Hey everyone 👋 I've been meaning to share this with the community for a while now, and I figured it's time to stop gatekeeping this resource. Quick context: When I scaled our PR agency to $800K/month, one of the biggest operational costs was email infrastructure. At $8/mailbox on Google Workspace, running 300+ mailboxes was costing us $2,400/month just in mailbox fees. The alternative I found: There's a category of SMTP services with unmanaged IP addresses that cost $1-1.50 per mailbox/month. I'm currently running 375 active mailboxes across 75 domains through one of these services. What you get: • Unlimited scaling potential • 3-click setup process • Direct export into Instantly • Professional SMTP infrastructure • Full domain ownership and control The important caveat (please read): This is NOT for beginners. Here's why: With Google/Microsoft, they manage IP reputation for you. With these SMTP services, YOU are responsible for maintaining sender reputation. If you get spam complaints or hit spam traps, the entire IP range gets flagged and all your mailboxes go to spam. Who this is for: ✅ You already have a profitable cold email system with Google/Microsoft ✅ You consistently get low spam complaint rates ✅ You understand deliverability fundamentals ✅ You're ready to scale and reduce operational costs My current setup: I use this service alongside Google and Microsoft mailboxes to diversify infrastructure. When Google had those recent policy changes, my campaigns kept running because I wasn't 100% dependent on them. To get instant access to this: Comment "INBOX" below and I'll DM you the link 📦

Hey Everyone, As confirmed by instantly support, this is a known issue at the moment with no ETA. FYI I am trying to see the preview with different leads before sending the cold email but the personalisation field is not changing. It is showing the value of first lead in the list, no matter which lead i select in the preview. It should show the value of the personalisation field for the respective leads. I am not sure, if this would affect the real campaign as well. Their bot said, it won't affect the real campaign but yet to hear from the team Has anyone got any update ? @Grant Charge @Harshil Bhimani @Samyog Dhital

Retainer + rev share tbh I can't beleive it. Thanks to community I have ask you guys questions and everyone was very helpful. They have sign the contract I have send them the inovoice and they have not payed me yet what should I do?

i am talking with a client who is asking me to do a free trail for 2 week based on performance. We are talking since last one month he agree with setup fee and everything and now he is saying there is a risk. Should I let him go?

Which means my emails are going heavily into spam folder. I googled how to fix it. Didn't work. Tried different tactics for a week. Still didn't work. Then I went to Smartlead support. It worked like magic. They told me to take my inboxes out of campaigns and put them to rest. Also if this ever happens to you: 1. Remove emails from campaigns 2. Increase number of warm up emails 3. Increase reply rate (I did reply rate to 70% and was warming up 50 emails) This worked for me. After 2 weeks my reputation went from low 60's to 100. Sometimes the solution isn't another hack or strategy you find online. Sometimes you just need to talk to someone who actually knows what they're doing. Thanks @Jay Feldman for creating this community