Comments on: List Building: Single or Double Opt-In?

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 09:11:08 +0000

I switched to Aweber with a substantial subscriber list and due to Aweber’s double opt in I lost more than half of my subscribers. I think the double opt in is confusing to most. Also, it was impossible for them to import my list from Excel -they were treating it like spam.

By: Chiranjib

Chiranjib — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:04:59 +0000

For those who do bulk mailing should go for the double opt-in method. The mailing list generated by this is cleaner and does not have any junk email address which considerably reduces the load of email engine.

By: @tankianann, Blogopreneur.com

@tankianann, Blogopreneur.com — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:16:50 +0000

Hi Mike, you can try getresponse.com

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:05:21 +0000

Hi,

Can someone recommend an emailing service like Aweber that allows single opt in?

Thanks,
Mike

By: kelly

kelly — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 09:51:55 +0000

Double. Just like the way I prefer my hamburdgers to be!!

By: Norman Pascoe

Norman Pascoe — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:12:15 +0000

Hi, I too have noticed this it seems to be about a 60/40 split in the list I am currently building thats 60% that dont confirm and 40% that do.

Of course the main reason for preferring confirmed opt in is to make sure you have good defence should spam be claimed at a later date as they had physically submitted the request twice.

Non verified leads do not provide you with such an audit trail and it is easier for a spam complaint to be upheld and that is something we all want to avoid.

Being unkind it perhaps also weeds out the tyre kickers who only wanted your free offer in any case and ensures your sign ups have at least a couple of brain cells not too pc but true nonetheless.

Norman
http://www.g4usbmarketing.com

By: Kathleen Gage

Kathleen Gage — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:01:30 +0000

I have tried both methods and prefer single opt-on. As with anything, there are advantages and disadvantages to both.

Often, those of us who have been marketing with the Internet for any period of time become jaded by what we know. We can forget that there are masses of people coming onto the Internet each and every day. Some have no clue whatsoever about various ways to get on a list.

With double opt-in you do have the advantage of a “cleaner” list. However, you also risk losing lots of people who have no clue what the double opt-in is and never confirm their confirmation.

With single opt-in you risk more junk email addresses.

After careful considerations on both sides of the issue, my choice is single opt-in.

Kathleen Gage
The Street Smarts Marketer

By: Petes2cents

Petes2cents — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:39:19 +0000

Internet marketing and any marketing for that matter, is the life blood of any business. But your advantage on the internet is huge, cause of the low cost and ease. (you can do it yourself) But you still have to work hard and put time into it…and we all know that nothing is for free in this world. (usually) Actually, I’m wrong, there’s tons of stuff for free on the internet, and you can also get a ton of traffic to your site for free, if you know how to play the game, work hard, and know how to market yourself. There’s tons of tricks and tips and I try to learn one everyday.

By: Russell Rockefeller

Russell Rockefeller — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:15:28 +0000

Go with a custom database application and collect information from your registration or coregistration path as though it was a single opt in, then set an autoresponder which links back to the database (tracking the user) in case they optionally double opt in. If you need help customizing something like this or if you need opt in data feel free to ping me.

Russell Rockefeller
CEO
Opt In Plus Inc.
http://www.optinplus.com
Russ@Extravagantmedia.com
1 Yonge St. Suite 1801
Toronto Ontario Canada M5E1W7

By: Muranko(SEO Consultant)

Muranko(SEO Consultant) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:10:16 +0000

HI
i have tips for single opt :
single opt in is that everyone who subscribes to your newsletter or ezine via the subscription form on your website will start receiving your messages instantly without any additional requirements. Once they fill in their name and email address and hit the subscribe button your auto responder messages will start being sent.