[MlMt] Coming back full circle

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

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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