Re:Show HN: Veropost – Charge people to send you email
by anotheryou on Thursday April 06, 2017 @07:47AM
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With the explanation about high profile people it makes sense. For the rest of us there is the chicken-egg problem. I can't afford to deny all emails not send through that system. I whished I could charge a micro-payment for it, like 3 cents, just to keep spam away.
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Re:Show HN: Veropost – Charge people to send you email
by agora778 on Thursday April 06, 2017 @07:48AM
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Why not charge a very small amount like $1? Do you see any problems with that?
Re:Show HN: Veropost – Charge people to send you email
by anotheryou on Thursday April 06, 2017 @08:05AM
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Depending on your financial background $1 could already be quite a bit. I'd prefer to charge just "not nothing" which should be below 50c for me. Preferably below the costs of a text (costs ~9c here).
The bigger problem however is what ever the procedure for signig up is. Even if it's just paypal and a webform for the mail.
Re:Show HN: Veropost – Charge people to send you email
by 19eightyfour on Thursday April 06, 2017 @09:28AM
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I guess the problem you'd see with that is exactly how this service is differentiated. Yes, it blocks spam ( but so do many other things ), but that's more of a side effect.
It's really about purchasing access to busy people. As you say.
That's an understanding I have anyway. Please correct it if it's missing something.
Re:Show HN: Veropost – Charge people to send you email
by Trufa on Thursday April 06, 2017 @08:52AM
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Why not use reCAPTCHA? It will filter out most the spam.