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This is a business opportunity to provide services at a minimal cost for people. Say 1$ per month per service. Email - 1$ Calendar - 1$ Document Collab - 1$
by yeuxardents 6y ago
This is a business opportunity to provide services at a minimal cost for people. Say 1$ per month per service.
Email - 1$
Calendar - 1$
Document Collab - 1$
Each addon a calculated minimalist approach to each. I still recall what gmail was when it was invite only back in the early aughts. I would still utilize that gmail client. I do NOT need gmail as it is today. And I would certainly pay 1$ per month for that service.
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For a minimal and basic interface, along with a low cost, I and certainly others that I know who are tech illiterate, would pay that low cost for simplicity + privacy.
- oarsinsync 6y agoThe pricing you're suggesting may not be commercially viable. That there exists paid alternatives today at a higher price point, when being sold as a dedicated service, suggests that anyone providing these services for free is doing so at a loss. They're likely able to do so because it entrenches their existing profitable businesses. It's unlikely that $12/year per account will be break-even, let alone profitable, as a standalone business.
- renewiltord 6y agoYeah, these customers who care enough about this stuff will also drop you if you make the slightest mistake. And with $3/user/mo you don't have much margin. You'll get wrecked. But there's good business in it if I'm wrong. So I wish you good luck.
- abawany 6y agoMailbox.org offers email, calendar, and some docs/storage functionality for 2.5E/m .
- sundarurfriend 6y agoSounds like there's even a 1 € per month plan [1], with smaller limits. There's also Tutanota with a €12/year plan, offering a little bit less but with end-to-end encrypted email and calendars. [1] https://mailbox.org/en/services#e-mail-account https://mailbox.org/en/services#e-mail-account [2] https://tutanota.com/pricing/ https://tutanota.com/pricing/
- maximente 6y agoisn't this basically librem one? https://librem.one https://librem.one
- yeuxardents 6y agoThanks, I had not heard of this one
- sjellis 6y agoFastmail provide email, address book, calendars, and file storage for $3 per user per month: https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/ https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/