[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":878},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-25434753":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":26,"sentiment":27,"stance_mix":28,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":46,"post_text":48,"what":49,"said":84,"maker_in_thread":233,"shape":235,"grid":239,"attempts":840,"same_week":841,"maker_shows":31,"maker_hidden":870,"reader_version":871,"card":872},"25434753","33Mail","After 10 years my side project has hit $8k\u002Fmo in revenue","title","Show HN: After 10 years my side project has hit $8k\u002Fmo in revenue",null,"sanity",1608063883,2020,442,210,64,3028,3,"legend","productivity","email aliases","web_app",[20,23,24,25],"disposable email","spam protection","email privacy","curious",0.19,{"positive":29,"neutral":30,"mixed":31,"critical":32},33,94,6,14,147,{"execution":35,"pricing":37,"design":39,"idea":40,"docs":43,"privacy":45},{"positive":36,"critical":36},1,{"positive":38,"critical":17},2,{"positive":17,"critical":17},{"positive":41,"critical":42},8,5,{"positive":44,"critical":44},0,{"positive":36,"critical":38},[42,44,42,17,38,38,44,17,47,42,17,36,42,17,38,17,47,17,47,38,47,17,42,17,47,47,47,47,47,38,47,17,17,47,47,47,42,17,47,42],4,"Back in 2010 I had an idea for a service that would allow people to easily create semi-permanent email aliases so that they could give an email address to people and websites without revealing their real email address. These aliases will continue to work indefinitely unless you choose to block them.\n\nMy brother and I spent a few months building the initial version and launched the website in July 2010. For the first year we had about 50 signups per month, by 2013 this had increased to 1500 and it's currently around 3500 per month.\n\nSimilarly, our revenue grew consistently but slowly - doubling",{"problem":50,"audience":56,"pricing":60,"motivation":72,"time_to_build":76,"stack":80,"openness":81,"stage":82,"team_size":83},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Giving out a real email address exposes users to spam and privacy loss.","maker",[54],{"id":55},"post",{"value":57,"source":52,"evidence":58},"People who want to hide their real email address from websites and services.",[59],{"id":55},{"value":61,"source":62,"evidence":63},"Free tier with bandwidth limit; paid Premium tiers; commenters mention about $1 and $5 a month pricing.","commenter",[64,68],{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"25438318","savorypiano","I'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\u002Fmo in value to…",{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},"25438956","BronSteeDiam","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…",{"value":73,"source":52,"evidence":74},"Built as an idea for private email aliases; maker's brother co-built it.",[75],{"id":55},{"value":77,"source":52,"evidence":78},"A few months to build the initial version, launched July 2010.",[79],{"id":55},[],"unknown","launched","team",{"praise":85,"objections":112,"requests":152,"questions":176,"alternatives":210},[86,101],{"value":87,"source":62,"evidence":88},"Congratulations on a decade of sustained growth and revenue.",[89,93,97],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"25438080","jhunter1016","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…",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"25438532","KorematsuFred","Congratulations! 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…",{"id":98,"by":99,"text":100},"25441027","phonebucket","I 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!",{"value":102,"source":62,"evidence":103},"Simple, easy alias creation and removal from messages.",[104,108],{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"25441432","mysterydip","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…",{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"25438898","dn3500","I 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…",[113,122,137],{"value":114,"source":62,"evidence":115},"Pricing seems too low for the value provided.",[116,120,121],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"25439055","bskinny129","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…",{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},{"id":69,"by":70,"text":71},{"value":123,"source":62,"evidence":124},"Site is not mobile responsive and text is hard to read on phones.",[125,129,133],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"25438265","dakna","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…",{"id":130,"by":131,"text":132},"25440426","lloydatkinson","It’s not responsive and everything is too small to read on mobile.",{"id":134,"by":135,"text":136},"25440531","mectors","A simple suggestion: Have a mobile optimised version of the website.",{"value":138,"source":62,"evidence":139},"Disposable-email framing risks blocks by sign-up sites and raises trust concerns.",[140,144,148],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"25441420","sonmicrosystems","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…",{"id":145,"by":146,"text":147},"25439759","MzHN","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. 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