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Renting an email List?

by bitmoney
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I am a newbie. Is renting an email lis a good idea?

Any legal issues like spam to be considered here?

Are there any good/safe companies from where we can safely
rent email list?


Building a list is so so tough.

Thanks.
#email #list #renting
  • Profile picture of the author senderbot
    Hi,

    What you got to ask yourself is this, "If someone complains that you are spamming them, can you prove they opted in to receive your email?"

    Complaints that you are spamming will likely get your IP address blocked by the filters and you may end up getting your email addresses and domain name on blacklists which could hinder future promotions.

    Plus people could go further and accuse you of spamming to the authorities. Even though emailing to a rented list isn't technically against the Canspam act you might still have to prove that the recipients opted in to your email.

    And the fine in the US for breaching the Canspam act is $16k per email.

    More info on the Canspam act can be found here - The CAN-SPAM Act: A Compliance Guide for Business

    These are the things to consider when starting an email campaign to people who are unknown to you.

    As you say, "Building a list is tough". But then the rewards for building a relationship with a targeted, responsive email list will be worth it in the end.

    Cheers

    Max
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  • Profile picture of the author jasons
    Building a list is tough but it is the only way to really make $$ online. I would stay away from renting lists and just place solo ads in reated ezine's to your niche pointing back to your offer where you offer something for free that you could sell.

    Try this aswell to build a list. Once you get to 100 start swapping

    # IMAdswaps.com
    # AdSwapFinder.com
    # ListSwapper.com

    Cheers
    Jason
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    • Profile picture of the author Andyhenry
      Originally Posted by jasons View Post

      Building a list is tough but it is the only way to really make $$ online.
      WRONG!

      I wish people wouldn't keep repeating stuff like this as it's just plain wrong.

      OP - You're highly unlikely to find anyone who cares about you that will recommend you buy lists. It's a great way to waste your money and get yourself (and your business) in trouble.

      Ignorance is not an excuse when get a knock on your door from the authorities investigation spam complaints.

      If you buy lists of peoples emails make sure you're able to prove they opted in.

      I would avoid this at all costs.

      It's hard enough building your own list without getting spam complaints (some people just forget they opted in even when you're in full control of the process and offering great value) and every level of distance you put between you and the people on the list - the more likely to have trouble you are.

      Not least is the fact that you start with a list of people who don't know who you are and will most will unsub when you send your first message, others will report you for spam, and what's left may still be useless.

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  • Profile picture of the author scrofford
    Just build your own list. It will save you lots of legal problems. Renting or buying a list is asking for trouble and not only that, you really don't know if that list is targeted to your market.
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  • Profile picture of the author JasonParker
    If you're buying an email drop/solo ad to someone else's list, it's possible to make some good money.

    The good ones are usually really expensive though.
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  • Profile picture of the author RobertJamett
    if you wanted to BUY an email list.. what would be a good place to purchase it from for a reasonable price?
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  • Profile picture of the author SEO Network
    I agree with scrofford, building your own list is better. Renting a list wont give you the results you're expecting.
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  • Profile picture of the author onlineballa
    Has anyone used .rent-a-list.com??

    It looks like a good service and was thinking of testing a few campaigns to build my own list with them?
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