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Email warmup schedule planner

A new mailbox or sending domain has no reputation yet, so mailbox providers watch it closely. Raising volume slowly, to engaged recipients who asked to hear from you, gives them time to see good signals. This planner turns a start volume and a target into a day-by-day ramp.

Pace

Reaches 500/day on day 16, about 2,693 messages in total.

  1. Day 120
  2. Day 225
  3. Day 331
  4. Day 439
  5. Day 549
  6. Day 661
  7. Day 776
  8. Day 895
  9. Day 9119
  10. Day 10149
  11. Day 11186
  12. Day 12233
  13. Day 13291
  14. Day 14364
  15. Day 15455
  16. Day 16500

Send only to people who opted in, most engaged first. Hold the volume flat for a few days if bounces or spam complaints rise.

How to use the email warmup schedule planner

  1. 1Set your start volume. Enter how many messages a day the mailbox sends today. New mailboxes usually start low.
  2. 2Set your target. Enter the daily volume you eventually need for real, opted-in recipients.
  3. 3Pick a pace. Choose a cautious, steady or faster growth rate. Slower ramps leave more room to react.
  4. 4Follow and adjust. Send to your most engaged contacts first, watch bounces and complaints, and pause the ramp if either rises.

Questions

How long should an email warmup take?

There is no fixed number. Many senders ramp over two to six weeks, and slower is safer when the domain is new or the list has not been mailed recently. Watch bounce and complaint rates and hold the volume flat whenever they rise.

Does warmup fix a bad list?

No. Warmup only helps when the recipients asked for your mail. Sending more slowly to purchased or scraped addresses still produces bounces and spam complaints.

Is anything I enter saved or sent?

No. The planner runs entirely in your browser and keeps nothing after you close the tab.

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