They are just doing their job. I’ll be happy to know that my provider is checking on the list than those who don’t care. I’m sure all this is for the benefits of their customers.

CM can collect payment on my behalf. SC can’t but I was told this will be a feature on their next release.

Other features, I think both are good and the reports are extensive. I like SC slightly better because I can view the list spanshot which also list down all the campaigns I have sent under that list. Their tagging feature looks interesting but I haven’t tried it yet.

One thing missing from SC is custom domain which CM can do but again I was told that this will be available in their next release. They seem to be working on a new version.

Will try both further and see which one is better. SC’s monthly pricing is way too good to ignore and I can pay in S$ which is good. CM support A$ which is not much different from S$.

Any reviews on SC and CM are welcome and I will keep a lookout of comments here. Time to decide.

I haven’t had much luck with email marketing, but … I suppose it all comes down to how general a product you are trying to sell and … if the email’s you send are targeted.

I still think email marketing around an existing customer base is probably the best way to achieve your goals.

I hear people wishing for monthly rates. These services do seem to be cost outrageous $ when dealing with large volume. MailChimp offers both monthly and per-email rates — but the monthly doesn’t seem to make much sense as it’s cost is based on the same per-email rate yet it looks like you are bound by that volume for that month. If you send less (or more) than that amount, then that type of plan doesn’t make much sense.

Aaron
liac@uci.edu