Published on July 20, 2024 • By Kaiju Team
Email marketing remains one of the most effective channels for driving ROI, returning an average of $42 for every $1 spent. However, this figure relies on one critical assumption: your emails are actually reaching the inbox.
Every invalid email on your list is a leak in your budget. Most Email Service Providers (ESPs) charge based on the number of subscribers. If 20% of your list is invalid, you are literally paying to send emails to nowhere.
Beyond the direct cost, high bounce rates damage your sender reputation. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like Gmail and Outlook monitor your bounce rate closely. If it exceeds a certain threshold (often as low as 2%), they may start sending your legitimate emails to the spam folder.
Kaiju Email Verifier cleans your list by performing deep SMTP handshakes to verify that a mailbox actually exists, without sending an email. This ensures: