[megaduck]

And yet despite all of those factors, I'll be using Snail.

I have elderly family that greatly prefers getting physical letters to email. I also do a lot of foreign travel, where it's inconvenient and expensive to send letters.

Snail is a definitely niche product, and only useful in weird edge cases. However, you might be surprised how many people encounter those edge cases on a daily basis.

[senko]

An interesting extension to the snail mail services would be to snap/upload a photo, use geolocation to find the user's current location and automatically send postcards "from" anywhere in the world.

I always send my postcards the last day and then hunt for the stamps and post box/office where I can send them from. I'd really find this service useful :) Although, arguably a big part of receiving a postcard is the stamp which you wouldn't have here.

[chriskelley]

I do a lot of foreign travel as well - but that is the only time I ever send snail mail! People love getting email from other countries. I always send letters and postcards to not only family/friends, but all of my best clients as well. In fact, one of my clients has all of the postcards I send them up on their office refrigerator. Talk about good for business - every time they go to get out the creamer, they are reminded of me. And though it's a little more expensive than domestic mail, an extra couple of bucks is worth the thanks I get in return.

Making people feel special is worth a couple of bucks.

[jrockway]

I also do a lot of foreign travel, where it's inconvenient and expensive to send letters.

Hence the suggestion that you use email.