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Comment by chaz6 | Hacker News Reader

Two questions from me:-

  Usernames on shared domains:

    1 to 6 letters: $1.00 per user per year
    7 to 12 letters: $0.25 per user per year
    13+ letters: $0.10 per user per year

1. Why does the length of a mailbox name make a difference?

2. Do you support IPv6?

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1. Basically what nine_k said. It's kind of a trivial point most of the time- honestly might be a bit overpriced right now.

2. Not at the moment- IPV6 support is a little dicier for mailservers because the scarcer IPV4 address is often used as a antispam signal.

But if I am using my own domain, what difference does it make if it is more "valuable"?

Sadly the lack of IPv6 is a deal breaker for me.

Oh I think there's some confusion here: for your own domains it doesn't cost anything extra, so go nuts with addresses.

Purelymail also has some domains you can use like I can get "koselig@purelymail.com" and then I'm charged in the 7 letters tier for it.

At least that's how it's been for me as a happy user of PM for the past year and a half.

Shorter emails are more catchy, and their total possible number is smaller. So they can be more valuable.

boss@example.com is cooler for some than john.n.johnson.2@example.com, and they will pay.

I think there is also another reason: Shorter addresses receive more spam and spam attempts from guessers.

This is the best pricing scheme for email I've ever seen.

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