Today, I want to speak about the problem of using third-party marketing email lists to perform email campaigns. Internet is flooded with dirt-cheap email lists and an inexperienced beginner thinks that this is normal and orders the cheapest lists or even downloads free email lists. It is understandable, we humans do not want to pay money for anything but there is a catch. Many guys who sell all sorts of opt-in business email lists are actually bad guys. They have no rights to distribute these email mailing lists because they obtained them illegally by simply harvesting addresses from various Internet resources.

Normally, these guys package their business email lists with free email marketing software and mass mailers to provide you with a complete email marketing solution. Guess why this software comes for free? Because it is stolen from other guys who developed it at first. So you get a bunch of law violations in one package. Illegal email mailing lists and fake serial numbers with cracked software from pirates. If you start to use this email marketing solution you will end up violating anti-spam and copyright laws. So instead of money flow you will get people in uniforms at your doorstep.

When you search for email lists, filter advertisements out. If somebody says you something like “opt-in mailing lists”, “double opt-in mailing lists”, “legitimate mailing lists”, it does not mean that it really is. Who can check this? Especially if the guy does not even identify himself on his website. Trust only a company that can show you a proof that they obtained their email addresses with the permissions of every person who is on the list. Legitimate list brokers have offices, telephone numbers and other attributes of real companies. Contact them and ask for a proof before you pay.

Once you make sure the email list provider you chose is real, you can buy and use its email mailing lists. Every legitimate list should include a chart with rules and limitations. Never violate these rules. Sending off-topic messages is not permitted. Targeted email list is related to a certain subject so if you have access to a list about various gadgets, do not use it to send information related to health. Do not send more messages than it is allowed.

It is a good idea to purchase a genuine copy of email marketing software. Remember that any packages that include email marketing software along with mailing lists may appear to be illegal. Make sure that the seller has legal rights to distribute this software. Having installed the software for the first time, contact the developers using the Contact Us menu item from within the program to make sure you run a genuine copy. Request a chargeback in your bank in case if you deal with an illegal copy. If you do your email marketing legally, and play by the rules, you will get thousands of dollars as a reward and it will be safe and pleasant.

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