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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    dotMailer

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AN/A

    $150

    per month

    Mail250

    Score1 out of 10
    N/AMail250 is an e-mail marketing delivery platform.

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    dotMailerMail250
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $150.00
    per month
    Professional
    $500.00
    per month
    Starter
    $20
    month
    Plus
    $30
    month
    Plus Pro
    $50
    month
    Dedicated
    $150
    month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    dotMailerMail250
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    dotMailerMail250
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of dotMailer and Mail250
    Feature
    dotMailer
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Mail250
    6.3
    1 Ratings
    24% below category average
    WYSIWYG email editor9.01 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Dynamic content9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile optimization9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting9.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    List management9.01 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of dotMailer and Mail250
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    Mail250
    6.0
    1 Ratings
    24% below category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Pre-Send Testing
    Comparison of Pre-Send Testing features of dotMailer and Mail250
    Feature
    dotMailer
    -
    Ratings
    Mail250
    6.5
    1 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Link Tracking00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Email Previews00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    Emma by Marigold
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    User Ratings
    dotMailerMail250
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    dotMailerMail250
    Likelihood to Recommend
    dotMailer
    Well suited for a company with a larger marketing budget as this is a costly program compared to the other ESPs. If your use case is not eCommerce, you would probably be better off with a standard ESP like Drip.
    Incentivized
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    Mail250
    I don't think it's well-suited for anyone. In my opinion, the low cost is not worth the extremely poor deliverability.
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    Pros
    dotMailer
    • Easy Editor - no HTML required. It's very easy to drag and drop your elements, customizing the campaign according to your needs.
    • Reports- the reports are robust, showing you your open rates, browsers used, who clicked what, etc. It is easy to section out this information and deliver it to the appropriate stakeholders.
    • Templates - building your own template library makes creating and sending campaigns and quick and easy experience. In a global company like ours, it also enables consistency across the brand locations throughout the world.
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    Mail250
    • Affordable
    • Relatively easy to use
    • Support was fine
    • Has some attractive features like email verification
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    Cons
    dotMailer
    • Integration is overly complex.
    • Cannot progressively profile from anything other than an email address.
    • Too expensive.
    Incentivized
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    Mail250
    • In my experience, deliverability is terrible
    • UI feels old and limited
    • Did not follow up to refund request
    • Due to my poor overall experience, I'm very doubtful in the reliability of their features like email verification
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    Likelihood to Renew
    dotMailer
    Since this is used on a global scale and it is preferable to all of our brands, I cannot see us switching to a different provider. We have built years worth of contacts and templates within our current system, which saves our marketing team a lot of time when putting together future campaigns. All of them are mobile optimized which makes it even easier to work with
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    Mail250
    No answers on this topic
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    dotMailer
    DotMailer is built for eCommerce. Drip, ActiveCampaign, and Infusionsoft are not eCommerce platforms out of the box, though they can be tailored to that use case. DotMailer is especially geared toward retail businesses.
    Incentivized
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    Mail250
    I picked Mail250 because they seem designed for sending 1-time bulk mail for an affordable price.
    Open rates for MailerLite, GetResponse,
    ConvertKit, and SendPulse were all over 50%. Sender.net was extremely low at under 10%. Mail250 was around 10%, but also had an extremely high bounce rate of 10%.
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    Return on Investment
    dotMailer
    • Better customer service
    • Increased brand awareness
    • Increased brand engagement
    • Streamlined processes
    • Regular communication with customers
    • Increased audience/reach
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    Mail250
    • Unable to use it due to poor deliverability
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