Mailchimp Erfahrungen

Vorteile

Mailchimp ist das einfachste Newsletter-Programm, das ich kenne. Insbesondere der Editor macht es einem sehr einfach, ansprechende Newsletter zu gestalten.

Nachteile

In Punkto Datenschutz ist das Programm für Anwender in Deutschland nicht unbedingt die erste Wahl, hier gibt es mittlerweile bessere Alternativen mit einem vergleichbaren Funktionsumfang.

Vorteile

Mailchimp ist in unser CRM-System Daylite integrierbar.

Nachteile

Es werden sehr viele Funktionen angeboten, welch über die Hauptnutzung des E-Mail-Marketing hinausgehen.

Vorteile

Das man kostenlos starten kann und für eine kleine Liste Ideal.

Nachteile

Die Handhabung ist lernintensiv und man muss sich schon damit auseinandersetzen.

Vorteile

Our org used MailChimp to capture employee surveys and derive statistics on how the different events held worked and the satisfaction rates. It was also used to launch different campaigns and products that the organization created. The software consolidated the responses in a legible format and plotted the results in a user friendly fashion.

Nachteile

The software is a bit expensive compared to other ones like slack and SurveyMonkey that offer similar features.

Vorteile

One of the biggest pros of Mailchimp is its user-friendly interface and intuitive design. The platform is incredibly easy to navigate and use, even for those who are new to email marketing.Another key benefit of Mailchimp is its advanced automation capabilities. The platform allows you to create custom email campaigns based on subscriber behavior, so you can send relevant and targeted messages that are more likely to convert. This is a powerful tool for businesses and organizations looking to build better relationships with their customers and improve the effectiveness of their marketing efforts.In addition to its automation capabilities, Mailchimp also offers a wealth of analytics and reporting tools that can help you measure the success of your email campaigns. With real-time reporting and detailed insights, you can see exactly how your campaigns are performing and make data-driven decisions about future marketing efforts.Overall, Mailchimp is an excellent choice for businesses and organizations looking for a comprehensive and effective email marketing platform. With its user-friendly interface, powerful automation features, and insightful analytics, Mailchimp is well-equipped to help you streamline your email marketing efforts and achieve your marketing goals.

Nachteile

Mailchimp has some limitations that some users might consider as cons. One of the main complaints is the limited automation capabilities in the free plan. The free plan also has limited integrations with other platforms and a lower email sending limit. Some users also report that the interface can be cluttered and difficult to navigate, especially for more advanced users. Additionally, some users have reported issues with deliverability, with some emails going to spam folders. While Mailchimp is a popular and user-friendly option for many, these limitations might be a drawback for some users who require more advanced features and more control over their email marketing campaigns.

Vorteile

It has a lot of features on the free plan which is incredibly attractive to any client, especially ones that are just starting out

Nachteile

A lot of emails end up in SPAM folders. I found creativity flexibility to be incredibly limited.

Vorteile

The ability to schedule, create, and cultivate individualized email marketing lists is perfect for our business when we have different subsets of content that people are interested in (Fantasy Football, NFL, College Football, Draft Prospects, Betting). The growing ease in which we can deliver carefully-crafted, branch-specific content emails is key.

Nachteile

There isn't anything that we can say "we must have it" or "can't go without it" as there seems to be standard on every other email marketing software. That being said, the price is still worth it.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

MailerLite und Moosend

Warum Mailchimp gewählt wurde

The price was the main sticking point. They all seem the same and offer the same items. Mailchimp was the best bang for our buck.

Zuvor genutzte Software

HubSpot Marketing Hub und ActiveCampaign

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Mailchimp

Price, that's the only issue because they all seem the same.

Vorteile

I like that Mailchimp allows you to easily create surveys and collect responses from customers. You can use the drag and drop survey builder to quickly create a survey that fits your needs. You can also customize your survey design and add images and videos. Mailchimp also offers advanced reporting and analysis tools that allow you to gain insights into customer preferences and behaviors. Additionally, you can use Mailchimp's survey distribution feature to quickly send surveys to your customers.

