driaug

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by driaug 2y ago
Most likely you did not answer the questions that are most important to them. - How will you make sure that only subscribed recipients will get your emails - How will you handle bounces and complaints - How will you monitor your sending Don
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by driaug 2y ago
All, Founder of Plunk here. Yes, Plunk is designed to work with AWS SES. I was not the one that made it hard for folks to self-host their own email infrastructure. SES is simply the cheapest and most reliable option out there. Reminder, we
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by driaug 2y ago
You can! https://docs.useplunk.com/working-with-contacts/metadata
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by driaug 3y ago
I use the built-in capabilities of AWS and Vercel. https://vercel.com/docs/concepts/projects/domains
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by driaug 3y ago
Love that one! That would definitely be the carving of my space in the market. There are so many email tools out there, really setting myself apart in the market was a difficult one! In the end, I managed to do it with affordability and DX.
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by driaug 3y ago
That's actually good feedback. I've been chatting with people who switched providers and am building out comparison pages at the moment! Thank you so much for the interaction and feedback.
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by driaug 3y ago
That's a great question. The 3 email categories IMO are the following. - Transactional: one-time emails, sent through an API on-demand (e.g. password resets, magic links...) - Automations: Repeatable sequences such as onboarding flows
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Show HN: I turned my email automation tool into a full-fledged email platform(useplunk.com)
10 points by driaug 3y ago|10 comments
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by driaug 4y ago
Thank you very much for the kind words!
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by driaug 4y ago
Thank you very much for this, I wasn't aware of that!
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by driaug 4y ago
It was built for in-product actions but you can use it for whatever suits your needs. It may need some extra code on your side to make that work though. I am currently using it to check up on my users after they have either skipped or compl
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by driaug 4y ago
I believe email clients send back a rejection if it landed in spam. It is one of the metrics AWS SES can track for you. https://docs.aws.amazon.com/ses/latest/dg/monitor-sending-ac...
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by driaug 4y ago
The fact that you don't need to set up and manage your own SMTP server is a big advantage I believe.
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by driaug 4y ago
Validating was really easy. I am really active on Twitter and saw loads of people complain about terrible APIs offered by some tools and the ridiculous pricing of others. + I also had this problem myself so I knew it was a big point of frus
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by driaug 4y ago
Splunk is in a very different part of the landscape than Plunk so legally there isn't that much of an issue. Verbally it may be more confusing but it'll be fine!
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by driaug 4y ago
A very big part of what Plunk does is giving you the opportunity to link multiple events together and delay emails. You can extend it to users that have clicked button A and B but not button C and send those an email after 5 days. Significa
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by driaug 4y ago
That would be very valuable to my development! You can always reach out to me at dries@useplunk.com
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by driaug 4y ago
Sorry about the confusing wording, with bounce I mean both hard bounces, rejects and complaints (they are all monitored appropriately). They are all taken into account when calculating the % because they all have impact on the domain reputa
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by driaug 4y ago
Thank you very much for this incredible feedback, very kind of you! I have already made some minor changes (fixed the typo and moved dedicated support). Tomorrow I will be looking into altering the copy because I do understand what you are
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by driaug 4y ago
I get what you mean by this! Let me clarify what my way of thought is behind the "completely free, no strings attached". I do not ask for your credit card info, I don't put you on a trial that magically renews at the end of t
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by driaug 4y ago
At scale this should work fine. Some parts of the dashboard are not yet prepared for that amount of data to flow in though, may be hard to navigate and monitor. I am also looking at the pricing for that because right now I offer unlimited e
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by driaug 4y ago
I have built-in an automatic catch, if x% (still looking at what a good value for x is) of your emails bounce then your account gets quarantined and we see what we can do about that. That way we can prevent damage before other users get aff
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by driaug 4y ago
No worries! Thank you for the kind words.
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by driaug 4y ago
It is very hard to make statements about this. It very much depends on the reputation of your own domain (if you are not using our domain to send your emails) and the content of your emails if they will end up in spam. I have yet to see one
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by driaug 4y ago
Valuable feedback, thank you for this! How would you feel about a demo video where I show you how to set it up and go through the features at the same time?
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Show HN: I built an email marketing tool made for indie hackers and solopreneurs(useplunk.com)
109 points by driaug 4y ago|60 comments
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How to send emails on churn with Plunk and Stripe Webhooks(useplunk.com)
10 points by driaug 4y ago|0 comments