MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by bjonathan » Wed, Feb 02, 2011, 3:25 PM UTC

MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers
mailchimp.com

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

#2

Post by nhangen » Wed, Feb 02, 2011, 3:44 PM UTC

Great for free users - my concern is that it won't scale or that they're not as profitable as they'd like to be.

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by bjonathan » Wed, Feb 02, 2011, 3:48 PM UTC

nhangen wrote: post #2

Great for free users - my concern is that it won't scale or that they're not as profitable as they'd like to be.

I dont worry for Mailchimp, when I see the pricing difference between Amazon SES* and them (even if it's not the same product I know and agree)

* http://aws.amazon.com/ses/pricing/

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by ez77 » Wed, Feb 02, 2011, 4:01 PM UTC

Just curious: when they write "Unlimited", what exactly do they mean? Wouldn't this be a spammer's good investement?

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by marcusEting » Wed, Feb 02, 2011, 4:01 PM UTC

Extensive list of e-mail marketing services, free and paid: http://techblog.willshouse.com/?p=522

(Constant Contact, iContact, Vertical Response, StreamSend, and many more)

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by antidaily » Wed, Feb 02, 2011, 4:08 PM UTC

marcusEting wrote: post #5

Extensive list of e-mail marketing services, free and paid: http://techblog.willshouse.com/?p=522 (Constant Contact, iContact, Vertical Response, StreamSend, and many more)

wish it distinguished free from paid.

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by amdev » Wed, Feb 02, 2011, 4:09 PM UTC

ez77 wrote: post #4

Just curious: when they write "Unlimited", what exactly do they mean? Wouldn't this be a spammer's good investement?

I work at MailChimp. The answer is nope.

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by qeorge » Wed, Feb 02, 2011, 4:09 PM UTC

ez77 wrote: post #4

Just curious: when they write "Unlimited", what exactly do they mean? Wouldn't this be a spammer's good investement?

MailChimp are very diligent about spam. If your emails get reported as spam more than %0.5 of the time you'll be banned.

So "Unlimited" has a built in limit.

(We use/love MailChimp, definitely recommended.)

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by amdev » Wed, Feb 02, 2011, 4:10 PM UTC

nhangen wrote: post #2

Great for free users - my concern is that it won't scale or that they're not as profitable as they'd like to be.

I work at MailChimp. I don't worry about that.

Re: MailChimp now free up to 2000 subscribers

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Post by ez77 » Wed, Feb 02, 2011, 4:18 PM UTC

amdev wrote: post #7

ez77 wrote: post #4

Just curious: when they write "Unlimited", what exactly do they mean? Wouldn't this be a spammer's good investement?

I work at MailChimp. The answer is nope.

Thanks for your answer. I imagined so. But I could also think of some legitimate heavy-duty users who could threaten your profitability. Is there any fine print for those cases?