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The Spam Resource Guide to Buying an Email List
Welcome to the Spam Resource Guide to List Purchasing! Everything you need to know about buying an email list, and it fits in just one word:...
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Purchased lists: Updated guidance for 2025
Here's a common question I am hearing lately: "Everybody buys business intelligence data from business intelligence data providers....
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Is it right to purchase email lists as long as the data is ‘opt-in’?
Another day brings us another simple reminder that buying lists will cause you trouble. Toshi Onishi, writing for the Dotdigital blog , suc...
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Ask Al: How do I build up my restaurant list?
Ask Al: We're a restaurant that just opened. We signed up for an email service provider (ESP) platform and we're looking to buy emai...
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Can I use FOIA to source lists?
Sure! It's legal. Is it wise? Um....let's skip that point for a moment. Let's start with, "it's legal!" What doe...
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Let's go buy a list!
Is buying an email list a good idea? Let's ask around. Hubspot's got the best quick summary, in my opinion. They say buying an e...
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Doing the Math on Purchased Lists
Back in 2014, MailChimp published data showing what happens when you mail to purchased lists. Though it is now a couple of years old, it...
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Deliverability Problems: What You Can't Fix
If you're having deliverability issues, I can tell you from my experience that you aren't really going to be able to get back to the...
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ESPs and Purchased Lists
Over on her Word to the Wise blog, Laura Atkins shares a wonderful list of links to almost every email service provider's policy prohib...
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A Twitter Conversation About List Rental
Yesmail: "Need an email list to kick start your marketing program? See Yesmail Direct's awesome promo for 100 free in your zip...
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You Can't Buy an Existing Business Relationship
I ran across this on Box of Meat the other day. PogoWasRight.org : Pitney Bowes pays $2.9M to settle ‘Blast Fax’ lawsuit: "When you bu...
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Ken Magill, Laura Atkins on Zoominfo
Zoominfo -- a company that has created some sort of business contact database where you (you probably being "spammer") can buy lis...
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Spammers: SambaMail and The Data Supplier
Are you looking to buy a list? There’s no faster path to being identified as a spammer. If you’re looking to damage your ability to send mai...
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Purchased Lists Are Still Lame
Check out this blog post from Wired editor Chris Anderson . Chris talks about lazy PR flacks sending him misdirected and unwanted press rele...