Dotdigital Reviews

The most used function of dotmailer for our organization currently is the automation. Using Facebook primarily for leads, it is nice that we can link up these systems to hit leads in their email right when we get them. We are going to start using dotmailer for newsletters and such, but this requires a little more learning on their site which I have just not had time to do yet. I do like designing emails in dotmailer, and once you have a basic format, it is pretty seamless.

It does take a little time to learn. We originally got dotmailer because it was recommend by a consultant we were working with. We are no longer working with this consultant, so the system was passed onto me. Since I was not working with it in the beginning, there was a learners curve in adjusting to a new email system. I have not yet set up our website leads to automatically go into the dotmailer system as it seems like this can be a process that might take a little more time. I wish dotmailer paired a little easier with CRMs and other sites, such as word press, just to save a little time.

The analytics on each email campaign. It is nice to get a visual report following the performance of the email campaign.

Other than the campaign reports, I have a problem with just about everything else with this platform, particularly the customer service but I suppose that that is not the question here. The platform itself is wildly outdated, seemingly by intention because they will offer you custom templates but with an extremely high cost and they will request that you fill out so much information that you've already done half of the work for them. The drag-and-drop feature is not unique in 2017, which I see is the most frequent positive thing others have to say about it, but the fact that there is no auto-save is absolutely absurd. The platform is also buggy when trying to adjust background colors and with editing photos post-upload. Raising issues to customer service only led to them pointing fingers at me for supposedly not knowing how to use the product and not even once led to a solution.

I cannot sing the praises of Dotmailer enough, by far the best email marketing tool out there. All our outbound promotional email marketing is managed through the portal along with several of our clients too

Not being able to create our own bespoke auto responses without contacting Dotmailer themselves to do it.

The ease of use if what I like the most about the software. I can build a campiagn quickly and easily.

I would like it if the learning curve for the automation was a bit smaller. It took me awhile to get the hang of how the design feature works.

The software is easy to use and the drop and drag features make this simple for anyone to learn. I can create a new template in minutes.

Not much to be honest. I have not had any issues with it so can't really say anything negative.

Dotmailer is very flexible and you will have a lot of options for your e-mail campaigns.

The cost of course. Its not for everyone and especially if you have a large e-mail base.

We migrated to Dotmailer from Bronto late last year and the difference was immediately clear. Dotmailer provides a clean and organized user interface making it very intuitive and thus helpful for users, especially new users. I love the drag and drop email creation feature and this makes it easier for us to create our weekly newsletter as against having to create newsletters from scratch.
The option to send sms to our contacts is an added bonus for Dotmailer.

I sometime experience Lag on the Dotmailer website. Also when working on newsletters,it will be great for work to be autosaved,ensuring if I suddenly get disconnected from the internet ; I do not need to start all over again.

Ease of use and template designer. Ease of contact and segment management. Support was always ready and willing to help even if they could not resolve issue. Pricing is very affordable for what you get as well.

No way to track ROI, for our account at least. Issues with Outlook 13 and Outlook web compatibility.

easy to use. makes it simple for a person who is not very technical to send emails. support is good but only if the same tech person helps you out, seems like if they are not well informed it takes forever to get the help you need. at first our plan was well structured for our needs at the moment however as you grow it seems to be way more difficult to upgrade without having to more then triple your costs. they do not cap your images, so you can add as many images and files sizes you want. other companies like bronto charge you for extra space to upload images. this can be a problem since one day you will have to go into your image archive and delete old images that were used in past emails. so if a customer has your email in the inbox and you delete your images it will display a broken link. campaign reporting is another cool feature but it seems like the company still doesn't really have a good accurate reporting as google analytics so its kinda pointless to have reporting in their platform if they do not have accurate reporting. if you are looking for a platform like this, I suggest you get a plan that allows room for growth. for promoters that like using emojis in their subject lines, this company does offer a good amount of different icons. AB testing is really easy to implement as well. Switching and managing multiple accounts is also easy to use. their mobile features are cool, but are not always coded to adjust to where things don't break or look odd in the emails.

the platform does not do a good job notifying you if your emails are failing or if data is failing to be collected from orders or customers. Can go months without knowing if something is not working.

Dotdigital is a fantastic platform for digital marketing and communication. Its user-friendly interface allows for seamless integration of various marketing channels such as email, SMS, and social media. The automation features make it easy to create and execute targeted campaigns, saving time and increasing efficiency.

