# Intentionally Delaying Your Email Hit Me Later By Going Like Sixty | Published 2008-09-17 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/email-snooze-feature-hit-me-later-delays-email-delivery References: [hitmelater](http://www.hitmelater.com/) If you have a reason that you want an [email delivered later](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/delay-the-delivery) (I'm trying hard to think why you would need this feature) then Hit Me Later can do it. Just [forward the email](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/email-management) to XX@hitmelater.com (substitute hours for XX) and Hit Me Later will shoot the original email back to you when you specified. If you place a day in place of the XX, it will be sent to you on that day. The best part? It's free. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.5/10 - Popularity: 12% | Activity: 56% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Gadgets](https://www.trendhunter.com/gadgets) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Delayed Email Delivery:** Opportunity for email providers to offer delayed delivery as a standard feature, causing a shift in how people schedule their tasks and how companies strategize their email communications. - **Time Management Tools:** Opportunity for startups to develop user-friendly tools that help people better manage their time by scheduling their email tasks more efficiently. - **Personalized Email Delivery:** Opportunity for AI-powered email services that assist users in customizing their delivery schedules based on their preferences and behaviors in order to maximize the effectiveness of their email communications. ### Where This Applies - **Email Service Providers:** Providers like Gmail or Outlook could leverage delayed email delivery as a value-added feature and attract more customers looking for better time management tools. - **Task Management Software:** Companies like Asana or Trello could integrate delayed email delivery into their platforms to enhance task scheduling capabilities and increase productivity for users. - **Artificial Intelligence Companies:** AI-powered email assistants like Boomerang or FollowUp.cc could develop personalized delivery scheduling features using users' data and natural language processing, creating a more efficient and effective email system. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Scheduled Message Vaults](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/postdatame.md) - [Scheduled Messaging Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/memoria.md) - [Future Message Reminders](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/hifutureself.md) - [AI Newsletters Organizers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lateronemail.md) - [Professional Email Draft Features](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/email-draft.md) - [Application Management Softwares](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/later.md) - [Email Task Managers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mailtodolist.md) - [Temporary Email Services](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/funmail.md) - [Temporary Email Services](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/instant-mail.md)