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Show HN: Gilded – Add a Cover Charge for Unsolicited Email

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24 pointsnlokare12 comments

"Your current rate is: $1.00.

Senders will be charged $1.33 per email, and you'll receive $0.70 per email."

The pricing/return is confusing. So my rate is $1USD but i only get $0.70? Oh so you must charge them $1USD and i get 70% like google play/apple. Oh wait no you charge them $1.33?

Makes it hard to understand why i put in $1...

Totally understandable. The $0.33 in this scenario includes payment processing fees which we pass along to the sender. After fees, the gross rate is $1.00 and you net 70% of the gross.

We will work on making this clearer and less confusing. Thanks for the feedback.

I actually really like this concept except for one important detail--the name. "Gilded" sounds elitist. Please don't make people hate me even more than they already will when someone I forgot to add to my VIP list starts getting asked to pay for the privilege of emailing my "gilded" account.

The name here is obv. more important to users than with other apps because it's embedded into the email address. I'd even rather have a nonsensical name than something that makes me sound elitist.

Glad you like it! Definitely hear you on "Gilded" sounding elitist. We are working on our messaging to convey that anyone can sign up for the service. We don't want to come off pretentious in any way, since we want to empower all email users to fight back against spammers.

Duncan, we can set you up with a custom domain if you'd like. We are considering adding this feature to the product and since you proposed the idea, we'd love to do this for you. Email me at neil.lokare@gmail.com, if you'd like to do so.

Seems like a great way to have a public-facing email without worrying about useless spam.

Man, you guys really took the fake testimonial to the next level.

Heh, yeah. That was actually an inside joke--- those are the real names of two of our colleagues that work near us, and they are real quotes from them. :-)

But yeah, you're right they create the wrong impression. Removing now...

Noooo!!!!!! That was the best part of the landing page!!!!!!!

How much does this cost to use?

This is totally free for users. You can set your rate and senders to your @gilded.club account have to pay you.

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