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Forms that feed your records
Grow the list from your forms, with marketing consent recorded on each contact.
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Email marketing
Email marketing for agencies
Build campaigns with drag-and-drop or Chip, send from your own domain and report on opens and clicks, next to the rest of your agency's work.
Free plan, no card needed. Or book a demo.
Email for your agency, and your own pipeline
Most agencies send email in two ways: a newsletter to win new business and campaigns for clients. Both need good templates, clean lists and a report that shows what worked.
startbuddi's email marketing sits next to your CRM, so the people you email are the same contacts in your pipeline. Write with the visual builder or let Chip draft it, test two subject lines and send from your own domain.
Running email for clients?
startbuddi is one workspace per business. If you run campaigns for clients, the cleanest setup is a separate startbuddi workspace for each client, with their own list and sending domain, and your team invited to it. Your agency's pipeline and invoices stay in yours.
- 18 drag-and-drop blocks and ready-made sections.
- A/B tests on subject, content or sender name.
- A review step that checks links, alt text and cut-off subjects.
- Reports on opens, clicks and replies.
- Same contacts as your CRMNo list to sync.
- Chip drafts and A/B testsVersion B written for you.
- Your own domainVerified in three steps.
- Clear reportsOpens, clicks and replies per send.
Write and design
Start blank, from a template, or with Chip.
Drag blocks into the visual builder with your brand kit applied, or tell Chip what the email should say.
- 18 drag-and-drop blocks and 19 ready-made sections
- About 28 starter templates, plus seasonal ones like Independence Day and Black Friday
- Merge tags like {{first_name}}; a missing name reads "there"
A/B tests
Test one thing and send the winner.
Change the subject, content or sender name. The winner by clicks or opens goes to everyone else.
- Chip angles: More curiosity, Shorter, Benefit-led, Different CTA and more
- Pick the winner by click rate or open rate
- Test on 20% for 4 hours, then send the rest
Your domain and reports
Your domain, your report.
Verify your domain, then see when people read, which links they clicked and who replied.
- Add your domain, add the DNS records, verify
- A "When people read it" heatmap and ranked link clicks
- Replies land in your Customers inbox, labelled with the campaign
Same workspace
Your email list is your contact list.
The people you email are the same contacts who fill your forms, book your time and pay your invoices.
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Follow-ups that run themselves
Welcome and follow-up emails that send themselves when someone signs up.
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Every client on one record
Every open, click and reply shows on the contact's page.
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WhatsApp campaigns
Reach the same people on WhatsApp when email is not enough.
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Dashboards and reports
Your email results sit in Analytics beside your forms, bookings and website. Start a monthly marketing report from its template.
More about Analytics
Plans
Email marketing unlocks on Starter
Email campaigns are part of the Marketing hub, which is not on Free. Starter sends 3,000 emails a month, with a 30-day free trial.
- Free Not on this plan $0
- Starter Included, 30-day trial $29/mo
- Growth Included, 30-day trial $79/mo
- Scale Included, 30-day trial $199/mo
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Questions people ask
Can I manage email for several clients?
startbuddi is one workspace per business, so each client's list is best kept in its own workspace. Your agency's own newsletter and pipeline live in yours.
Can Chip write the email?
Yes. Tell Chip what the email should say and it drafts the subject, preview, copy and button. You edit it before it goes.
Can I send from my own domain?
Yes, on every paid plan. Verify your domain in three steps and campaigns go from your own address.
Can I report results to each client?
Yes. In Analytics, give each client a brand with its own dashboards and reports, and start from the monthly marketing report template. Share it as a PDF or a link, or on Growth in the client's portal.
Is email marketing on the free plan?
No. Email campaigns are part of the Marketing hub, which unlocks on Starter ($29 a month) with a 30-day trial.
Send your first campaign this week.
Start from a template or let Chip draft it, send from your own domain and see who read it. Try it free for 30 days.
Free plan available. Every paid plan starts with a 30-day trial.