Mailchimp is for Mail Chumps - In my Opinion, Just Don't Bother!
October 18, 2021

Mailchimp is for Mail Chumps - In my Opinion, Just Don't Bother!

Leanne Gunnulson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Free

Overall Satisfaction with Mailchimp

It is used as a newsletter marketing tool to send dedicated emails to clients.
  • [I believe] Mailchimp doesn't do anything particularly well.
  • [in my opinion,] Mailchimp could improve on basically everything. I think it's seriously complicated to use.
  • In my experience, the tagging facility doesn't appear to work and all my imported contacts were tagged multiple times with multiple different tags. I feel that the remove tag options are limited and selecting an audience based on the tags is virtually impossible.
  • I believe it should be simple to send one client an email, but with Mailchimp, I would spend two to three hours trying to figure out how to send one person one email because the categories, audience, and tagging are just faulty and awkward. In the end, I usually give up and phone the client, which is probably better, but, geez, it's a pain in my opinion.
  • The silly icons that you have to use instead of words could be improved because you don't know what icon means what and getting from one section to another makes no sense in my opinion.
  • Now, I understand why emails I receive from others who use Mailchimp usually look average. In my opinion, it's because it's a dog of a system.
  • I feel like I've wasted so many hours creating emails and newsletters I can't send because the system doesn't allow me or is too complicated to segment my audience.
[In my experience,] it's complicated and has little icons instead of words. [I believe] it is designed for the brainless by the brainless and doesn't work unless you are brainless - because only those without a brain would think it had worked in my opinion.
In my opinion, there are no benefits to using Mailchimp. I feel like it only offers you frustration and failures over and over again.
[To me,] I believe there is nothing of value to be found in the free version and I certainly wouldn't pay anything for the paid version.

Do you think Mailchimp delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Mailchimp's feature set?

No

Did Mailchimp live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of Mailchimp go as expected?

No

Would you buy Mailchimp again?

No

[In my experience,] it is difficult to use and makes no sense in the way it's laid out. I believe there is nothing intuitive or easy about it and the help guides are useless and don't seem to work in my opinion.

Mailchimp Feature Ratings

WYSIWYG email editor
Not Rated
Dynamic content
Not Rated
Ability to test dynamic content
Not Rated
Landing pages
Not Rated
A/B testing
Not Rated
Mobile optimization
1
Email deliverability reporting
4
List management
1
Triggered drip sequences
Not Rated
Standard reports
3