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Show HN: OpenDM – Control Your Inbox and Set a Price on Your Attention

#1

Post by xenophin » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 12:12 PM UTC

With a background in AI, investment, and engineering recruitment, I faced a dilemma when my mobile number got sold. OpenDM emerged from this experience. It’s a unique system allowing you to filter your inbox and value your attention. You control the price for messages sent to your email, Twitter, etc. Any proceeds can be kept or donated. Explore and provide feedback at www.opendm.co.

Show HN: OpenDM – Control Your Inbox and Set a Price on Your Attention
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#2

Post by thomasdziedzic » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 12:59 PM UTC

> I faced a dilemma when my mobile number got sold ... filter your inbox

You had a problem with your phone number so you decided to create a product for filtering your email by monetizing email messages? This doesn't add up to me.

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#3

Post by daniel_sushil » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

I love the idea of getting paid for opening emails sent specifically to get my attention. However, I'm not sure your website conveys that effectively. There are two sides: a marketer who wants to reach interested parties, and a consumer willing to get paid for reading interesting things. The messaging on the landing page becomes muddled because it seems you have both value propositions on the same page.

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#4

Post by xenophin » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 4:21 PM UTC

thomasdziedzic wrote: post #2

> I faced a dilemma when my mobile number got sold ... filter your inbox You had a problem with your phone number so you decided to create a product for filtering your email by monetizing email messages? This doesn't add up to me.

Ah sorry let me explain. All my details were sold. So now when someone unknown phones my VM says Hi - if you know me text me who you are or email me on xen@opendm.co I got 20 unsolicited calls a day

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#5

Post by xenophin » Thu, Oct 05, 2023, 4:22 PM UTC

daniel_sushil wrote: post #3

I love the idea of getting paid for opening emails sent specifically to get my attention. However, I'm not sure your website conveys that effectively. There are two sides: a marketer who wants to reach interested parties, and a consumer willing to get paid for reading interesting things. The messaging on the landing page becomes muddled because it seems you have both value propositions on the same page.

thanks for the great feedback. Valid - we will tune messaging. But you have the correct idea on the product