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Purchasing an email list

by flapizza
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I just started a local Groupon style site, and I wanted to know if anybody had ever purchased an email list to market to and what kind of results you got. We are adding subscribers, but it is going a little slower than I would like.
#email #list #purchasing
  • Profile picture of the author brux
    If you buy a email list, think of the following:

    1. How old is this list 1day or 10years
    2. How many people before you this list was sold to
    3. Is this list interested into what you are going to offer them
    4. If this list is live (no fake emails and no 10 years old subscriptions) - how many people will report you for spam.


    Rules of marketing to purchased mailing lists are different from rules of marketing to your own subscribers.
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  • Profile picture of the author ridakzemlo
    I would never buy email lists simply because it's not right and ethical. Would you want your email being sold to someone else? And there's a very great risk to get reported as a spammer.
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  • Profile picture of the author jrwoods
    Don't buy lists, they're usually bogus and outdated. I would try to find someone selling solo ads in your specific niche, but be careful, make sure the solo ad provider is legit...

    You might also do some research on companies that might be compatible with your niche and negotiate a price to have them email there list with a link to your website... just a thought
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  • Profile picture of the author wordpressdoctor
    I've already done this, don't buy a list. Take the time to build one. You'll get much better results in the long run.
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  • Profile picture of the author jordan03
    I agree, it may take some time but i promise it will benefit you in the long run, I truly recommend you check out Bryant Winters in his 5 figure day system..This will help you build your list fast and its free
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  • Profile picture of the author flapizza
    That's what I thought, but the number of emails and the relatively low cost made it look enticing. We've added about 200 legitimate emails to our list in the first 3 weeks, I was just hoping to find a quick way to bump that number so we can improve sales.
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    • Profile picture of the author brux
      Originally Posted by flapizza View Post

      That's what I thought, but the number of emails and the relatively low cost made it look enticing. We've added about 200 legitimate emails to our list in the first 3 weeks, I was just hoping to find a quick way to bump that number so we can improve sales.
      People you signed up to, are interested into your services and info you have promised to send them.
      While email owners you are going to purchase never signed an agreement with you, so they are not expecting to get your emails.

      What are you doing with unsolicited emails? I personally ignore them, others send them to spam.
      Don't expect they do the other actions.
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  • Profile picture of the author gcbmark20
    Hi,

    If you have a spending budget then see if you can find someone
    within the same niche as you who may be able to send out an ad
    to their customers or allow you to place an ad on their website in
    exchange for a monthly fee.

    If you can find blog owners who get decent amounts of targeted traffic
    to their sites every single month then try approaching them and see
    if you can strike a deal.

    At least this may speed up the process of adding more leads into your
    business.

    Hope this helps
    Gavin
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  • Profile picture of the author HelpingYouBeAnExpert
    If you buy a list most companies will not let you import it like aweber. Also you have no relationship with the people whos' list you bought. Also some people are going to be very very pissed if they figure out their email was sold. You might have some other legal problems is there was no TOS saying it can be sold so you are maybe running into those problems from passed on to you from the person who collected the emails in the first place. My my opinion it's always better to generate the email optin yourself then to buy it, not the answer people like to hear but it's true.
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  • Profile picture of the author Joan Altz
    Buy ads, not email lists.
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  • Profile picture of the author billyd786
    I've done it before and my account got closed it's not worth the hassle luckily I broke even on what I spent to purchase the email list...

    Like Joan said purchase ads not email lists whether it'd be solo ads, facebook ads, pay per click ads, banner ads..

    Billy D
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  • Profile picture of the author FitMarketer
    I would be cautious when purchasing an email list. I have only ever heard bad experiences of banned autoresponders and spam warnings.

    I would recommend just starting your own list from scratch. It may take a little longer in the beginning but the results will be well worth it.

    You can do this quickly if you incorperate FB into the mix.

    There are plenty of threads here check out the offline section also

    Hope this helps
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrick Brown
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    Just to make sure you're on the safe side, write a simple email and have whoever is selling you this send out to the list to see the open rate, etc.

    Just to get a feel of what you're buying....
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