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My first guess is ESP pricing. Just to pull numbers out of thin air to anchor the conversation, mailing to 20,000 subscribers costs $200–$400/mo at Mailchimp/Co
by spiffytech 10mo ago
My first guess is ESP pricing. Just to pull numbers out of thin air to anchor the conversation, mailing to 20,000 subscribers costs $200–$400/mo at Mailchimp/ConvertKit/Klaviyo, three of the top choices in the space. If it's 50,000 subscribers, that's $380–$800/mo.
- alt227 10mo agoJust playing devils advocate, but why not just switch to posting on a free hosted blog platform? The information can be there for all to see, it doesnt need to be distributed directly into mailboxes by premium mailer services.
- monooso 10mo agoI have no idea whether the hosting is free, but they already have an online archive [1]. Either way, "free hosting" doesn't cover the time required to produce each issue. If you're happy to do such ongoing work without recompense, please consider starting a successor. [1] https://ecmascript.news/archive.html https://ecmascript.news/archive.html
- alt227 10mo agoThe parent comment I was replying to was talking about the cost of distributing a mailing list via email. I was replying to that, no need for snark.
- koakuma-chan 10mo agoYou can send emails for free if you don't use some bullshit platform, no?
- notnullorvoid 10mo agoYou can send emails without these platforms, but your emails very likely will not be recieved if you do. Email is an incredibly broken technology.
- skydhash 10mo agoYou could just notify the user to add you to their contact list. Like : Emails will be sent from feed@example.com. If you're not seeing any email, please check your spam inbox and add this address to your contact list,...[rest of notice].
- anon7000 10mo agoIf you’re not seeing the email in the first place, you’re not seeing the “fix.”
- skydhash 10mo agoThe message should be in the subscribe page, not in an email.
- koakuma-chan 10mo agoWait, but then they wouldn't be able to subscribe you to their shit without your consent.
- yyyk 10mo agoThese are email marketing platforms, not bulk transaction email platforms, and I don't see why they can't do with the latter. At a bulk transaction platform, such a tiny amount would cost at most $20-$50/mo. If you're willing to do a bit of work to use AWS SES, that would be $2-$5 a month. Azure ACS would be even cheaper.
- immibis 10mo agoHow much does it cost if you make your SMTP server connect to their SMTP servers and exchange mail?
- yyyk 10mo agoEvery bulk transactional email provider I could find* allows SMTP relay even in the basic/free plans. That feature seems to come for free everywhere. * e.g. SendGrid, Postmark, mailjet, mailgun, mailerroo, etc.