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It is a very high number, but people aren't getting that they didn't buy the codebase or the team. They bought the waiting list. If Dropbox had been wanting to
by ianstormtaylor 14y ago
It is a very high number, but people aren't getting that they didn't buy the codebase or the team. They bought the waiting list. If Dropbox had been wanting to get into the email game, a waiting list of 1M people is a pretty good way to start. Sure they could have emailed out a blast to all their users and gotten a ton of traction that way, but they can _still_ do that.
Not to mention, the name Mailbox is a pretty perfect match for Dropbox.
- jessriedel 14y agoThat doesn't make sense. That would be $1k per name on the waiting list.
- nlh 14y agoI think you're off by an order of magnitude. 1M people on the waiting list = $100 / name. Still a lot.
- jessriedel 14y agoianstormtaylor edited his comment after I posted, and did not make a note of it. It used to say 100k.
- ianstormtaylor 14y agoIt's true, I did.