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Campaign Monitor charges by contacts, from $13/mo for just 500; Bluey charges by emails sent, about $30/mo on Grow with unlimited contacts. Bluey wins on price and adds a CRM and cart-recovery Campaign Monitor lacks.
Email deliverability is the share of your emails that reach the inbox. The average is just 83.1% — nearly 1 in 6 emails misses. Benchmarks and fixes for 2026.
Kit (ConvertKit) is per-subscriber — $139/mo at 10k. Bluey is ~$14 per send with unlimited contacts. Full honest comparison of pricing, features and who wins.
Email marketing automation drives 37% of email sales from just 2% of sends. Learn the three flows to build first — welcome, abandoned cart and browse.
beehiiv bills by subscriber with unlimited sends; Bluey bills by send with unlimited contacts. At 10,000 subscribers mailed monthly that is $109 vs ~$14 — but the maths flips for daily senders.
Kit Creator runs $39/mo at 1,000 subscribers and $679/mo at 100,000. Six alternatives ranked by need — cheapest, best for monetizing, best flat rate, and best value.
beehiiv is free to 2,500 subscribers, then $49/mo, and caps at 100,000. Six alternatives ranked by need — cheapest, best free plan, best for paid newsletters, and best all-round.
Abandoned cart emails are the highest-earning ecommerce automation ($3.65 per recipient, 50.5% open). See the 3-email timing sequence, what to say, benchmarks, and how to set it up.
Seven proven email subject line formulas with open-rate data: personalization, question, number, CTA, curiosity, urgency, and benefit-first. Keep it short and test the formula.
SPF, DKIM and DMARC are three DNS records that prove your email is really yours. Plain-English guide plus the Google/Yahoo 2024 bulk-sender rules you must meet.