Free vs. paid autoresponder – Using Free autoresponder script/service is advisable?
‘Free’ word comes with certain restrictions. There are very many free services and products. Most of these comes with limitations and expirations. Same with free autoresponder services and products too …
Comparing free versus paid autoresponder services/scripts:
Free autoresponders are not updated at regular intervals:
Most of the scripts that are floating around the web are no longer updated by the authors and there will be many bugs and glitches in them. So make sure you use a free autoresponder that is updated regularly.
Free autoresponders are not supported by the authors:
Many of these autoresponders are sold by resellers or persons with private label rights. So they don’t come with backend support. Many posts in many forums prove that free autoresponders comes with poor support.
Advertisements in the outgoing email messages:
This is a common practice with autoresponder services who actually host your lists and send your messages to your subscribers as a free service. But where do they get their revenue? By sending advertisements in your email messages. Your subscriber thinks that they ae sent by you. Not professional … right?
Free trial versions:
These trial scripts or services comes with all features of a full featured software but they work only for a certain interval. For example, PC based autoresponders … They let you install the software on your computer and it runs for a restricted period.
Free Limited versions:
The autoresponder scripts or services are provided for free of charge and with limited functionality. People who can go with limited features can use these software. But email marketers who wants full featured one will upgrade from free versions to paid full featured ones.
So free autoresponders comes with certain restrictions. But beginners in internet market niche usually opt for free service first and then they move to paid version. But disadvantage with this is they have to move all subscribers database to new software. But if you have option, you can go with free limited versions and upgrade them to paid full featured ones in future. So if you are serious about email marketing buy a decent script that you can stick with for your email marketing!