Nachteile

I found that Mailchimp was a bit limited in its survey capabilities. The survey options were basic and limited in terms of customization, and there was no way to add logic or conditionality. Additionally, there were limited question types offered, and no way to add images or videos.

Vorteile

Mailchimp is simple to use, inexpensive, and provides many features that other platforms do not. The drag-and-drop editor is very user-friendly and allows you to create beautiful emails even if you have no design experience. We had a high open and click-through rate, which increased our email engagement with our subscribers. Mailchimp's automation features saved us a lot of time and effort. The platform is easy to use and intuitive, making it simple for us to create and manage email campaigns. Mailchimp is without a doubt the best email marketing platform I've ever used.

Nachteile

The user interface can be improved, like for example if I need to see the metrics of a campaign then I need to click on the view report icon everytime which is time consuming. Also lately I face some data discrepancy as the API 's were making few incorrect calls and showing wrong numbers.

Vorteile

I like the templates. they're not the most "creative" but it makes sending out an email so easy!!

Nachteile

I understand that the bigger the audience, the more it would cost, but once you're paying (2000+ audience) then there are more competitively priced products. Plus, the 2000+ audience numbers include unsubscribes, why? If someone unsubscribed, then why shouldn't my total number in my audience drop to only the ones that are actively receiving emails.

Vorteile

Mailchimp is an email marketing platform that offers a variety of features, including user-friendly templates, automation capabilities, detailed analytics, and integration with multiple platforms. It is a cost-effective solution for small businesses and individuals to send targeted, professional-looking emails to their audience.

Nachteile

Limited automation and segmentation capabilities in lower pricing plans.

Vorteile

I enjoy that I can integrate with other services such as book funnel and Shopify to build my email list. I like that I can see the engagement on newsletters.

Nachteile

Hard to use templates and limited options within the program. The website is sometimes difficult to manage as is interacting with my contacts list.

Vorteile

I like how simple it is to complete tasks without needing any training. It is simple and easy to find everything. Once you get the hang of it, you can definitely dress things up a little more, but this is not a program that you need someone to teach you. The layout options are endless, and the final product always looks professional.

Nachteile

The editing options in Mailchimp is not up to the mark. Editing newsletters can be a little challenging for me.

Vorteile

I feel lucky that I got a .com domain name and their website builder for free for 5 years in an offer - and obviously, this is the thing that I like most about Mailchimp.

Aside from that, I need to send monthly newsletters and other sorts of emails and I used Mailchimp to make the work easy. Mailchimp offers various customizable options and also offers well-designed templates that I can choose and edit - which makes our work very easy.

While I started using Mailchimp just to send newsletters, I have been enjoying other features too.

Nachteile

In my view, the User Interface (UI) of Mailchimp isn't very good. Exploring Mailchimp was confusing to me when I just started using it. Some features are hidden and it's not easy to make sense of that pressing 'a' button does.

I think the User Interface(UI) can definitely be improved.

Apart from that, the mobile app of Mailchimp doesn't offer many features which is not a big problem for me as I do most of my work in PC. However, I prefer to have more features available directly in a mobile app.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

GetResponse

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Mailchimp

I was getting an offer from Mailchimp while I wasn't getting one by Getresponse so Mailchimp had an advantage. I also researched a bit and found that Mailchimp has a bigger userbase than Getresponse. I gave Mailchimp a try instead of Getresponse as I didn't need to pay any amount to start using Mailchimp. After I liked Mailchimp, I upgraded my plans.

Vorteile

The robust feature set related to list management is where Mailchimp truly shines. The ability to bring people into our list, tag them based on where they came from, and then automate custom drip campaigns to each of those segments of our list is a powerhouse feature that has made a big difference in our business. Mailchimp does all of this affordably and also allows us to create emails that look great.

Nachteile

Sometimes the sheer number of features available can make it a little harder to find just what you want to do. As the platform has grown, adding new features at a rapid pace, it's inevitable that the user interface will get more confusing. In recent years, the learning curve to use Mailchimp well has increased a bit, but it's still something that even a beginner can use and pick up relatively quickly.

