First and foremost, congrats to Mrs. Nielsen. I know what a big deal
that is ;)
Secondly, So happy to have contributed way back in the initial campaign.
It’s been well worth it!
Cheers!
On 3 Sep 2016, at 7:02, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
Hi,
this is a bit off topic, but some of you might appreciate the update.
Today is a special day, also for some MailMate users I believe. Almost
3 years ago I was very close to having to stop working on MailMate
full time since it wasn't generating much revenue. I wrote a [blog
post](https://blog.freron.com/2013/changing-priorities/) explaining my
situation and I did an experimental crowd funding which later led to
an Indiegogo-based crowd funding campaign. I was looking for money to
have time (a minimum of 6 months) to make something which could be
released as version 2.0. I got far more than that and at the same time
daily sales increased. (Note that the MailMate 2.0 version bump has
not been postponed because I haven't worked on it. It has been delayed
because I want it to be much more than what I could have done within
those 6 months.)
In the blog post I also wrote this:
[...] Current sales are about 1/4 of what I would need to say that
I’m really doing this for a living — and then I would still earn
less than I would with a regular job. The only reason I have been
able to work on MailMate for so long is because I’ve had a very
generous sponsor: My wife.
The time has come to pay back on that generosity. Starting February,
2014, my wife is going back to school (well, University) to get a
masters degree in Health Science. For the following two and a half
years I hope to be the sponsor of her dream.
My crowd funders should be happy to know that my wife has now
completed her masters degree (“cand.scient.san.” is the official
title) and this is celebrated **today** with a big party (which is why
I won't be able to work on the Gmail issue today). Yet another thank
you to you all from both me and my family.
It has been a very slow summer for MailMate sales and the crowd
funding money are getting close to running out. It is almost perfectly
timed with the above. Don't worry, I know sales will pick up again
when 1.9.5 is officially released and the homepage is updated more
regularly. The “Become a MailMate Patron” initiative has also been
well received and it feels a bit like *coming back full circle* to the
original crowd funding campaign.
Have a nice weekend!
--
Benny
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