Bringing your readers with you, with their consent
How importing an existing list into Geenius Newsletter works, what you state about consent, who is never imported, and how to take your list with you.
Most people who start a newsletter here already have readers somewhere else. This post explains how the import works and why it asks the questions it asks.
You state the consent#
You upload a CSV. The import screen asks you to say, in its words, that every person agreed to get this newsletter, and where and on which day. We keep that statement together with your name and the time, so the record of who vouched for the list stays with the list.
Who is never imported#
Addresses that unsubscribed, were erased, bounced or complained are never imported again. A person who left stays gone, even if their address is still in an old file.
Germany and Austria#
Imported readers in Germany and Austria get no real send until they confirm again by link. It is one extra click for the reader and a clean record for you.
A careful first fortnight#
A new workspace has lower import and sending limits during its first 14 days. The limits rise on their own.
What happens after the import#
An imported reader is treated like any other: only readers who said yes get your issues. Every issue has a one-click unsubscribe, and you can erase a reader for good. Addresses that hard bounce, soft bounce three times or complain are suppressed and never get an issue again. Readers can also download their own data.
Why we ask#
A list is only worth what its readers agreed to. The statement you make at import, the consent log that only ever grows and the double opt-in for new signups all point the same way: you can show how and when a person agreed, and the person can leave in one click.
Your list is yours#
A signed one-time export gives you your readers whenever you want them.
Where it stands#
Newsletter is in early access: invite-only, with payments in test mode. Sends run in test mode, so no mail leaves the app yet. To be let in, request access.