we can ask him.

Maybe something along this line.

"Hi Name of advertiser,

Thanks for your interest in advertising on my site.

In order to help us understand your needs better and so as to provide the right information for you, may we know what form of advertising are you looking at.

We welcome any other info from you which can help us assist you in this.

We look forward to your reply and do let us know if you need any help.

Cheers,
Your name."

Hope this helps.

When the advertiser reveals more info, you can read within the lines.

Cheers,
John

[Bev Clement]

Rob a lot of these are from scammers/spammers who are sending them in bulk to people.

Did the email have your name on it or was it Hi?

Most don't tell you what the site is they want a link on your site from.

I had one recently (which I believe was a scam) and wrote back saying my monthly charge is $9,997 for a front page link

[jhongren]

I have one incident when this guy is asking for linkback to his gambling site and all he is asking for is a tiny link below the footer image and fontsize 8...

Not related..I just rejected it....

[Rob D]

Got it in one Bev - no name and not even signed. From address and reply to address are different as well.

from Phemie Harrold <offeneheide@t-online.de>
reply-to Phemie Harrold <thomasinzelada1468@gmail.com>

[jhongren]

Originally Posted by Rob D

Got it in one Bev - no name and not even signed. From address and reply to address are different as well.

from Phemie Harrold <offeneheide@t-online.de>
reply-to Phemie Harrold <thomasinzelada1468@gmail.com>

If you find it weird, the best you can do is ignore it and move on with your project or whatever you have planned to do. =)

Good luck Rob! and wishing you success!

John

[Rob D]

Thanks John,

I am curious if this is a scam how they plan to play it out. At any rate I did respond with an offer to sell the domain or to redirect to his site for a monthly fee. We'll see what he comes back with.

Rob

[jhongren]

Originally Posted by Rob D

Thanks John,

I am curious if this is a scam how they plan to play it out. At any rate I did respond with an offer to sell the domain or to redirect to his site for a monthly fee. We'll see what he comes back with.

Rob

The email from them is weird...so just be careful Rob

[AndrewCavanagh]

There are a ton of spam emails like this going around.

Your first step would be to establish if they are actually planning on paying you anything and if they're legitimate.

Don't fall for any scams involving payment.

Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh

[ExRat]

Hi,

It's spam - no question.

<thomasinzelada1468@gmail.com>

They all use that format. You'll get them offering to buy your site too. After some investigation, I found some of the domains were connected with 419ers.