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I received an email from a hospital!

by Hydroxide
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Hello guys, recently, I created a micro niche site. Supposed to be an Adsense site. I didn't even actually insert any content yet, just like 3 lines. But because of the power of the exact domain name and low competition (18k broad), it was ranked in page one without any effort...

So..The thing is, today I got an email, supposed to be from a hospital. Here's how it sounded

Dear Sir,


We have a urgent requirement of the following items kindly send us quote or provide your delhi dealer contact details to us
(Product goes here which is supposed to be my niche)


Regards
Priyanka
Max Hospital
#9871120233
And email is priyanka.sachdeva@maxhealthcare.com

I checked out the site maxhealthcare.com, and it is really a hospital... SO don't think it's fake..

How should I respond? :confused:
#email #hospital #received
  • Profile picture of the author mandark
    This doesn't look like spam to me.

    Do you sell those products? If so, e-mail her back with a quote, and treat her as a valued customer.

    If not, e-mail her with a "we regret to inform you we are unable to provide those items" type message, and recommend other sites in your niche which would help her.
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  • Profile picture of the author Barry Unruh
    Originally Posted by Hydroxide View Post

    How should I respond? :confused:
    As far as I can discern from your post you have these facts:

    #1 - You have no products.
    #2 - You have no intention of having products.
    #3 - You do not have any affiliate connections in the market.
    #4 - You did not intend to have affiliate connections in the market.
    #5 - You have a potential client who needs physical product.

    Your choices seem pretty simple.

    Option 1: You can reply and explain your site is only intended for content purposes and you do not have a product line.

    Options 2: You can do some very fast research for an affiliate program which carries the products they need, add affiliate links to this program on a page on your site, then email the potential client and explain you do not carry physical products but work closely with the company listed on "this page" of our website.

    Personally in your situation I would take option 1. It is honest, it fits into your current plan, and does not setup a situation which can hurt your reputation.

    Barry
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  • Profile picture of the author webapex
    I looked at their staff,

    opdeast

    priyanka is the first name of a Dermatology, sachdeva is the last name of a Counselling Psychology, don't know how common these names are, could be some hack generated name?

    It might be fascinating to see where further correspondence goes.
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  • Profile picture of the author Marvin Johnston
    I get such letters several times a year, and I too wondered where they came from.

    However, I now just treat them as spam and delete them.

    Marvin
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  • Profile picture of the author tpw
    Have you ever heard of email spoofing.

    A programmer with bad intent can make an email appear as it is coming from anywhere.

    Shoot, I could send you an email that looks like Obama is requesting information from you about your dog training tips.

    Michelle has been misbehaving..
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