I had an idea in 2008 to make a website that emailed your friends when you die. I built https://www.deadmansswitch.net/ in a weekend, and it's been making money since. Around $1k/mo now.
I had an idea in 2008 to make a website that emailed your friends when you die. I built https://www.deadmansswitch.net/ in a weekend, and it's been making money since. Around $1k/mo now.
I've wondered about this before, not just telling people, but what about my code projects etc... Something like "make all my github repo's public when I die" (assuming anyone would care about them).
I heard about your website about a decade ago. That's awesome you are still maintaining it and it's generating cashflow.
Thanks! Now with LLMs it's really easy, I've added attachments, improved check-ins, a better app, lots of stuff. I really like how easy it is now to do the gruntwork of maintenance!
How do people find it, word of mouth?
Yeah, basically.
morbid question, but do you know if any emails have ever been sent?
Of course, lots are sent every day. I don't know if they're from deaths, but lots of messages get sent. I know people have died because the police or FBI contact me sometimes.
Once, a girl had committed suicide and used the service to send accusing emails to her friends and family two months later. That was tragic all around.