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They used invites for the Gmail rollout as well but maybe those immediately created accounts. I seem to remember invites being sold on eBay.
by wj 9y ago
They used invites for the Gmail rollout as well but maybe those immediately created accounts. I seem to remember invites being sold on eBay.
- c22 9y agoThe difference is once you got a Gmail account you could immediately start sending and receiving email from it rather than twiddling your thumbs till someone you know got invited.
- Al-Khwarizmi 9y agoThis, and also that GMail solved a need you already knew you had, and could be explained in a few words: practically unlimited inbox space, no need to delete emails anymore! Everyone wanted that, but most people didn't know exactly why they should want Wave.
- Jtsummers 9y agoGmail invites, by 2004 or 2005(?) when I got in were instant. If I sent the invite, the friend had a chance to sign up right then. But email was already an existing protocol. So invites meant nothing. I could still communicate with my family even though they were still on their ISP account. Or my sister with her university account.