Using Free Autoresponders

If you’ve looked at the prices of autoresponders that 
are available online, you may have decided to search              
for and use a free autoresponder for your marketing 
needs. Using free autoresponders is acceptable in                

certain situations, and in the world of Internet 
marketing, any autoresponder is better than not 
using an autoresponder at all!

Your first option for a free autoresponder should be 
the one that comes with your Webhosting account – 
if you have a Webhosting account. These 
autoresponders can easily be set up through the 
control panel of your website and they do not 
contain advertisements from the autoresponder 
company or Webhosting service. If you do not have 
a hosting account, or your hosting 
account does not include autoresponders, there are 
other options that you can pursue.

There are many free autoresponder services to choose from.

These services are free because of the 
the company makes their money by placing a small 
advertisement in each message that your 
an autoresponder sends out. These advertisements 
may appear at the top of your auto-responses, or at 
the bottom, depending on which company you use.

Many paid autoresponder services offer a free version as well. These free versions may or may not include advertisements in the outgoing messages. These lighter versions of the paid autoresponders typically do not include many of the powerful features of the paid versions. But if you don’t need the more advanced features, this is a great choice. 

Most free autoresponders have a limit on the number of subscribers you can have. Many people start out with the limited free versions and then upgrade to the paid versions once their lists are large enough to exceed those limits. Many marketers don’t feel that the expense of the autoresponder is warranted until the list that they are building is turning a profit. 

From a business standpoint, this makes sense.

As the owner of a business, you are the only one who can decide whether you need a paid autoresponder service, or if a free one will do the job. 
If your list is small, a free autoresponder should do everything that you need it to do, but as your list grows, you should definitely consider upgrading. 
However, having the small advertisements that the free services place in the outgoing messages may present a problem if the ads compete with what you are trying to sell. They may 
even pose a problem if they do not directly compete 
with your product or business. Again, this depends 
on what you are trying to accomplish with your 
autoresponder.