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How are you handling the mailing? I love the idea of a mail-based project, but I worry that I would forget to go to the post office occasionally.

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So the answer to this question is a funny one. I started using a Google spreadsheet to manage shipping dates and that quickly became a chore so like any good nerd would do I built a CRM which is now live if anyone wants to try it: https://6dollarcrm.com/

Wasn’t planning on announcing it here but what the hell.

If you don't mind answering, does this have any users besides you? I've got a few internal tools developed over the years that I don't have the bandwidth to turn into a proper SaaS (not much time for support, polish, new features, etc) but could potentially offer on an "as-is" basis for a token monthly sum but not sure if it would be worth the trouble.

Yep has several users, people I know personally have been beta testing it for a few months now. I haven't started marketing it yet because I have been dogfooding it since February in order to build exactly the CRM I personally want to use.

Also has > 800 automated feature tests, in app documentation, gone through security audits using tools like Zap, etc. I've built a lot of SaaS products over the years, and I'm building 6DollarCRM from the standpoint of having learned a lot of things the hard way. I'm currently working on data importers and browser extensions for easily adding new contacts.

Give it a spin and let me know what you think.

Are you concerned about the possibility of 5 dollar crm?

In fact we have been laughing about this because it reminds us of the There's Something About Mary bit regarding 7 minute abs.

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