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The comments can be so funny on HN sometimes. You built something and committed to it for a decade. That’s so freaking cool! Take all feedback with a grain of salt. You’ve been around longer than most apps that launch on Show HN. Keep it up!
Not sure if this is in-scope, but I noticed the link over to EmailEngine.io, and wanted to note some sort of trial period is usually nice to test drive the service.
Definitely double the prices right now. Since there is a free version that is generous, it won’t be “selling out”. I’m sure it felt right back years ago, but think of how much the product has improved since then. You can grandfather all current customers in (or just a year) if it makes it feel better. I am impressed by that video from 99designs. How much did you spend? Do you have a link to their profile?
Re: the video, actually now that I look back we used a company called xp-studios.com - we just provided the script. I believe it was around $3k but this was back in 2013.
I'm an early user of your service, and I love it. The only problem I have is it's too cheap! I paid almost nothing for it years ago ($12?) I'm worried about relying to heavily on a service that might go out of business any day. Can you convert to a SaaS and let happy users like me support you.
We're not going out of business, don't worry - 33mail is profitable even at our current surprisingly low monthly cost :)
If you don't mind, what would you consider a fair price for the service? What features would we need to add to convert to a SaaS?
Congrats on your success and making it to 10 years! May I ask how you've promoted the service? I just started my own side project (see my profile) and this is the one aspect that I find challenging. My feedback: I like the site. The video is helpful. The design of the page could be a little slicker, although I kind of like how it isn't super slick. It makes feel more like a small business I might want to support. A c…
That's interesting re: blurry artwork, I hadn't noticed it TBH, but I see what you mean. Will add that to the todo list.
Really appreciate the feedback :)
Very cool! Where did the prefix 33 come from? I like the "86ing" my spam. I wonder if you guys can get 86mail.com Just a fun thought.
Good idea re: 86mail :)
Definitely double the prices right now. Since there is a free version that is generous, it won’t be “selling out”. I’m sure it felt right back years ago, but think of how much the product has improved since then. You can grandfather all current customers in (or just a year) if it makes it feel better. I am impressed by that video from 99designs. How much did you spend? Do you have a link to their profile?
This is inspiring. Thanks for sharing. I think HN having a "Show HN for revenue making products" would be cool...Like "Indie Hackers" but doesn't necessarily have to be "indie", but both would be good. Could be like founders share "Hey, my VC-backed startup is making 2K a month and growing at 800% yoy, here's some info about the journey so far..." I think current show hn captures a good set of new things, but a secti…
Congratulations! That's amazing and as someone mentioned, much more successful than over 99% of startups in the history of mankind. Notes: I really like the theme, the barbershop candycane aesthetic does cry out "mail's here!" ... I think that the text on steps 1-3 is a bit dense and could be thinned out, or reduced somehow. The comparison chart on the price page is nice and clear except I would suggest adding some s…
Agree completely re: the steps 1-3 text being too dense, I'm going to try to make those much shorter just as soon as my current A/B test is done.