While Dotdigital offers a variety of useful features for digital marketing, there are also some drawbacks to consider. One potential downside is the cost, as some users may find the pricing to be on the higher side compared to similar platforms.

It is a very great email marketing platform with drag and drop email builder plus great templates too. The interface is very clean and easy to use.

Even a complete newbie can create an impressive email campaign with Dotdigital

There was a time we needed to speak with a member of the support team to resolve a pressing issue but it took a long time to resolve it. Asides that, I have no dislikes while using the platform for email marketing.

The ease of use. Setting up the design of emails is super easy compared to other softwares I've used. When I used Bronto Iwould have to set up the template using code. But on dotmailer I can easily drag and drop photos and text wherever I please and can quickly adjust colors, boarders, and spacing. It also has unique dynamic content options allowing you to pull things from your site and display them on the email. My favorite dynamic content feature is how you are able to have images/text change depending on who is opening the email. I often would send out offers with domestic only shipping and a separate one for international shipping, but using dotmailer I can have these both in the same email but depending on where I customer is located they see the offer relevant to them.

The only thing I dislike about Dotmailer is that when sending an email to a specific group of contacts you are unable to choose another group of contacts to exclude from the send. (So overlapping contacts won't receive an email)

The platform is intuitive and easy to use. The email templates are drag and drop and the possibilities you can do with programs are endless.

Although the email templates are easy to use, I wish there was a little more customization available.

Its drag and drop feature is very helpful, also saving templates is another feature i like about the program.

reporting are to general, i wish the report could be seen by a specific time frame, this helps check how our users react to our emails in the long run.

Don't know CSS? HTML a little rusty? No problem. The email editor in dotmailer will let you create gorgeous, personalized, responsive emails with an easy drag-and-drop interface. I should qualify all of this by saying that we purchased the Silver package for custom email template first, and developed all future emails and templates from that starting point.
Favorite feature: the ability to save sections of any email and then drag and drop them into future emails. Other things you will love: robust reporting, highly visual interface for automation workflows and quick and simple personalization.
If you primarily need a tool for email (including automation), I don't think you will find a better platform.

At the time we were using it, you really needed to integrate with your own CRM. The built in CRM features were primarily useful for personalizing user info tokens like name and company. If you wanted to personalize based on the last page the user "liked," you were out of luck. It's possible that's changed.
Customer service was a little spotty at times.

We recently switched from another service to Dotmailer because it allowed us to connect it to our shopping cart and build automated programs that send emails out to users depending on certain criteria. We were able to easily build a program that monitors abandoned carts and post-purchase follow ups.

It's rather expensive. Unfortunately we have a very large catalog so the cost to sync this data to Dotmailer is quite high.

Dotdigital makes it super easy to create and edit email templates. The software also provides previews of different devices, and media integration is seamless. Another feature I find helpful is the test send option. I can send emails to myself for preview, which eliminates the anxiety of hoping everything is formatted correctly.

If you are building a template, it can get a bit tedious as there as so many options with Dotdigital, and this can be overwhelming. Also, the website will "time out" after a certain period of time, so be aware of that while creating an email. (e.g., You hit save, and the website reloads to the home screen--whatever work you had is gone!)

- Ease of building emails
- Ease of managing contacts

- Some offerings are siloed to certain parts of the system (i.e. countdown clock)
- One-off emails & triggered email separation is a bit clunky
- The account manager is not incredibly helpful/insightful

really easy to use, templates and image friendly, good customer and technical support. has good automation options and multiple folder capability for prospect and customers mail outs.

There is not much to dislike.... there are online training courses, there's even classroom training courses, tech help is good...

Easy of use by our team
Competitive pricing
API possibilities
Email Programs
Native integration with Magento 2

Problem re-subscribing customers who unsubscribed in the past due to strict spam control.

It's incredibly easy to build an email campaign and send one out whenever we need. The customization options are fantastic and allow us to maintain our branding while being a little creative with the look. Reporting is robust and gives us all the information we need, but isn't too complicated for someone who's not quite an email marketing expert yet! All in all it's pretty close to perfect.

Some of the preset templates could be modernized a little more, but it's still easy enough to customize any template to our liking before sending out an email campaign.

I like the Overall Functionality. The best part is its Now dotmailers is a part of the Magento.

As an ecommerce that is always a advantage to use the Inbuilt functions.

Integration with other Software like Optionmonster and some other makes troubles.

Amazing features and functionality like split testing, geolocation reports, dynamic content and easy to use templates.

It is expensive when you start integrating the product with your own CRM system as you have to pay a separate synching fee.