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Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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They are suggesting to add a footer to outbound emails that says something like “My privacy was preserved when sending this email by 33Mail. Sign up to 33Mail for free to hide your email address and stop spam”

I would be ok with something like this if conversions were traced back to me and I got the "commission"

Well presumably it would only appear on free accounts.

And if you are on a free account and want to get paid too... then lol

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Thank you for the suggestions. We do have a referral program, free upgrade if you refer two people - however referrals only account for 2% of our signups which doesn't really move the needle. We are thinking about trying affiliate marketing through something like Commission Junction, where we would pay affiliates directly for conversions.

I have been making my living selling software online since 2005. I know lots of other people who do the same. We've almost all tried affiliate marketing and almost none of us have had any worthwhile results from it. Affiliate marketing also attracts a lot of bottom feeders and scumbags. For example they will advertise an non-existent discount for your product, stuff a cookie for anyone who finds that 'discount' via w…

Thank you, great suggestions. I've had some interest from potential partners, I'll look for other opportunities.

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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When trying to sign up, I miss typed my password and they did not match and got the "Passwords do not match" error. I typed them again, making sure they matched, and got the same message. And again. Opening Chrome, I tired to sign up, only to find my username was taken. I did not necessarily believe this; so, I tried the forgotten password link and entered my email address. 33Mail sent me the link to reset my passwor…

Thank you for the bug report - apologies for the issues.

Would you mind sending it to support [at] 33mail [dot] com along with your username or email address so we can look at the relevant account?

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Because there's sand beneath your statements. In which case better to avoid the comment altogether. I wouldn't take it to heart though. The (!) was an attempt to make the accusation light hearted. I guess it failed. Anyway, I'm no authority here. Just here for potshots!

I don’t know what “sand beneath your comments” means, if you care to explain.

It's poetry :-)

Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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They are ordered by a mix of recency and upvotes as far as I know. Which means the top 40 comments that I see are the same as you see, if I am correct, at the same moment. I understand the misunderstanding and the urge to correct me. I don’t understand the need for your accusation of egocentrism. Why did you do that?

Because there's sand beneath your statements. In which case better to avoid the comment altogether. I wouldn't take it to heart though. The (!) was an attempt to make the accusation light hearted. I guess it failed. Anyway, I'm no authority here. Just here for potshots!

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Re: Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k/mo in revenue

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Incredible project! I've been using custom email aliases for the better part of the last decade (I'm running my own mail server) but it never occurred to me that this could be a profitable business. My main pain point with my current setup is the following: It takes a few minutes to set up a new email alias. I therefore wonder: How long does it take with your service? Would your users maybe appreciate an app (a super…

Hi and thank you for the compliment! It takes no time at all to set up a new email alias, you just make up an alias and it will be created automatically the first time it is used, it couldn't be easier. Most of our users rarely login to our website.

So does that mean it's catch-all?
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