Boxbe raises $1.5M to let spammers reach you via email

Boxbe raises $1.5M to let spammers reach you via email

Boxbe, the San Francisco company that wants you to accept marketing pitches through an email account, has raised $1.5 million in venture capital.

We wrote about this company last month, and said it sounds pretty useless.

Basically, you create an-email account at Boxbe, provide some basic information about yourself, and then you set a price marketers have to pay to contact you. The marketers earn the right, thereby, to have their email get to your other, regular… Continue Reading

Boxbe pays you to let advertisers spam you

Boxbe pays you to let advertisers spam you

Boxbe, a company in San Francisco, is a bit like AGLOCO. It is paying you to accept marketing online.

It sounds pretty useless.

The Mercury News has a summary piece here. Here’s how it works: You create an-email account at Boxbe, provide some basic information about yourself, and then you set a price marketers have to pay to contact you. The marketers earn the right, thereby, to have their email go to your other, regular email account…. Continue Reading