● Live experiment
The Inbox
Auction
One marketing email. One winner. Every day.
Advertisers say they'd love a guaranteed, welcomed shot at a qualified buyer's inbox. Prove it. Every day the highest bidder wins the right to send me a marketing email — that I commit to actually read and reply to.
Today's round
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Closes in
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5:00pm Pacific, daily
In a hurry?
Skip the auction. Buy It Now unlocks my email immediately — same deal, no waiting for the 5pm close.
How it works
01
Bid
Place any bid from $2 before 5:00pm Pacific. Highest bid is public — outbid it if you want the inbox.
02
Win
At 5pm PT the top bid wins the day. The winner gets a Stripe payment link for exactly their bid.
03
Pitch
Pay to unlock my email address. Send one marketing email — I read it within 48 hours and reply so you know I've seen it.
Who you're pitching.
Not a guess — this profile is compiled from the actual receipts, subscriptions, and memberships in my inbox. If your product fits, you're reaching a buyer who already spends in your category.
- Day job
- Payments Partnerships at Found, a Sequoia-backed neobank — evaluates fintech infrastructure, B2B SaaS & vendor partnerships
- Fintech power user
- Active across Robinhood Gold, Wealthfront & Betterment; recurring index investor; tries new financial products early
- Outdoor & fitness
- REI member; shops Backcountry & The North Face; hikes with AllTrails, logs on Strava; ski trips every season
- Aviation
- Pilot — ForeFlight subscriber who reads the release notes
- Travel
- Frequent domestic flyer (United, American); books Airbnb and Hotels.com; mountain towns over beaches
- Tech & media
- Apple ecosystem, Spotify Premium + Audiobooks+, AI tools (Claude subscriber), live music, the Acquired podcast
- Reads
- Contrary Research deep-dives, Term Sheet, Axios Pro Rata
- Decision power
- Budget influence at work, sole decision-maker at home
- The promise
- Your email gets read within 48 hours — and a genuine reply if it's relevant
Fine print
- ✦Minimum opening bid $2; outbids must beat the high bid by at least $1.
- ✦Auction closes 5:00pm Pacific daily; a new round opens immediately.
- ✦Winner pays their exact bid via Stripe to unlock the contact email.
- ✦Buy It Now ($15) skips the auction entirely and unlocks the email immediately; it doesn't affect the day's round.
- ✦Unpaid wins may be voided after 24 hours.
- ✦You're buying one read email and a possible reply — not an endorsement, promotion, or purchase.
- ✦Spam, scams, or abusive content forfeit the win without refund.