Tyma: Mailinator earns several thousand dollars monthly from affiliate links
Paul Tyma · 703: The "Accidental" $10k/mo Side Project · Jun 27, 2017 · at 11:31
Paul Tyma, creator of disposable email service Mailinator, explains how he automated affiliate links on user-generated email traffic.
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“So now Mailinator makes a couple thousand dollars it depends a month, just on affiliate revenue.”
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