Startup idea: short, paid email

Re:Startup idea: short, paid email by nollidge on Tuesday September 11, 2012 @05:42PM (#4507906)

Probably because that landing page doesn't tell me much about how it works. It's "limited to 500 characters"... for the sender? What happens if it's more than 500 characters or has an attachment? Or wait, is this a walled garden thing? I can't tell.

So I check the "Why shortmail" page (which 99% of visitors will not do), and I'm still not sure what happens if incoming e-mails are longer than 500 chars.

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Re:Startup idea: short, paid email by soulashell on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @12:10AM (#4509095)

The sender gets a notification that you only receive messaged shorter than 500 characters, and you have the option to forward larger messaged to another email address.

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Re:Startup idea: short, paid email by nollidge on Wednesday September 12, 2012 @02:44PM (#4512297)

My point (probably didn't make that clear) is that might be a reason it's not more popular - because it's not really obvious how it's supposed to work.

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