Create Your Main Account
Choose one of the available options (Marketing, Creator or API) and create an account in Elastic Email! Please click the dedicated links, if you're interested with more information about the detailed characteristics of Marketing, API and Creator accounts.
Verify Your Profile
For a variety of reasons, Elastic Email requires that you provide accurate information about the primary person and organization that controls and uses the account. The information will be collected in a short initial survey. Done? Let's start sending!
Verify Your Domain
Correct domain verification is a very important step before starting the mailing process. We highly recommend full domain verification to achieve the best possible delivery results. From the start, we require you to add and verify at least one domain on your account, including setting it as the default sender. The user-friendly article "How to Verify Your Domain Guide" describes the procedure step-by-step.
Prepare a contact list
Regardless of whether you are conducting a mailing from a Contact List on the Marketing/Creator Plan or from an external list on the API Plan, It's worth keeping in mind that the quality of contacts and their engagement in receiving your content are crucial for your account's reputation. If you want to conduct a preliminary check of contacts for potential errors, you can use our verification tool - available on the dashboard in Marketing Plans or through a dedicated API call in our Rest API documentation.
The "Verifications" option is currently not available for Creator plans.
Prepare the appropriate content
Decide what your first email should look like. Even if you intend to send tests at first, please try to make them a bit more personalized. Avoid sending single phrases like "Hello" or "Test" and instead construct an email that you would want to send to your engaged recipients. This will allow you to assess the deliverability of your content before starting regular mailings.
Send Your First Email
Now that your account is set up, it is time to send your first email. Usually, there are three ways users send mail via their Elastic Email account:
Campaign
If you are looking to build and send a newsletter or marketing campaign to your contacts, then you can get started right from within your Marketing and Creator account. This guide will show you how.SMTP Relay
Or, you might have a third party SMTP Client or mailing software that you would prefer to use. In most cases, these can be easily configured to submit mail through your Elastic Email Marketing or API account by configuring the software to use the SMTP or API .
If you use WordPress or Joomla, then you may find one of these plugins helpful.
HTTP API
Lastly, Elastic Email was originally built as a "transactional" email delivery service. We offer a powerful REST API which developers can use to integrate email sending into any application or website. Please check the appropriate API Documentation and Integration Libraries for further details.
For more information on the described topics, please check the related links below:
We recommend testing the described features in practice. If any further assistance is required, feel free to reach out to our CS Team. We're always happy to help!