General Feedback
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I would be quite happy to pay a small amount for this service - and by small amount, I mean small. Say I used this site for the rest of my life, posting letter after letter, and I mean, even if I didn't, there is no way I'd pay per letter. I might consider paying per year, but nothing over £5 - I'm English, so I don't know what that translates to in dollars.
I do, very much, like the idea of sending snail mail letters through the post and I think it's essential that you charge for those really! Normal shipping costs plus a little bit (50p or something) on top for profit.
The option to send videos, voice clips, pictures and other media also sounds very attractive and I'm really keen on those being made available!! iPhone app also sounds brilliant, it means you could write yourself a letter reminding yourself of a moment straight away after it happened while it's fresh in your mind. Add an image, video, anything. I can't tell you how happy that would make me if I could do that all the time, and be constantly getting emails from myself from years in the past reminding me of the moments I favoured most from my teenage years etc!
I think the layout for writing the actual email should be bigger so it's easier to read whilst you're writing. At the moment it resembles a "Q&A" submission box which can be annoying. Also the option to order your sent emails in different ways would be good. Then if you ever allow us to send snail mail letters, have that on a different tab and allow us to read them online (obviously only once we have received them in the mail - otherwise that's cheating;))
I also really like the idea of being able to resend an email every year to remind you of a specific event that happened on that day. Special occasions like when a child of yours took his first steps etc. I can imagine it would be useful for men who forget anniversaries or people who don't remember important birthdays too - although this is venturing further from the main focus of FutureMe, I think the concept should be considered. It's widening your target market. The more people you get using this site, the more money you can potentially collect. The more money you collect, the more features you can add. The more features you can add, the happier I am. Therefore, GO GO GO!
If you could make the day and the month of the year which you send it to random, it makes it more of a surprise :)
I'd LOVE if you could email me any new features you've added to the site because I'm really excited for this to work! Thank you very very much for all your work. Love oeiwgjnporig