Umm... Or, for free, you could just add the advertisements to your mail signatures...

Let me reply to your post above: Advertisement to your email signature will be added on every reply to reply making the file size increase. Advertisement to your signature will not be clickable, nor trackable. The whole idea here is to NOT install anything on any desktop - imagine changing the signature across a large network. The wraps are added AFTER the email has left the desktop or cell phone.

$5 x 1b corporate email accounts - hm - I say that's a large market (and residual)

Wonder if I could charge our vendors to be in a wrap?

We have used WrapMail successfully during a test period of six weeks. The ability to change the Wrap based on current marketing needs is valuable. It is also easy to update the wrap. We have added a Click&Go Live call button to route interested clients directly to us from a link on the wrap and it is working.

Very cool concept. Given the volume of email sent daily and the fact that it only costs $5 per employee per month, it could be a good return on investment.

Why wouldn't you wrap? Great idea Rolv -- you are going to be a billionaire.

I like the idea of having control of what is on the wrapper... some of the examples looked a little busy but if it works for them then great. I really like the idea and see the possibilities. As a small business operator this type of low cost marketing is genius.

Sorry to rain on your parade, but this is nothing new. I am aware of two providers of an identical product, each of which has been running for over 4 years! See Auakland, New Zealand-based http://www.mailprimer.com for example. (I have no connection to these guys at all, I just happen to know they exist). There's also another crowd based in Sth Africa, but am damned if I can remember their name.

This has to be the best idea I EVER saw - every business in the world will be using letterheads for their emails - no-brainer. Stock for sale? Seriously!

I love this. Checked out what Stu said above but seems that WrapMail has a lot more features with their WrapMaker and all the variables that can be build in. Plus they're a US company and mailprimer is in New Zealand. So, local and more features for less money makes it an easy decision for me.

Seems like a good idea, but i do wonder at how the recipient feels? It would be like getting junk mail or bacon for me. Nice idea though and i think that you will go far.

Great tool to promote our business as well as get specific sales pitches out. To bad we didn't have this when we started in 1989. Good work Wrapmail

Great concept. Concise pitch. Endless possibilities. I think you're scratching the surface with your offering.

This is a no brainer...great idea...

Great idea. Adds inventory to be sold to potential sponsors while providing them with additional exposure promoting partnership. Also like the tracking feature. Know that this will be a huge success.

It's an unbelievable concept when you think about how many business emails get sent everyday. Utilizing this automatic marketing tool for such a low cost has to be a no brainer for any company. The trick is to get the word out and get the ball rolling. Every company should use Wrapmail to brand themselves with their clients. It will take off, just need to find the perfect avenue to achieve it.

This is certainly a great way to promote your business through emails. Instead of sending out plain emails to your clients, it is now wrapped with links to your website....Great concept!

Your pitch is very well done. Who would send a blank piece of paper to a potential client? I think it's great links would be clickable and trackable. This saves time trying to find someone's website and lets the company be aware of what is working or not working marketing-wise with their audience. When is this company going public so I can buy stock??

@Rolv, yes you can add a image with a link in your signature and track how many clicks it gets with a page set up to that product with Google analytics. (free) I had to watch it twice to see if I missed anything, but this can easily be done for free with HTML and clickable to a page that is tracked by Google Analytics. Am I missing something?

like many great ideas when you first hear of it you wonder how it has possibly taken this long for it to happen. simple, elegant, with massive brand communication potential.

This seems like one of the times you say "Why didn't i think of that?" Genius. So, theres no spam? Impressive. Im in the marketing/sales business. Seems like an excellent tool.

I am Remax realtor in the Cayman Islands and have been a "wrapper" for the last 2 years and it is amazing the response I get from my vendors and buyers. I have sold many homes using wrapmail. IT is an awesome marketing tool.

excellent

The idea is OK albeit a bit mis guided. For new customers this is good but if I am sending emails to my existing clients or non sales related emails do I really want to spam them with banner ads? NO Has some uses but with all the blocking of images and Jscript in email I see more technical problems than financial gains. 5 per user per month - I send out about 250 emails a month - thats a pretty high CPM for ads that are going to existing customers.

