Comments on: Flex your muscles. Mailchimp vs. Aweber

By: Jon Roberts

Jon Roberts — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 10:55:51 +0000

I use Alpha – http://alpha.76uk.com. Great looking, easy to use and best of all.. it’s much cheaper! JR

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:27:20 +0000

Mailchimp is great for free but then if you violate their T&C’s they suspend you even if your entire list has been created using their own system.

They cut me off and I had to send them a request to allow me to get my legitimate lists created with their software back off them.

Be very careful of Mailchimps T&C’s as they cover more than you would think and you could find yourself cut off in full flight so to speak.

By: Matthew London

Matthew London — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:20:46 +0000

I’m just staring to use Mailchimp, but VERY frustrated by one problem.

As they limit the Text Field to 256 characters, and there is no way to make the field more than one line high, it does not work as a way for people to leave meaningful comments. Do you see this changing anytime soon? Does Aweber or others have this capability?

By: Dawn Martinello

Dawn Martinello — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:36:26 +0000

Pim van der Linden: yes, I use groups all the time with Mailchimp. Unfortunately, the way their autoresponders work (at least for the moment) means they don’t fire in the way I really want them to. There are lots of work arounds that mean a little more manual labour but my love of the monkey outweighs any extra work that I have to do.

I have a re-work of this article in the coffer because SO MUCH has changed since the article was originally written. Everyone will have to keep their eyes open because I think I may ask for reader input (with credit of course) which should work out marvelously for everyone since this article is hit every single day.

By: Dawn Martinello

Dawn Martinello — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:33:11 +0000

You’re definitely right Robin and I have an updated version of this really popular post in the works!

By: Pim van der Linden

Pim van der Linden — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:45:00 +0000

@dawn: first of all, nice article! Second; I never worked with Aweber just MailChimp for me. In my opinion the ‘problem’ you indicate with the MailChimp lists can be solved easily. Have you tried using ‘Groups’ in your list? I use it al the time and have just two lists that are totally different from each other.
You can find more info here http://bit.ly/92xVOq.

By: Dawn Martinello

Dawn Martinello — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:47:11 +0000

Ashley – what do you like LEAST about Mailchimp?

By: Dawn Martinello

Dawn Martinello — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:46:23 +0000

Robin, you’re right. Mailchimp has done so many updates since I first posted this article. An updated edition is definitely in order!

By: Robin Holstein

Robin Holstein — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 19:42:52 +0000

I love the Chimp! They have recently made some great changes. You get 1,000 subscribers and up to 6,000 emails for free. They also have great integrations with programs like Eventbrite, Google Analytics, Drupal, ZenCart, Surveygizmo and more. The iPhone app is nice and they are always coming up with new options.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:25:36 +0000

Yes you cant really beat Free : )

But i find mail chimp more complected than the aweber interface.