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E-Mail Newsletter SaaS?

I'm currently looking for a service to send my newsletter, do you guys can recommend anything?

I was thinking about mailchimp to just get a fast solution, but looking at there page it seems way overkill I'd rather use a small service.

I could just build some fun serverless stuff in AWS, but I actively decided against that, so I could focus on my blog(jonny-rimek.com) and the product I want to build, which I will write more about in the future.

My requirements:

  • free tier
  • possibility to export emails
on September 10, 2019
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    curated.co
    substack.com
    tinyletter.com

    I would go with mailchimp if you plan to build multiple types of email lists so you can manage everything in one system.

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      I'm gonna go with tinyletter for now, thank you for the advice

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        nice. They're reliable.....owned by Mailchimp I believe.

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          yes, I'm pretty happy. A little annoyed they use ReCaptcha, but it's simple and only the minimum. Exactly what I was looking for.

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    Is this a opt in list?. Even opt in lists go bad very fast.
    As I understand it, if you change services your delivery rates can drop. Each service has a warm-up phase. For me, with this knowledge, I think long term in my decision.

    https://mxtoolbox.com/c/products/deliverycenter?AG=ED&gclid=CjwKCAjwtuLrBRAlEiwAPVcZBqpL4aX_O7xdKsUlvIxJ20oKt4hGjMpQy5RG5fZ2atQMESP94IoBOxoCDgsQAvD_BwE

    Most people look at this and think, wow I can't learn all this.

    You need new domain names or you can be at risk, with system emails.

    Gmail, yahoo and outlook have teams and use AI to keep your email from entering their system.

    All the advice here is yesterday's news. This deliverablity problem accelerates by the day.

    Beware!

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    if you know a bit avout AWS, check sendy+AWS

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      this looks pretty interesting, but looks like it requires a dedicated ec2 instance, which would cost additionally.

      The same thing with a serverless stack would be exactly what I'm looking for.

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        You can go with a VPS, it's enough. Or you can even use a droplet from DO, and warm the IP.

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          yeah probably, I'm running with tinyletter for now, it's dead simple. So I can focus on what really matters. Thanks for the tip

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    I went with Mailerlite they're pretty good. They have high delivery rates etc.

    I would most likely swap when the bill becomes too high to amazon SES and some opensource software.

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    Id say stick with substack or mailchimp until you can prove out distribution. Once your over 2000 subscribers then maybe look into something different like drip or Convertkit

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    I’d look into SubStack too.