If 5 bucks is too much for you then you have problems - you can't even get business cards for 5 bucks dude. Bottom line - if ONE of your 250 monthly emails got you a new client, what would it be worth to you (and I guarantee you that some of those emails will be forwarded to people you don't know? What do you mean SPAM? Do you email people you don't know? If so that is spam - spam has NOTHING to do with pictures or links!

Can't wait to see the porn equivalent of this...

Great idea - we all send emails these days and must admit they are very bare. Some times the best ideas are the simplest!

Wrapmail has helped me increase my website traffic. The reports also help show me what parts of my site are most popular. I used hyperlinks in my signature, but it did not have the same click throough as Wrapmail.

If i was regularly receiving emails with wraps on each day I would stop dealing with that company - too busy, too much noise, too distracting

WrapMail shows up with all pictures as opposed to most mass emails where you get the rex x and message to "right-click to download images". no problems experienced with antivirus filters

more like crap mail. its dumb... i dnt want my mail to be surrounded by dumb ads!

best new idea I've seen in a long time

sounds like WackMail ;)

I agree - but great idea or no?

what a simple idea. Great way to show what we do, a picture is worth...... Well done!

great concept, I got it in 10 seconds

I tested this and it doesn't work in Outlook or Entourage. The banners are rearranged and the links within the banners are stripped when the user receives them. Haven't tested Gmail or Yahoo mail but I bet they treat WrapMail generated email the same. Unless they can prevent email programs from removing and rearranging the WrapMail content within a given WrapMail generated email, then using WrapMail would be a complete waste of time and money. It would actually reflects bad on a company that uses it; what would you think of a company that sends you scrambled and randomly placed banners within an email? They will either think your company is so incompetent that you can't even send a functional email or wonder if you are spamming them.

@ Kevin - I use Entourage and it works perfectly. To echo Rolv, if you want to see a wrapped email from a computer using Entourage feel free to email me as well (dave@wrapmailinc.com) and I will reply with a perfectly wrapped email. Dave Kustin EVP Marketing, WrapMail

Pretty cool. I suppose certain companies could include 3rd party advertising in their wraps...sports teams, arenas, travel companies.

This is crap. It's just another way to make emails even more unreadable, by adding more and more spam. In my company, as a client, if I ever receive this kind of email, I will just end my relationship with my provider.

google potential or beyond!

Turning my email into adverts, whether for my own company or not. I don't get it.

I remember when almost everyone questioned having a website, now I am wondering why I don't have wrapmail. This will change right now! Great (and inexpesive) concept.

Rolv, I think that your company might be of some use within the entertainment industry. I was thinking that if you guys offered a different service towards the entertainment industry it would be a lot more profitable as well. If you would like to hear what I am thinking, please feel free to contact me at: worldwidetalentsearch@gmail.com

@Rick Rick, there is no interface for the the paid version. Employees send emails using their email client as they normally would. There is nothing to install and nothing to learn. There is an interface that we created for the Customer Control Panel where every account can be managed (create wraps, assign wraps to users, generate reports, etc..). Dave Kustin - CMO, WrapMail

Lisa - thanks for the noticing. We are close to implementing another revenue model where organizations like government entities, colleges and large employers that are in the distribution business can actually monetize their emails. Think about that. We have a business model where we are paid per user AND a business model where we provide a way for organizations to make money (and us) with an existing asset. Pretty cool.

Seriously, this is boring. Its a small business idea, they will earn some money, and nobody will ever remember them. Whats the global market volume for this thing? 50 million? 100 million? Great. Not even close to what one expects from Techcrunch startups. There are many around here that have the potential to change the world, so I don't get all of you.