Vorteile

I appreciate that Mailchimp has the functionality to build an email based on templates, or based on HTML. I find it easy to import email addresses as needed, I think there's a healthy emphasis on preventing spam, and I like the tagging and group features. I also like the demographics that it displays, the emphasis on A/B testing, and the predictions about the best time at which to send the email. I have very rarely made mistakes in my sends, and that I can attribute to the great testing features.

Nachteile

I wish it weren't so challenging to navigate between sections for multivariate emails and the old version of the website. I have run into issues setting up automated series such as for a welcome series of emails. I wish it were easier to export the data I myself put into Mailchimp without having administrator status. Finally, I dislike being warned about the possible cost of importing new data every time I do so, as that's not my responsibility to worry about in my role. Instead, I want to be celebrating our list growth!

Vorteile

Absolutely great design and graphics of Web and app versions
Great support
Good delivery to recipients

Nachteile

Well, the most uncomfortable this is that the HTML editor available only in paid plans. It is not good, guys, really.
Also it will be good if in Mailchimp will be the Email validation service in paid plans. Because I was banned for that thing, and the saddest part is that my customers are got their emails and Mailchimp customers service says that I shoul do a double opt-in procedure, even I've got the legal rights to mailing my customers (btw my audience is more than 10K of emails)
And one more thing: I hope that doon will be available a World Map with the real-time open/click actions

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

Sendinblue und SendGrid

Warum Mailchimp gewählt wurde

Because I don't want to use both services at the time

Zuvor genutzte Software

SendPulse

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Mailchimp

Because of UI and paat experience

Vorteile

Easy to setup: I've used Mailchimp in the launch of dozens of brands and digital products. Mailchimp is so easy to setup; I can literally have an account up and running, collecting email addresses within 20 minutes.

Great free option: One of my favorite things about Mailchimp is the fact that you get up to 2,000 contacts for free. Having that as an option (particularly for new businesses) is absolutely critical in making sure you can measure ROI from the platform before you start investing a lot of money.

Easy to use: Mailchimp's forms, email templates, list management, etc. is all so simple. In the rare case you can't do something you want via the Mailchimp admin, it can probably be done via the API. Mailchimp has also done an exceptional job of integrating with 3rd party platforms to make sure you can easily maximize your email collection.

More than just email marketing: In the last few years Mailchimp has started offering additional features outside of email campaigns, like Facebook ads and card mailing services. I personally don't think they're as good as Mailchimp's email service, but I am sure they'll improve over time.

Nachteile

In the last couple of years Mailchimp has made some changes to their pricing structure that I don't particularly love:

1) Pay as you go features have become more limited compared to their monthly plans.
2) Monthly rates have increased (although that's bound to happen at some point).
3) They now include some social platform contacts in your allotted contacts (i.e. you pay for them like they're email contacts).

As well, Mailchimp automatically increases your bill when you cross over your plan subscriber threshold. I'm not a huge fan of that, but I suppose I prefer it to them just disabling collection of new contacts.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

AWeber

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Mailchimp

Ultimately it was the free plan that made me choose Mailchimp. None of the other platforms gave me lifetime free usage for a smaller number of subscribers.

Vorteile

I love that it's free for the first 2000 names - makes it easy to try the product over time. I switched from Constant Contact and was looking for something more affordable for our needs as a new, volunteer-based non-profit. I also love the ease of use. It's pretty simple to figure out and whatever questions I've had have been answered by the help documents.

Nachteile

I wish that Mailchimp more easily integrated with my ticketing software (OvationTix.) I tried to merge data but it's not intuitive so I have ended up not using that feature. I'm not sure if that's an issue on the side of Mailchimp or OvationTix, so it doesn't affect my overall enjoyment and opinion of the software.

I also deal with a lot of email going into spam, even though I've followed all of the rules and avoid filter triggering phrases in my subject lines. I guess I wish there were more support in that area.

