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Email marketing

Email marketing for service businesses

Grow a list from your forms and bookings, send offers and reminders, and see who opened, clicked and booked.

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Free plan, no card needed. Or book a demo.

Your best customers are already on your list

Service businesses rarely need a huge list. They need to stay in touch with the people who already booked, bought or asked for a quote, so they come back.

In startbuddi, everyone who fills a form, books a slot or pays an invoice is already a contact. Build a segment from rules like a tag or a lead status, write the email with a template or Chip, and send it from your own domain.

  • Lists and segments from your contacts.
  • About 28 starter templates, plus seasonal ones.
  • Unsubscribe links and your address added to every send.
  • Replies land in your shared inbox.
  • A list you already haveForms, bookings and invoices build it.
  • Seasonal templatesReady for the dates that matter.
  • Unsubscribes handledOn every send.
  • Replies in the inboxAnswer them as a team.
Create a campaign

Pick who gets it, check it, send it.

Lists, segments or rules, with people who unsubscribed or bounced left out for you.

  • Lists, segments or rules "By properties", with exclusions
  • Estimated recipients, with a "Click to see why" breakdown
  • Send now, schedule, or Smart send at the hour your readers open most, once there is enough data
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Write and design

A template or a draft from Chip.

Starter templates, seasonal ones and a visual builder with your brand applied.

  • 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"
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Review

Every check before it goes out.

Broken links, missing alt text and cut-off subjects flagged, with Chip's suggested fixes.

  • Link checker: working, redirect or broken
  • "Chip's read": a short review with suggested fixes
  • Unsubscribe link, postal address and preferences link added on every send
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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.

01

Forms that feed your records

Grow the list from your forms, with marketing consent recorded on each contact.

Explore Forms that feed your records
02

Follow-ups that run themselves

Welcome and follow-up emails that send themselves when someone signs up.

Explore Follow-ups that run themselves
03

Every client on one record

Every open, click and reply shows on the contact's page.

Explore Every client on one record
04

WhatsApp campaigns

Reach the same people on WhatsApp when email is not enough.

Explore WhatsApp campaigns
05

Dashboards and reports

Your email results sit in Analytics beside your forms, bookings and website. Start a monthly marketing report from its template.

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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.

Start freeCompare every plan
  • 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

How do I build an email list as a service business?
Ask for marketing consent on your booking and quote forms. Every submission becomes a contact, and consent is recorded on the ones who ticked it.
Can I email only some of my customers?
Yes. Pick a list, or build a segment from rules like tags, lead status or your own fields, and send to it.
Are unsubscribes handled?
Yes. Every send gets an unsubscribe link, your business address and a preferences link.
What plan do I need?
Email campaigns are part of the Marketing hub on Starter ($29 a month), which sends 3,000 emails a month at global prices.

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.

Start free
Free plan available. Every paid plan starts with a 30-day trial.