Potential Global Market Volume: *1 billion corporate email addresses *@ $5 per user per month = $5bb market (monthly) or $60bb (annual) And that does not include our other streams of revenue from our free version and other programs. So, even if we capture a quarter of that market, we would, as you say...'be changing the world.' Dave

Why couldn't the company just add this to their email on their own?

Wait a minute…So this is an email that you receive from a company…and it’s littered with ads from that company. Let’s look at emails I usually get from companies – Now I’m just an average joe…. 1) Info that I’ve requested or availability of a product 2) Invoices …and I never “Forward” an email I receive Everything else is just Spam…now if these “wrapped ads” are only going to be in solicited emails and not sent out as spam…Why would you need this service….You have the info you need already or you are a customer and can find it on the companies site or you’re on their mailing list. We as consumers don’t need to be attacked by advertising on a regular basis. We know what we what most of the time. I see this “wrapped ads” as being a tool of spammers and spam tactics. …oh and I saw nothing about “pay per click” function? So wrapper ads makes only $5 a user???

I agree Robert: 100% Love the fact that we don't have to install anything on our 100+ computers and can vary the "wrap" with different senders.

Love the concept, our company is signing up. Absolute no-brainer

so you're saying I am making all the positive and negative comments? How do I spam the vote? I have no problem with answering any comment/question but yours seem a tad of base.

Wait a minute..."Funding $1.1m" and you need an Elevator pitch?

I find the idea interesting and smart but any given employee should be writing mostly to people who already know the company. In addition to this I'd be interested in knowing to how many different people a same employee writes to. If its, say 20 or 50 people reached per month (already knowing the company), 5$ a month could prove expensive. Maybe a shared revenue model could be more adequate... I'm sure this idea has a real potential. Well done.

@Josh - WrapMail's patent pending technology embeds the images in the email - no placeholders or red Xs.

Josh: How many companies did you start? Maybe you're just here to criticize everyone? I, for one, love this emailwrap concept! HF

@HEH don't you already see ads for products or from brands that you currently use? I'm sure you see plenty of ads all the time from the same brand of car that you drive, television you watch and computer/phone/MP3 player/PDA that you use. And guess what, they are simply trying to get more business from their existing customer base. That's life.

Will this work for receipents that use Lotus Notes as their email client?

Will this work for receipents that use Lotus Notes as their email client?

@Bob - yes.

How many Wrapmail employees are commenting here? This is a bad idea. It is a bad user experience since is too intrusive to a one/one communication. Not antispam friendly. Impossible to read in most mobile devices. Not cross email client compliant. Doesn't support dynamic content. For back and forward email the wrap makes the email heavy and hard to follow the thread. Templates available forced you to make you email look like a cheap old… really old school website. And I am using it only for two days I would say if you sell you products with annoying TV infomercials. This is the product for you.

How many Wrapmail employees are commenting here? This is a bad idea. It is a bad user experience since is too intrusive to a one/one communication. Not antispam friendly. Impossible to read in most mobile devices. Not cross email client compliant. Doesn't support dynamic content. For back and forward email the wrap makes the email heavy and hard to follow the thread. Templates available forced you to make you email look like a cheap old… really old school website. And I am using it only for two days I would say if you sell you products with annoying TV infomercials. This is the product for you.

How many Wrapmail employees are commenting here? This is a bad idea. It is a bad user experience since is too intrusive to a one/one communication. Not antispam friendly. Impossible to read in most mobile devices. Not cross email client compliant. Doesn't support dynamic content. For back and forward email the wrap makes the email heavy and hard to follow the thread. Templates available forced you to make you email look like a cheap old… really old school website. And I am using it only for two days I would say if you sell you products with annoying TV infomercials. This is the product for you.

How many Wrapmail employees are commenting here? This is a bad idea. It is a bad user experience since is too intrusive to a one/one communication. Not antispam friendly. Impossible to read in most mobile devices. Not cross email client compliant. Doesn't support dynamic content. For back and forward email the wrap makes the email heavy and hard to follow the thread. Templates available forced you to make you email look like a cheap old… really old school website. And I am using it only for two days I would say if you sell you products with annoying TV infomercials. This is the product for you.