Vorteile

Simple, Easy to use user interface for the software wherein I could customize the emails that go out whenever any event takes place on the website. The integrations with other apps was mind blowing as it helped us to minimize our task. The analytics in Mailchimp are a blessing to us as it helps in targeting the right audience at the right time.

Nachteile

The free tier plan was very less for a company like ours as we wanted to be sure about it completely before finally implementing it. Due to high email bounces, the marketing automation companies are very strict on the bounce rates and they just block your account instantly.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

SendGrid

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Mailchimp

Ease of use and implementation and the way I was able to customize the marketing automation as per our company needs. The company also has amazing and super fast customer support which helps you in any possible manner even going out of their way.

Vorteile

- Email builder is incredibly easy to use and offers lots of functionality that's easy to grasp with a quick learning curve
- Able to create social adverts, forms, landing pages and send direct mail all from your account - it's becoming more an all-in-one marketing platform than ever with new features and changes seemly every few months
- Strong integration support makes it easy to connect most commonly used services like Google Analytics, SurveyMonkey and eCom platforms like Shopify or WooCommerce
- Easy to understand reporting that clients are able to digest quickly
- It's free with limited features, but they're generally perfectly adequate for non-power users and a small database of fewer than 2000 people
- Customer support guides are aplenty - there's lots of literature on every topic and it's very comprehensive
- Erm, 'MailChimp Presents...' - they make their own original streamable documentary shows now - and it's actually decent!

Nachteile

- Automations are relatively basic when considering this as automation software - alternatives like ActiveCampaign are more robust in this area, especially when it comes to complex rules and automation flow visuals
- Lack of someone to speak to when things are going wrong - you're pretty much on your own with the guides available (perfectly fine when you're IT-savvy, not so much when you aren't!)

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

ActiveCampaign, Sendinblue und AWeber

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Mailchimp

Simplicity for both time-strapped clients who need to use it themselves at times, strong support documentation (despite lack of real human support) and wide integration options.

Vorteile

Widely used and can be integrated easily into other software such as QuickBooks, Xero, WooCommerce, Shopify, Inventory systems and many others.

MailChimp gives the user the options of many different emails output depending on the circumstances. For example; newly registered user emails, newsletters, abandoned cart emails, if a customer hasn't made a purchase in a while or hasn't returned to your site in some time, which are all great for reminding the customer of your existence, and gaining that lost customer back!

The form builder is pretty easy to use, and also gives you a copy & paste option of the code afterwards so it can be easily implemented into your website.

Nachteile

You are limited with the styles of emails you can send to your customers. You can fully design your emails from scratch, but regarding the features you can place within the emails, it is kinda limited compared to other software. This would includes things like which items were abandoned when sending the customers an abandoned cart email. Or showing which items still remain in the customers 'Wishlist' if they haven't purchased the items yet and haven't been on the website for some time.

I am not a big fan of the MailChimp logo at the bottom of every email sent to the customers.

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

Klaviyo

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Mailchimp

MailChimp was my first choice. However I later switched to Klaviyo due to it having more features. But After using Klaviyo for nearly a year, their team had no intentions to update their Wordpress plugin which was causing peoples websites to run slowly, and their plugin was very buggy. So I returned to using MailChimp was is the safer solution.

Vorteile

Mailchimp has a truly professional feel to it. The interface is responsive and well designed. The platform makes it easy to start for free and offers flexible plans, perfect for a startup. Mailchimp has many tutorials available that came in handy more than once. They also use a good sense of humor, making for a less boring experience when reading technical material. There are many options to customize the service and I found it easy to make all the necessary changes in order to set my account for a Spanish audience in Mexico.

Once a campaign has been sent, reports are automatically built. I could even see the stats being updated live just a few minutes after sending everything! There is detailed information about open rates, click rates and statistics about the general industry to see clearly if the audience is being reached as expected. One can also see the reaction of every customer in each campaign: unsubscribes, bounces, number of clicks, etc. All this information is accessible and can be exported to CSV.

