Registered a new .com now Im getting spam

[jezzad]

Last week a registered a new .com domain for a project Im working on.

This was done via Hetzner

Now all of a sudden Im getting tons of spam emails offering web / app development.

Does anyone know how they monitor the domain registrations and pull your details automatically?

Secondly does anyone know how to stop this without changing the associated email address?

 

[Genisys]

Simply mark as spam or delete the emails and you are sorted? I've never had that issue with any of the domains I've registered through Namecheap or Domains.co.za.

 

[quovadis]

Spammers mine the Whois database for addresses and spam those - it’s not unique to any registrar and is very common. Use private registration or create a dedicated email address with filters for registration purposes.

 

[OneKnight]

Same thing happened when I registered a .com with GoDaddy.

 

[cupcake]

I am experiencing the same thing! I get around 10-15 email's from web developer's mostly from India offering to design blah blah blah my website. It's very irritating because each email is from a different person, sigh, so I have to spam report them one at a time.

 

[neoprema]

Its not registrar related, its mass whois lookups that they find new domains on and then send you spam.

As quovadis said, use private registration. Otherwise another option is a good email infrastructure with spam mitigation.

 

[Solitude]

Haha yeah it happens every time I register a new .com.