How many Wrapmail employees are commenting here? This is a bad idea. It is a bad user experience since is too intrusive to a one/one communication. Not antispam friendly. Impossible to read in most mobile devices. Not cross email client compliant. Doesn't support dynamic content. For back and forward email the wrap makes the email heavy and hard to follow the thread. Templates available forced you to make you email look like a cheap old… really old school website. And I am using it only for two days I would say if you sell you products with annoying TV infomercials. This is the product for you.

...The WrapServer removes the existing Wrap and replaces it with a new one around the entire thread and thus does not change/alter the 'weight' of an email at all. There are no templates, as clients use their own logos, graphics, trade dress, etc...I suspect you are using our Free version which is very much in beta, whereas our fully operational business solution is bug free and working well for thousands of clients. If you are really interested, you can contact me directly and I will set you up on our Pro version so you can see for yourself.

@Mike - please read the previous post. Yes, the WrapServer will strip out the previous Wrap and 're-wrap' the entire thread. We used to have per email pricing but it posed confusion for prospects. We analyzed all customer data and traffic - 5 bucks was the average more or less. Much easier pricing to sell.

Sounds like LetterMark.com which came out in 2000. -Strips out received html, replaces with the new. -No files travel with the email, pulled in dynamically in full html only when viewed -light on bandwidth -choice to use or not use right at send -choice of unlimited dropdown templates for sales vs support vs simple note, etc. -When sending to broad group automatically convertst internal addresses to text, external to html on same send. -Sold to enterprise customers, govt agencies, large law firms, etc -Content manager allows anyone in the company to alter their contact data, then every email they've ever sent now has the new info when people open it -layered permissions, -encryption option. -Included separate app to grab virtual cards and store them in visual rolodex as mini-html pages with links to maps, directions, v-card downloads right into outlook. Turns every employee at your firm into a marketing touchpoint.

How the heck did this thing get over 1,100 votes? No other pitch is even close, and this idea sounds like it came out of my ass. (Someone's clearly gaming the voting system.)

@Skeptical - don't hate. @Rick - they are newsletter, blasts, campaigns. WrapMail is all about 'everyday' email. The emails that all employees are going to send anyway.

Very Very cool. I own a small business,but it might help me out as well. I would imagine this would be a great tool in merchandise. If i was a sports team and i wanted to sell hats and jerseys? wow

Very Very cool. I own a small business,but it might help me out as well. I would imagine this would be a great tool in merchandise. If i was a sports team and i wanted to sell hats and jerseys? wow

Very Very cool. I own a small business,but it might help me out as well. I would imagine this would be a great tool in merchandise. If i was a sports team and i wanted to sell hats and jerseys? wow

It's like banner in Web pages : really few peoples care of them anymore and much few ones click on them. Our brain will filter this wrapped add after some time you get it and it will be unuseful... But it should work fine for very small businesses...

It's like banner in Web pages : really few peoples care of them anymore and much few ones click on them. Our brain will filter this wrapped add after some time you get it and it will be unuseful... But it should work fine for very small businesses...

It's like banner in Web pages : really few peoples care of them anymore and much few ones click on them. Our brain will filter this wrapped add after some time you get it and it will be unuseful... But it should work fine for very small businesses...

A bit annoying to advertise like this to people who already correspond with your company. I can see them quickly getting fed up and marking your email as spam, or just blocking html.

Maybe they'll make money, but it won't be by me clicking on their ads. If a company emailed me with that garbage, I'd ignore the message and go straight for the "unsubscribe" button, personal email or not.

This is the next generation of spam as well as an invasion of the sender's and receiver's privacy. Enjoy your day in court.

This is the next generation of spam as well as an invasion of the sender's and receiver's privacy. Enjoy your day in court.

Great idea, but it seems like it would get annoying as hell for the end user, even more so if it's being read on a mobile browser...

Email info@Wrapmail.com