My Mailing Method: Small, Low Cost, Yet Highly Profitable.

Posted in Mailing on July 15th, 2008 by Amin

Any serious mailer will tell you that the high volume mailing business isn’t something you can just jump into - you need real technical know-how, a decent amount of start up capital, and a good amount of experience to make it worthwhile.

However, you can easily send several thousand emails a day without having to invest in a hefty setup.

Here’s a quick step by step method I’ve been using to send up to 500 emails an hour:

1) Buy Atomic Mail Sender . It costs £55 (around $100) and it’s a nifty little software which allows you to mass mail by connecting to an external smtp server. I personally use this software, and it gets the job done. Any other reputable mass mail software should also be fine.

2) Get a Hostgator hosting account. The hosting account type you need to purchase depends on your mailing needs. Anything up to 500 emails an hour will work fine on a $5 a month shared hosting account. Even if you have a list that runs into the thousands, you can easily just schedule the software to mail a maximum of 500 emails an hour - that way you could effectively send over 10,000 emails a day. If you need to send a signifantly more amount every day, then just opt for a dedicated hosting package, which allows unlimited emails.

3) Set up your mail sender app with your hostgator smtp mail server settings. Hit ‘test’ - if successful, you’re ready to go.

4) Import your mailing list. Hit send. Make cash.

I won’t go into CAN-SPAM laws here, so just remember, keep it legit. Not that a few hundred/thousand emails would get you into trouble anyway ;]

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6 Responses to “My Mailing Method: Small, Low Cost, Yet Highly Profitable.”

  1. Nick Says:
    July 17th, 2008 at 9:04 pm

    Hey Amin -
    Looking to get something like this setup. Few questions for you:

    - You ever hear of Send Studio or any of the other mailing software from Interspire? Any thoughts on it?
    - How long do these hosting accounts last for? Will the addresses get blacklisted if for any chance the users use the report spam feature or report you?

    Nice post.
    Nick

  2. Amin Says:
    July 18th, 2008 at 6:15 am

    Never used anything from Interspire, so can’t really comment on it.

    As for the hosting accounts, there is no reason why they shouldn’t last as long as you’re not blatantly spamming.

    The only reason I mentioned Hostgator is because I’m using them, their rates are cheap, and they’ve given me the official OK to do this.

  3. aliass Says:
    August 2nd, 2008 at 5:12 am

    Hi,amin
    Nice post.I found a free mailer program at http://vallen.de do you think it is any good?And also where do you get your mailing lists.Do you buy them at forums?

  4. Amin Says:
    August 2nd, 2008 at 9:34 am

    I don’t know anything about the mailer program you’ve listed. As for lists, I build them myself.

  5. aliass Says:
    August 4th, 2008 at 5:49 am

    Oh,o.k Anyway that free mailer turned out to be bad.i guess i’ll have to buy the atomic mail sender soon.anyway i like your blog a lot,you’ve got real useful content

  6. theNOTO Says:
    August 25th, 2008 at 5:52 pm

    Just picked up Atomic Mail Sender - nice tip. I had been looking to mail a small list for a while but didn’t want to mess with the double opt-in a lot of smaller services require.

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