Email Marketing via Amazon SES

Using a platform like BigMailer with a connection to your Amazon SES account allows you to avoid custom development and have analytics and asset management features. Amazon SES is a simple service that does not offer options to manage email campaigns, templates, or engagement reporting via UI.

Here are some of the top benefits of using BigMailer:

• Automatic handling of bounces, complaints, and unsubscribes
• Support for bulk + auto/drip + transactional email campaigns
• Email campaign engagement tracking and reporting
• Powerful segmentation and location-based targeting
• Drag-and-drop and HTML template editors, templates library

If you already use Amazon SES for your transactional email you can manage your transactional email templates in BigMailer, no application code changes needed for updates.

Simple low pricing – only $1 per 1000 contacts per month. $0 up to 1000 contacts.

 

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Amazon SES Email Providers Comparison

All Amazon SES customers have an option to add a dedicated IP for $25 per IP per month.

BigMailer vs. Sendy

Unlike BigMailer, Sendy requires hosting on your own server, so your performance and sending speed will depend on the server size/capacity. On the smallest/cheapest server your campaign can take all day to go out, instead of <1hr on a hosted solution. Sendy also doesn’t offer a drag-n-drop email template editor and you have to manage your IP reputation yourself. Sendy vs. BigMailer Comparison »

BigMailer vs. Hosted Solutions

Compared to other hosted email platforms that connect to Amazon SES BigMailer offers several advantages:

• Opportunity to consolidate ALL email types in one platform (transactional, marketing, automation).
• Ability to manage multiple connections to Amazon SES, ideal for managing clients or multiple brands/projects.
• Two template editors to choose from – HTML for developers and drag-and-drop for marketers.
• See engagement analytics for your transactional emails (and optimize template without dev work).
• Help when you need it – chat support 7 days a week

See our detailed comparison pages for leading email marketing service providers and Amazon SES vs SendGrid.

Getting an Amazon SES Account out of Sandbox Mode

Newly created Amazon SES accounts are automatically placed in sandbox mode. To start sending emails to your subscribers you need to get your new SES account out of sandbox by submitting a request to Amazon. Verifying a sender domain that you own can help speed up response and approval, while only having a gmail/yahoo email address associated with your account is likely to result in rejection. Most customers get their requests resolved within 1-2 business days. See more detailed information about getting your SES account out of sandbox.

Setting up Multiple Amazon SES Accounts

When you manage multiple brands, products, websites or clients, it’s practical to set up and manage multiple Amazon SES accounts. If you’re part of an agency, your clients may already have their accounts established with high sending limits built up. Unlike its competitors, BigMailer offers support for easily managing multiple Amazon SES accounts and assigns them to your brands.

Can I get a dedicated IP address?

Yes, you can get a dedicated IP address and manage a dedicated IP pool with Amazon SES. The cost is $25 per dedicated IP address per month (view pricing).

My Amazon SES account got suspended, can you help?

You can ask for re-instatement if you have identified and addressed the reasons. Amazon typically doesn’t tell you why your account is suspended, but the main reasons are: 1) your bounce rate was too high – over 10% 2) your complaint rate was too high – over 0.1% 3) your sending volume suddenly increased (signals non-organic list growth via list purchasing) 4) brand confusion – your sender doesn’t match the name/logo used in the email body. In your response/request to Amazon you have to clearly state what issue you had identified and resolved, before asking for a review. BigMailer can prevent your account from getting suspended due to bounce rate – we automatically pause a campaign with bounce rate over a rate configurable by you (8% by default).