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This has been a great idea for almost two decades now. It's just waiting for brilliant execution. Is this the one? Maybe. I hope it takes off, it would solv

This has been a great idea for almost two decades now. It's just waiting for brilliant execution. Is this the one? Maybe. I hope it takes off, it would solve a lot of problems with email. Advice, you guys should try to sign up some celebrities so people can get started right away. For example, I'd like to try it but I don't have the email address of anyone I might want to email.

rwij 13y ago
Yes, it's a very old idea and recently Esther Dyson has been championing it though my eagerness to see it through was when I couldn't email a doctor that was treating me since she wouldn't give out her email address because she knew better but heck I would have paid the same price as for a face-to-face consultation to to reach her by email! I think anyone who'd want a response from just about anyone could make use of this just like I would have to contact my doctor (provided she'd given her email address) and the same applies to journalists, consultants and even the author of your favourite cook book, anyone you'd want advice from :) Just released SenderPays for Custom Domains which allows anyone to set it up on their account - for instance email rehanw at yahoo dot com to get an idea. Thanks for the feedback!
- tocomment 13y ago
  It still seems like the main problem to contacting someone famous/important is the the sender doesn't know their email address. I'd say if you could have a list on the front page of some examples of people you can email (who have signed up) it would go a long way. Maybe even try to recruit some minor internet celebrities?
  - rwij 13y ago
    That's the problem, because anyone can contact you the most sensible thing is not to display your email address but with a system like this or something similar that could change for the better because usually when you email someone you want something, and in most cases your willing to compensate that person for their time. Take for instance a finance blogger, you could possibly send an email but then most people are already doing that so currently you don't stand out but if you think that person's time is worth $50 you could pay that person an incentive with the hope of getting a reply, no reply then you get a full refund. Currently email and the internet in general don't place a value on people's time, but that's changing because Google can't provide the answers to all our questions - sometimes the experts opinion is what's required and it's time their compensated, it's only fair.

rwij 13y ago

Yes, it's a very old idea and recently Esther Dyson has been championing it though my eagerness to see it through was when I couldn't email a doctor that was treating me since she wouldn't give out her email address because she knew better but heck I would have paid the same price as for a face-to-face consultation to to reach her by email! I think anyone who'd want a response from just about anyone could make use of this just like I would have to contact my doctor (provided she'd given her email address) and the same applies to journalists, consultants and even the author of your favourite cook book, anyone you'd want advice from :) Just released SenderPays for Custom Domains which allows anyone to set it up on their account - for instance email rehanw at yahoo dot com to get an idea. Thanks for the feedback!

tocomment 13y ago
It still seems like the main problem to contacting someone famous/important is the the sender doesn't know their email address. I'd say if you could have a list on the front page of some examples of people you can email (who have signed up) it would go a long way. Maybe even try to recruit some minor internet celebrities?
- rwij 13y ago
  That's the problem, because anyone can contact you the most sensible thing is not to display your email address but with a system like this or something similar that could change for the better because usually when you email someone you want something, and in most cases your willing to compensate that person for their time. Take for instance a finance blogger, you could possibly send an email but then most people are already doing that so currently you don't stand out but if you think that person's time is worth $50 you could pay that person an incentive with the hope of getting a reply, no reply then you get a full refund. Currently email and the internet in general don't place a value on people's time, but that's changing because Google can't provide the answers to all our questions - sometimes the experts opinion is what's required and it's time their compensated, it's only fair.