Email Templating API
Web and SaaS
transactional email templating
SHOW HN2014
Email Templating API
Email templating API for transactional emails, moved out of source codeAI
sendwithus.com#email templates#transactional email#email api#a/b testing email
How HN took it
7 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 35 comments about the project. Thread score -0.01.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstPricing: 0 for, 3 againstDocs: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 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
Responsive templates included and good customer service
From 2 comments
Thanks for the feedback, and woo +1 future customer :) Our developers page is really new, so there's definite room for improvement. 1+2 definitely need a look tonight. 3. The UI…
mrmch on HNAs a customer, SendWithUs has great customer service. I signed up for SendWithUs and had a problem integrating it with my email sender. They helped me fix the issue and were…
jrpt on HN
Useful middle ground between Mailgun and enterprise email tools
From 1 comment
I think this is idea is the perfect middle ground product between what mail gun offers and what something like constant contact would offer. Developers and marketers get a ton of…
securingsincity on HN
Objections
Unclear what the product does; landing page only pitches template storage
From 2 comments
I see. The linked page pigeonholes you as a competitor to Razor (or other similar templating libraries) - none of the other benefits are even mentioned there. I think it's going…
DenisM on HNI don't get what sendwithus does. Ok, you do A/B testing, ok, you also do drip campaigns, but what's the end-goal for this? I know if I want to send newsletters I use mailchimp.…
nubela on HN
Pricing by recipients is confusing and high versus alternatives
From 2 comments
What means "active users?" (in pricing plans)
gesman on HN$79/mo + sendgrid (or whoever) fees/mo for A/B testing only? Why would I leave Aweber/Mailchimp?
gesman on HN
Missing integrations such as Dotmailer
From 1 comment
Missing out on Dotmailer http://www.dotmailer.co.uk integration which would stop me from using it.
JazCE on HN
Requests
Describe pricing unit more clearly
From 4 comments
Perhaps "subscribers" instead of "users"?
nacs on HNI'd describe it as an unlimited number of emails that you can send with a limit of 1000 unique email addresses that you can send to.
rtanaka on HN"Unique users per month"?
etler on HNUnique recipients per month?
Icer5k on HN
More email templates
From 1 comment
Thanks for the feedback, and woo +1 future customer :) Our developers page is really new, so there's definite room for improvement. 1+2 definitely need a look tonight. 3. The UI…
mrmch on HN
Custom template IDs
From 1 comment
I take it the point of this to remove templates from your code base? Can you have custom IDs for the email templates (ex: "welcome_email")?
fraserharris on HN
Questions
What does the product do beyond templating?
From 2 comments
I don't get what sendwithus does. Ok, you do A/B testing, ok, you also do drip campaigns, but what's the end-goal for this? I know if I want to send newsletters I use mailchimp.…
nubela on HNI don't mean to trigger a bout of programming depression[1], but I don't see the value in this. Is the idea that you can have nontechnical people write the templates, and your…
christiangenco on HN
What does active user mean in pricing?
From 1 comment
What means "active users?" (in pricing plans)
gesman on HN
Alternatives named
Mailgun
From 2 comments
I think this is idea is the perfect middle ground product between what mail gun offers and what something like constant contact would offer. Developers and marketers get a ton of…
securingsincity on HNSendwithus is for your transactional/triggered email you're sending through Mailgun; a signup or notification email. At a basic level, get your product email out of your source…
mrmch on HN
Mailchimp and Aweber
From 2 comments
I don't get what sendwithus does. Ok, you do A/B testing, ok, you also do drip campaigns, but what's the end-goal for this? I know if I want to send newsletters I use mailchimp.…
nubela on HN$79/mo + sendgrid (or whoever) fees/mo for A/B testing only? Why would I leave Aweber/Mailchimp?
gesman on HN
node-email-templates
From 1 comment
Free: https://github.com/niftylettuce/node-email-templates
niftylettuce on HN
ERB or Razor templates in code
From 2 comments
I don't mean to trigger a bout of programming depression[1], but I don't see the value in this. Is the idea that you can have nontechnical people write the templates, and your…
christiangenco on HNIn related news, if you're using ASP.NET MVC, there is a way to use the familiar Razor templating engine to template your emails (or anything else, really). To do that you just…
DenisM on HN