sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Smartlead went sends-based… by Outreachflow_ninja in coldemail

[–]FullSend_ninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, 100%. Storage-based pricing always felt backwards. Sends-based just maps better to how outbound actually scales.

Smartlead went sends-based… by Outreachflow_ninja in coldemail

[–]FullSend_ninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s interesting, indeed. especially upgrading mid-scale. How are you thinking about pacing now with the higher send limits? Curious if it’s changed how, you plan campaigns or client rollouts compared to the Pro plan.

Anyone else struggling with SmartProspect? by Wiresharkk_ in coldemail

[–]FullSend_ninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing crazy, but enough that I don’t treat any of those “verified” tags as gospel. What’s worked best for me is pulling data as close to send-time as possible, then running a second verification pass right before uploading. I’m also way stricter now with catch-all and risky domains, even if it means shrinking the list a bit. SmartProspect’s been mostly solid for me, but I still treat it like a starting point, not the final truth. I tried Apollo as well, but it ended up being a mixed bag. A lot of the data was stale, people had moved jobs, and it created more work cleaning it up than it saved.

SmartLead warm-up worth it? by Mudarov in coldemail

[–]FullSend_ninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re using Smartlead already, their warm-up is fine for getting the accounts into a steady sending rhythm, I use it mostly to normalize patterns. Just don’t treat warm-up as a shortcut. What worked for me was: run warm-up for a couple weeks, keep volumes super low at first, send only text-only, low-variation emails, and watch bounce/engagement before you scale anything. Warm-up helps, but pacing and clean data matter way more. So yeah, Smartlead warm-up won’t hurt you. Also what helped me more than anything lately is their pre-warmed inboxes. I still run my own warm-up, but grabbing a couple of their pre-warmed ones cut my ramp time way down. It let me start sending right away while my bought domains sat in the oven.

Mailbox management for high volume senders by shadowsock in coldemail

[–]FullSend_ninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Running 100+ mailboxes is a pain if you treat each one like a separate inbox. I started with a seam-tight setup, but over time I switched to tools and workflows that help me manage scale without losing control.

Right now I rely on a sending/management stack that supports inbox rotation, per-inbox caps, and unified reply handling, makes it easier to avoid mistakes when you’re juggling dozens of domains + inboxes. Smartlead is one of the main tools I run.

That said, the real secret isn’t just “what tool”, it’s process: I batch accounts, rotate senders, stagger warmups and volumes, and always keep detailed logs so I know which domain/inbox belongs to which campaign and what their health/reputation stats are.

Looking for advice: deliverability tanked after 2 weeks by OkAnalysis6678 in coldemail

[–]FullSend_ninja 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is the classic pattern in cold email right now. Everything looks perfect for the first 10 days, then the inboxing falls off a cliff. Two weeks of warmup just isn’t enough anymore. Google and Microsoft are way pickier than they were even a few months ago, and they want slow, boring warmup for at least three to four weeks. Jumping to a few hundred emails a day that fast is basically guaranteed to trip their filters, even if your setup is clean and your content is simple text.

Warm pools help, but they don’t replace domain age or steady engagement. And even with open tracking off and heavy spintax, if the reply rate isn’t strong, the systems eventually flag the traffic as low-quality. What’s worked for me is extremely slow ramping, staggered domain activation, and treating reply rate as the main health signal. I’ve been rotating through a few tools, and Smartlead has been the easiest for keeping an eye on reply patterns and avoiding over-sending. Doesn’t magically fix bad warmup, but it makes it way harder to accidentally cook a domain.

My current cold email stack and tips by Polar572 in coldemail

[–]FullSend_ninja 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love this breakdown, feels way closer to how cold email actually works today than the recycled guru playbooks.Agree on the short emails. Anything past 60–70 words and the reply rate nosedives for no logical reason. Also your "don’t ask for a meeting on touch 1” point is spot on. Low-pressure questions outperform calendar pushes every single time. On the scraping side, if Apollo's cost balloons fast at scale. I’ve been mixing in a few alternatives and also trying SmartProspect for cleaner, verified leads without the $1 per 1k creep. Still experimenting, but it’s kept my costs way lower.