
I built a pay-to-email service where senders pay $0.01 to reach your inbox
The problem Spam is broken. Filters catch some of it, but your inbox is still full of garbage. The real problem? Sending email is free. When something is free, there's zero cost to abuse it. The solution: make senders pay Email35 gives you an @email35.com address that pairs with your existing email. When someone emails you, they pay $0.01 to deliver. Paid emails forward to your real inbox. Spam becomes economically impossible. At $0.01 per email, it costs spammers $10,000 to send a million messages. How it works Sign up and get yourname@email35.com Share it — put it on your website, social media, wherever Someone emails you → email is held Sender gets auto-reply: "Pay $0.01 to deliver" They pay $0.01 USDC (on Base L2) or $0.50 via card Email forwards to your real inbox The dashboard You get a dashboard where you manage pending emails: Deliver Free — let this one through (one-time, future emails still held) Always Allow — whitelist this sender forever Block & Delete — reject this and al
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