Hi there,
We have a good double optin database (80k subscribers). We are sending 500 000 mails a month. Geo is Belgium. Paying 1800 EUR for this every month. Seems to be expensive for me, however deliver rate is good.
What do you recommend? We are currently using http://smartfocus.com/ .
Thanks!
You can get that bill down to 50 Euro per month by using Amazon SES + Sendy.
Just saved you 21k per year
Using amazons architecture delivery rates are great.
Get your tech guy to set it up it's very basic to get running. Test it on 10% of your list and compare inbox rates.
I like sendy too, but it really sucks for segmenting and timing your emails. It's as basic as you can get.
Is there like a Mailchimp UI that can sit on top of Amazon SES? That'd be ideal.
For those kind of volumes I would still recommend Mailchimp. Its a bit more expensive but it it guarantuees inbox delivery and is super user friendly.
If volumes keep on going up I would go for EGOI