On the 12th of December 2004 I registered a new domain name. Nothing special, just something some place that I intend to host a few projects on. I haven’t really done anything with it yet, but that didn’t seem to stop American Express from finding out about and making my domain an offer for a credit card. Yep, that’s right, one of my domains (not the person it registered to, the actual domain itself) has been offered an “American Express Business Gold Card-fee-Free for the first year”. I wasn’t sure what to make of it when I say a letter that was addressed to my domain name and not me.
I thought credit card companies were already doing fine gutting consumers and businesses with rates that would make Scrooge McDuck blush. Are they really so desperate for fresh blood that they are willing to send offers to domain names now?