Should I leave Confirmed Opt-in option turned on?

by n3on

Posted: 14 years ago 12 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I have recently started building lists, infact today itself. Made an account at Aweber. Made an opt-in page too. But when I was going through the list settings, I noticed that Confirmed Opt-in was turned ON and it was strongly recommended to leave it on. Now, my question is should I leave the option on? Is it a good practice to turn it off? Can keeping the option off pose me some SPAM kinda problems? :confused:

What you people usually do? Am just a newbie in this so looking forward for some knowledge rich answers.

#confirmed #leave #optin #option #turned

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- rosetrees 14 years ago
  
  Ignore the previous poster - it's a spammer and s/he won't be here for long!
  
  Double opt-in is highly recommended to prevent accusations of spam. Anyone joining your list has to click the link to confirm that they wish you to send them information.
  
  It won't stop people clicking the "spam" button in their spam-filter - people either forget that they subscribed, or hit the spam button instead of the delete button.
  
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- Zeus66 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by linksbk
  
  It is better that you turn it off.
  
  Don't listen to this person. They're leaving one sentence nonsense answers all over the forum to jack up their post count. And what they just told you is WRONG!
  
  Confirmed opt-in might reduce the numbers in your list but the quality will remain high. And it will help reduce the number of spam complaints Aweber gets. They look at that closely, of course. Since you're just starting out, endeavor to build a confirmed opt-in list full of highly targeted members. Then send them tips, ideas, and the occasional sales email - all targeted to whatever niche brought them to your list in the first place. And treat your list members like family. Some of them will become your regular customers. Take extremely good care of them!
  
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Neil Morgan 14 years ago

This is all about whether you want your subscriber to have to confirm their subscription by clicking on a link in a confirmation email they'll receive.

It prevents people signing others up without their consent but not everyone will confirm for any number of reasons.

Some say allowing only confirmed subscribers gives you a more responsive list. Others disagree.

All you can do is test what works best for you. Bear in mind your provider may take that choice out of your hands depending on things like the number of spam complaints they receive.

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n3on 14 years ago

Hey guys, thanks to everyone for your valuable replies. I turned it off in thought of getting a small lists if I leave it on. But I was really wrong. Quality is what matters. Will now turn it on. Thanks again to everyone here!
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Ashley Wright 14 years ago

Truthfully it does depend on what your offering, obviously double opt in subscribers are gonna help your bounce rate and spam complaints. It all is about testing really some campaigns I have it on some i don't
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Neil Morgan 14 years ago

One thing to remember is that, depending on your niche, your subscribers may gave no clue what confirmation is or why they need to do it. You need to make sure they know what they're supposed to be doing.

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Ripped 14 years ago

I remember I had one list with aweber, which was growing pretty quick. I decided to turn off the double opt-in to see how it will go. I wasn't aggressive, I sent probably one mail per month to the list.

However, a few weeks after I turned off the double opt-in, I received a warning from aweber and they switched the list to double opt-in, they said they did it to minimize spam, even though I barely touched that list.

So the wisest choice would be to just leave double opt-in on.
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Joe Giannetti 14 years ago

I agree double opt-in is the way to go.....you don't just want a list.....you want a list of subscribers who are highly responsive.
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Neil Morgan 14 years ago

It's not safe to assume that people who don't confirm their subscription (maybe they didn't know how or didn't understand why) won't become paying customers.

Some will, some won't. This is a numbers game.

It's for each to decide how much money they're leaving on the table and if that's a price they're willing to pay for the "benefits" of having a confirmed list (benefits is quoted because it's not much of a benefit if it's losing you money).

Some of the benefits mentioned are actually for the convenience of the autoresponder provider who has tens of thousands of gung-ho users to worry about. One or two spam complaints from your subscribers isn't a huge problem but multiply it by tens of thousands of users and that's a big headache to have to deal with. That's what they're worried about. They're not particularly concerned about what's going to make you the most profit.

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Deepak Media 14 years ago

People who don't confirm are not serious subscribers and would be a dead weight in your aweber account. Always keep it ON.
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Neil Morgan 14 years ago

People who don't confirm are not serious subscribers and would be a dead weight in your aweber account.

If an unconfirmed subscriber buys a $200 product from you, they were a dead weight?

I simply don't understand this thinking.

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