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I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an email service (2021)


I bought 300 emoji domain names from Kazakhstan and built an emoji email address service. In the process I went viral on Tik Tok, made $1000 in a week, hired a Japanese voice actor, and learnt about the weird world of emoji domains.

In the process I went viral on TikTok, made $1000 in a week, hired a Japanese voice actor, and learnt about the weird world of emoji domains. 🌎 6.7k website views πŸ’Œ 150+ emoji email addresses sold πŸ’΅ $830/yr ARR πŸ”Ί 320 upvotes πŸ… 5th place on Product Hunt πŸŽ€ Most popular Mailoji: @πŸš€ I wish this story ended with Mailoji blowing up and the queen registering an emoji email address or something (I'll reserve Liz@πŸ‘‘.kz just in case).

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