Stop Giving Your Real Email to Free Trials

You want to try a SaaS product. The landing page says "free trial, no credit card required." Great. You enter your email.

What happens next: the product might be mediocre, but their sales team is relentless. You'll receive a welcome email, a "getting started" email, a "did you see this feature?" email, a "your trial is expiring" email, a "we miss you" email, and then a drip campaign that continues for months after you've forgotten the product existed.

All because you entered your real email to try something for 10 minutes.

The Free Trial Email Trap

SaaS companies invest heavily in email nurture sequences. The moment you sign up, you're entered into an automated funnel designed to convert you from free to paid. Here's what a typical sequence looks like:

Day 0: Welcome email + onboarding guide Day 1: "Did you try [key feature]?" Day 3: Case study or social proof email Day 5: "Your trial is 50% over" Day 7: Meeting request from a sales rep Day 10: "Trial expiring tomorrow!" Day 14: "We've extended your trial" (you didn't ask) Day 15-90: Weekly "we miss you" re-engagement campaign

That's 10-15 emails from a single free trial. Now multiply by every SaaS product you've ever tried.

The Fix: Disposable Email for Every Trial

Use a temporary email address when signing up for free trials. You get access to the product, receive any necessary verification emails, and walk away clean when you're done.

Step by Step

Open tempy.email — get an instant disposable address
Sign up for the free trial with that address
Check tempy.email for the verification/confirmation email
Use the product for as long as you need
If you decide to buy, update your email to your real one in account settings
If you don't, just close the tab. The temp address expires and the sales emails go nowhere

What About Products That Require Email Verification?

tempy.email delivers emails in real-time. Click the verification link directly from the temp inbox. It works exactly like your regular email, just temporary.

What If I Like the Product and Want to Keep Using It?

Update your email in the product's account settings to your real address. This is the best approach because:

You only give your real email to products you've already decided to use
The sales team never gets your real address during the trial phase
You maintain control over when a company can contact you

Products Where This Works Perfectly

Design tools (Figma alternatives, prototyping apps)
Project management (Notion alternatives, task apps)
Analytics tools (dashboards, reporting)
Marketing tools (email builders, landing page creators)
Developer tools (CI/CD, monitoring, logging)
AI tools (chatbots, writing assistants, image generators)

Basically any SaaS product with a free trial that requires an email to get started.

Products Where You Should Use Your Real Email

Anything involving payment processing
Products you're already committed to buying
Business tools your team needs to collaborate on
Services that send critical notifications (monitoring, security)

The Privacy Math

Average professional tries 3-5 new SaaS products per month. Each generates 10-15 emails over 90 days. That's 30-75 unwanted emails per month from trial sign-ups alone.

Using a disposable email: zero.

Get Started

tempy.email is free, requires no sign-up, and works in any browser. Next time a landing page asks for your email, open a new tab and grab a disposable address first. Your inbox will thank you.