SendGlide
Web and SaaS
email marketing
SHOW HN2015
31points
42comments
#892of 2,565 in 2015
Top 35%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 14 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 8 critical, out of 27 comments about the project. Thread score -0.29.
Design: 1 for, 4 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Email template builder is fantastic
From 1 comment
The email template builder at SendGlide is really fantastic. You would definitely love it. Give it a try.
neeraga on HN
Cost savings compared with other email services
From 1 comment
Yes, You got it right. If you have 50,000 subscribers and you send bi-weekly emails or roughly 10 campaigns every month. You would be paying $49(Flat Fee) + 10*($5) = $99 Any…
neeraga on HN
Objections
Requires users to set up their own Amazon SES account
From 2 comments
I think there is a pretty small market for small businesses who want to use a service like this, but want to / are capable of setting up their own Amazon SES setup. The small…
jaxn on HNI thought the same thing. The product looks great, but setting up SES is something that should not be required.
manuelflara on HN
Site is broken on mobile and iOS
From 3 comments
Broken on mobile. Menu takes up the whole screen so I couldn't read anything about the product.
vonklaus on HNSite seems really broken on iOS
supercoder on HNFor me on iPhone, the page would be fine if only the entire almost-full-screen-size navigation didn't switch to fixed positioning and block most of the page once I scroll past it.
midnightmonster on HN
Pricing is unclear; SES costs are extra
From 1 comment
This is owlsend (owlsend.com) re-branded after causing confusion with sendowl (sendowl.com). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9068154 I'm glad to see they fixed their logo so…
jrs235 on HN
Small business market may be too small
From 1 comment
I think there is a pretty small market for small businesses who want to use a service like this, but want to / are capable of setting up their own Amazon SES setup. The small…
jaxn on HN
Requests
Clearer explanation of the SES pricing
From 1 comment
This is owlsend (owlsend.com) re-branded after causing confusion with sendowl (sendowl.com). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9068154 I'm glad to see they fixed their logo so…
jrs235 on HN
Simpler setup without needing SES
From 1 comment
I thought the same thing. The product looks great, but setting up SES is something that should not be required.
manuelflara on HN
Questions
What is the biggest difference from Constant Contact
From 1 comment
Having used Constant Contact for a while now I'm kind of biased towards them but I'm always looking at new ways and services for doing things. What is the biggest difference…
crazyintern on HN
How deliverability and open rates are measured
From 2 comments
As far as I know, there is no good way to measure open rate. You can see if images in your html email are loaded. But that could also happen automatically or in a preview pane…
xyby on HNYou're right, deliverability can be measured via pixel image itself. That is the same process that we follow at SendGlide.
neeraga on HN
Alternatives named
MailChimp
From 2 comments
I saw Mail Chimp at $200 a month for 10,000 and thought.. really? However, when I look at Mail Chimp it seems to be $75. So: 10K subscribers, Monthly charge, Unlimited sendlimit…
richardwigley on HNYikes, I wouldn't want to compete on price. I personally believe it's the features beyond MailChimp where the action is. Let MailChimp have the low-end. It's going to be really…
noelwelsh on HN
Sendy
From 1 comment
We use to use http://sendy.co/ which is a self hosted solution, but doesn't really offer anything in the way of templates and lacks some features. We ultimately left as we now…
jwblackwell on HN
Constant Contact
From 1 comment
Having used Constant Contact for a while now I'm kind of biased towards them but I'm always looking at new ways and services for doing things. What is the biggest difference…
crazyintern on HN
Intercom
From 1 comment
We use to use http://sendy.co/ which is a self hosted solution, but doesn't really offer anything in the way of templates and lacks some features. We ultimately left as we now…
jwblackwell on HN
OwlSend
From 2 comments
This is owlsend (owlsend.com) re-branded after causing confusion with sendowl (sendowl.com). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9068154 I'm glad to see they fixed their logo so…
jrs235 on HNWas a thread about this a couple of days ago also: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9068154 . Looks like they changed their name since then.
runarb on HN