Another aspect that I really liked is how well the template editor works. You basically insert "blocks" of text, dividers, images or other types of blocks on the right side of the page and you can see in real-time the template being rendered on the left side. I haven't found any issue when viewing an email sent through Mailchimp based on a template, both on mobile and desktop clients. On the contrary, it made for a consistent design and branding.

Nachteile

Mailchimp works wonderfully well, but it isn't for the faint of heart when it comes to the initial customization. Sure, the documentation is great, but it does take a while to setup everything. It wasn't clear to me how to use templates inside campaigns, for instance, but even without reading all the documentation, one can deduce much of the functioning by simple trial and error, which ended up being my preferred way to learn my way around.

I didn't find the File Manager as intuitive as the rest of the interface when I started using the product. Sometimes, I would want to resize pictures or apply filters and would get confused as to where the image has been saved or if it were indeed saved. However, it does seem to be getting easier to use in recent versions, as it contains a "revision history" for each uploaded file and an impressive list of adjustments in the image editor, which is a great addition when working on a different computer where the usual software might not be present. I still prefer using external applications when modifying pictures, but Mailchimp does allow to make pretty much any modification you might need and having access to a revision history makes it easy to go back to an earlier version of a file even without first making a backup of it.

Vorteile

1) Template Compatibility: The templates that you choose in MailChimp are optimized to fit on all screen sizes. Whether the recipient has a smartphone, a desktop, a laptop or even a tablet, your content will be delivered to him/her the way you want it to be.
2) Scope for better future campaigns: What I mean by this is - MailChimp gives you an edge or an insight into how your campaigns are doing. Based on the statistic report, you can refine and optimize your campaigns and make them more effective.
3) Engendering Interaction: Creating a Survey or a User Form has never been easier.
4) No HTML knowledge required: As I mentioned earlier, MailChimp has a myriad of optimized templates to choose from which helps you become much more creative with your campaigns. There is no need for a separate Design Team unless you don't already like the templates that are available.

Nachteile

1) User Interface: MailChimp does have a user-friendly interface(s). However, the problem is that they change the User Interface every time they roll in a new update. Yes, this will be easy to master in a short while, but that still requires a NewsLetter team to get accustomed to the new interface. This wastes a lot of time.
2) Zero Tolerance to Affiliate Marketers: If you're an affiliate marketer and you've just stumbled upon MailChimp, turn the other way. I'm not sure what the penalties are but I know they're quite severe.
3) Expensive: Though the Freemium version of MailChimp is rather generous, the paid subscriptions can surely burn a hole in your pocket when you find yourself wanting to send more emails and build your subscription list.

Vorteile

Mailchimp is a really complete solutions to email marketing. It can be used for a wide range of users, from the most basic use with only text messages; their awesome and really easy-of-use templates; your own HTML messages; to own written templates using their facilities to fill user data in order to customize the message content.
The automatization functionality are really helpful to construct a robust marketing campaign offering the possibility to send a series of messages like welcome, iinformation, birthday gifts, to even, an most interesting to monetize, recover lost carts, get product feedback, opinions, etc
The analytical part is interesting because you can see inside the platform the deliverity, opening, clicking... in an easy way. Also you can use your own tracking platform to see result in your analytical platform as i.e. google analytics
The integrations is really simple and can be made manually using its API or you can use any of the plugins to connect with main web platforms as woocommerce, prestashop to even zapier so you can expand even more their automation capabilities

Nachteile

There are a few things i don't like from mailchimp service, probably the biggest will be the segmentations capabilities: You can organize your users in list and in order to refine which one should receive one mail, you must add basic queries based in things like "has/hasn't opened last X previous messages", their gender and age (if you don't have this data it tries to interfere from user interactions), state, likes, etc, but you can only use 5 of them so if you have a really big database it can be insufficient and must duplicate some campaigns to sucessive refinining in order to get you desired audience.
The other black point could be price if you have a big list (or even worse if any of your customers are in many list because then its counted as many times as lists its included). For really big customers I prefer active Campaign due to the pricing and better automation options.