Mailchimp Sucks - Thats all i have to say

Marketing
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Does anyone else use mailchimp?

I cant beleive i dont fit their terms since im under nutritional supplements. So i got a big Deny.

I am building a deals website that lists all the lowest prices on bodybuilding supplements not some sorta acai scam stuff. I can understand the restriction but it also depends on the context of the site.

All i have to say is BOO and their support is not great either i was expecting much more.

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Would all these lowest prices be linked to the sites with affiliate links?

They don’t do affiliate marketing. It’s a business choice. That type of customer has specific needs and creates a lot more work for them keeping servers off blacklists than other types of e-mail marketing.

Nutritional supplements create similar problems. Your mails will have words that are common in spam (because of all the viagra-type pill spam), which means you’ll hurt the company’s spam profile, which hurts all their customers.

I do use MailChimp and I’m very happy with the service.

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Thanks for the quick response and your feedback.

Slickdeals and spoofee should be banned as well.

Thats the point i would like to make they offer the same content as me. Pricegrabber and such?

Cant see any reason why i would be denied now.

If i was building a acai supplement price grabber i can see the issues.

Their loss i will build some cool api tools for their competitors and offer them free. Thanks mailchimp!!!

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Nope, Mailchimp sucks because you cant promote affiliate offers to your list, which is the only reason to build a list!

I went with aweber instead

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There are a couple hundred thousand list owners that would disagree with you there. Try to think of one name brand retailer with an online presence that doesn’t keep an e-mail list. Think of the thousands and thousands of company newsletters. E-mail lists have been around longer than online affiliate marketing.

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Really - did you ask them about that? They way I read their terms, seems their problem is with those who would use affiliates to promote their own services, not someone who promotes affiliate offers to their lists http://www.mailchimp.com/blog/can-spam-and-affiliate-marketing/

I’ll have to ask them about that to be clear, but even still, seems a bit harsh to say someone sucks just because they’re selective with who they choose to have as clients.