33Mail
Productivity
email aliases
SHOW HN2020
442points
210comments
#64of 3,028 in 2020
Top 3%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
33 positive, 94 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 14 critical, out of 147 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.
Idea: 8 for, 5 againstDesign: 3 for, 3 againstPricing: 2 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Congratulations on a decade of sustained growth and revenue.
From 3 comments
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…
jhunter1016 on HNCongratulations! You have lasted longer than most silicon valley startups and have made more money than even some of the big names. PS. Doing same thing over a long period of…
KorematsuFred on HNI do not have much to add except my congratulations. Committed execution on a good idea, and the results to show for it. Consider me inspired!
phonebucket on HN
Simple, easy alias creation and removal from messages.
From 2 comments
Just checked it out and I love how easy it is. I was thinking I would have to handle the hassle of account management by logging into your site every time I wanted to make or…
mysterydip on HNI like that your web site has contact info and pricing. Amazing how many don't. I also like that it's easy to navigate. I know it's not fashionable to have actual clickable links…
dn3500 on HN
Objections
Pricing seems too low for the value provided.
From 3 comments
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…
bskinny129 on HNI'm not a user nor do I need it, but the pricing seems really silly. Your users who find value from it surely need it more than $1 or $5 a month. If it's only $1/mo in value to…
savorypiano on HNI'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…
BronSteeDiam on HN
Site is not mobile responsive and text is hard to read on phones.
From 3 comments
Please optimize your website for mobile use. I visited your main landing page on my phone and was not able to read anything but the larger headlines without zooming in. In my…
dakna on HNIt’s not responsive and everything is too small to read on mobile.
lloydatkinson on HNA simple suggestion: Have a mobile optimised version of the website.
mectors on HN
Disposable-email framing risks blocks by sign-up sites and raises trust concerns.
From 3 comments
I created a similar service called SimpleLogin. [1] and hope to have a similar success some day! Using email aliases is an efficient way to protect our privacy and hopefully the…
sonmicrosystems on HNAs said in the tagline, your service is grouped with others that serve _disposable_ emails. Safe use cases for services providing disposable emails are somewhat slim. If you sign…
MzHN on HNI created a similar service, https://idbloc.co However I’m probably going to pivot away to email infrastructure because: A) The market for paid users is tiny (when we had free…
albertgoeswoof on HN
Requests
Mobile-friendly website.
From 2 comments
Please optimize your website for mobile use. I visited your main landing page on my phone and was not able to read anything but the larger headlines without zooming in. In my…
dakna on HNA simple suggestion: Have a mobile optimised version of the website.
mectors on HN
Anonymous random-string aliases on a shared domain.
From 1 comment
As said in the tagline, your service is grouped with others that serve _disposable_ emails. Safe use cases for services providing disposable emails are somewhat slim. If you sign…
MzHN on HN
Bitcoin payment option.
From 1 comment
If you added an option to pay with bitcoin, I would pay the Premium tier :)
siwatanejo on HN
Integration with Have I Been Pwned breach checks.
From 1 comment
I'm not really sure but maybe it will be useful for the users to have your service integrated with HIBP[1] to check if their mail aliases are in any security breach? IMHO,…
mithron on HN
Questions
How much does it cost to run the service and what is the profit?
From 2 comments
$8k/mo revenue is great, but what's the profit?
tuke on HNSuperinteresting! How much does it cost for 10 years to mantain a service like that? I think about server, domain etc... without computing time costs. I have a side project…
andciufo on HN
What happens when bandwidth limit is exceeded?
From 1 comment
Love the idea, I'm sure I'm not the only person who's thought about this pain point and somehow didn't come up with the elegant solution you did. Right now I have an O365 account…
vxNsr on HN
How did the maker acquire customers and what is the main channel?
From 3 comments
Is your main acquisition channel organic search (SEO)? Are there other good acquisition channels that you have found?
TenJack on HNHow did you get your first 100 customers ?
learningram on HNCongrats 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…
allenu on HN
Alternatives named
SimpleLogin
From 1 comment
I created a similar service called SimpleLogin. [1] and hope to have a similar success some day! Using email aliases is an efficient way to protect our privacy and hopefully the…
sonmicrosystems on HN
Mailinator
From 1 comment
I usually use mailinator.com for this purpose. In the past I found other similar services through Google search, but certainly didn't find yours. Probably working on your website…
drinkcocacola on HN
Apple Hide My Email
From 1 comment
I've been using unique emails since 2000. It's been fun, for example when I got marketing e-mails for Viagra on the mail I use for my bank. At the time, I was surprised a bank…
andomar on HN
idbloc
From 1 comment
I created a similar service, https://idbloc.co However I’m probably going to pivot away to email infrastructure because: A) The market for paid users is tiny (when we had free…
albertgoeswoof on HN