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Use case · Free trials

A throwaway email for every free trial. So they can't beg you back forever.

Sign up. Try the thing. Cancel. Kill the alias. They can't email you. They can't text you. They can't 'we miss you' you. Done.

The problem

You signed up for the 14-day free trial. You decided it wasn't for you. You cancelled. Then they started the email retargeting: 'we miss you', 'come back, here's 50% off', 'last chance', 'really, last chance'. Six months later they're still your problem.

What you do instead

Use a per-trial alias. When you cancel, kill the alias. They have no way to reach you. The 'we miss you' campaign hits a dead address.

trial-acmesaas@you.com

Step by step

  1. Generate an alias when the trial signup asks for your email.
  2. Sign up. Use the product. Decide.
  3. If you keep it, leave the alias active. Update billing notifications, the works.
  4. If you cancel, kill the alias the same day.
  5. Their retargeting sequence runs into a wall. They can't reach you.

Why this works

  • SaaS retention teams are paid to make 'we miss you' emails effective. The fastest way to opt out is to make the email undeliverable.
  • Trial-only aliases also protect you when the company eventually has a data breach (and they always eventually do). Your real email isn't in the leak.
  • If a trial company spam-shares your address with their 'partners' — common with B2B SaaS — the partners hit a dead address too.

Ready for free trialsthat don't haunt you?

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FAQs

What if I want the free trial to convert into a paid subscription?

Then leave the alias active. It works exactly like a normal email — billing receipts, password resets, all of it.

What about trials that require my real billing email?

Most don't. The few that do — usually enterprise SaaS — will accept the alias for the account email and let you set a separate billing email.