Frequently Asked Questions
Members
- How is Paidmail different from other popular mail services?
- Can I use Paidmail as a regular mail service?
- How is spamming stopped?
- How about my friends, should they pay to send me mail?
- How about other people who are not spamming?
- Can I refund if I do not want to charge?
- How do I earn cash?
How is Paidmail different from other popular mail services?
Paidmail provides exactly the same email features as other popular email services provides. Additionally, Paidmail brings a new concept of charging the sender for each mail that is delivered to the receiver (similar to classic paper mail). In Paidmail case, the funds collected form the sender are shared by the Paidmail service and the receiver. Technical details of the complete process is described in External Architecture.
The Paidmail account owners can receive email from the following senders
- From an email address who is in their contact
- From an email address who is NOT in their contact list
- From a registered Paidmail Advertiser
All these senders can be charged individually by the receiver, or not charged at all. The charged amount is detemined by the receiver, collected by the Paidmail Service and deposited into the receivers account.
Can I use Paidmail as a regular mail service?
Yes. It is up to you to set up your account as a regular email service. All you have to do is to set all the charge limits to $0. The Paidmail account will function as a regular email account.
How is spamming stopped?
You are protected by the most powerful thing ...Money!! No mail will be delivered to your account, until the sender pays the required amount. It is up to the spammer to decide. If the account owner does not want any spam mail, all he/she has to do is to set the default charge to a really high value. It can literally be any amount. This way the Paidmail account owner is not only protected, but rewarded by spamming.
How about my friends, should they pay to send me mail?
No. Not unless the Paidmail account owner wants them to pay. The service is flexible so that each individual sender email address can be charged different. All you have to do is to add this email into your contact list, and set a charge value. You can simply set $0 (free) for your contact list and any mails received from a mail address which is in your contact list will be delivered to you without charging them. It works the same way your current mail address works.
How about other people who are not spamming?
The senders who are not in your contact list will be charged the default amount initially. The Paidmail service has a refund feature that allows the account owner to refund the charge for that specific mail. If he/she is someone who is not in your contact list but you still do not want to charge, you can simply refund the charge. In this case the amount will be refunded to the sender less minimal Paidmail service delivery cost.
Can I refund if I do not want to charge?
Yes. If you received a mail and the sender is not in your contact list, the sender will be charged with the default mail charge. If you decide the sender is a friend or a legitimate sender, you can always refund the charge. This will allow you to receive regular mails even if they are not in your contact list.
How do I earn cash?
The account owner is provided with category charge settings. These advertisement categories can be charged different amounts. You can charge $0.01 for a mail in travel category if you are interested, or you can charge $100 for cosmetics category. This will allow a travel advertiser to send you email while discouraging a cosmetics advertiser. The less you want spam, the more you charge!!!
How do I increase earnings?
If you are interested in making more money, simply advertise
your mail address. Give your mail address while shopping, so the next
time that company has a mail campaign, they will be more eager to pay
for sending you an ad mail. When those companies contact us, they will
specifically ask for delivery to your address. So, the more you distribute your email, the more ads you will get and the more you can charge. They
will still be willing to send you more, as they know you are a potential customer.
It is a fully open market. Price is determined by you
and accepted by the advertiser. If you ask too much, they will simply
skip you in their ad campaign. On the other hand there is no upper limit.
It is limited to your imagination and your marketability!
The money will be accumulated in your account and will
be paid to you regularly.
Advertisers
- How do I advertise?
- How are the receivers selected?
- How is the customer targeting achieved?
- How efficient is Paidmail advertisement?
- How is the visibility increased?
How do I advertise?
Just sign up as an advertiser and you are ready to go. You can launch as many advertisement campaign as you wish. All you have to do is to provide the advertisement material and the selection criteria. Once you have made the payment, the advertisement bulk mails are delivered to the selected members. And it is 100% legal.
How are the receivers selected?
The selection criteria is provided by the advertiser. The receiver list is built by Paidmail service.
- The privilege receiver list provided by the advertiser
- Advertisement Category
- Postal Code
- The lowest charging receiver
Paidmail users are asked to select the categories that they are interested. Once you launch a campaign, the users who are in the privilege list will be sent the ad mail first. Then the remaining advertisement budget is used for the users who are interested in your advertisement category starting from the lowest charging users until the entire advertisement budget is used. You may limit the users selected with area code and with a maximum charging value.
This method will precisely select the users who are most probably turn out to be your customers.
How is the customer targeting achieved?
All users are asked to enable the categories that they are interested. They also set a charge value for each category that they are interested. The more interested a user is the lower charge value he/she sets for a specific category. Paidmail ends advertisement mails to the users starting form the lowest charging user.
The postal code limits the advertisement to local users and can be set by the advertiser in various granularity.
How efficient is Paidmail advertisement?
Paidmail advertisement differs form any other online advertisement method as it intelligently selects the interested demographics by using the user entered information. It is not a random or guesswork advertisement.
Paidmail also uses a propriety method called "bonus code" to increase the effectiveness of the campaign.
How is the visibility increased?
Paidmail injects a different "bonus code" to each advertisement email. The location of the "bonus code" within the email is also different. A Paidmail who receives an advertisement email must find and return the "bonus code" to be able to receive the payment. This will significantly increase the percentage of advertisement emails that are actually read.
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