Using Autoresponder and getting free Autoresponder

It seems that everyone with a website use Autoresponder. It is hardly surprising to see that Autoresponder becomes a popular tool in throughout the cyber world. Autoresponder is an excellent promotional tool for webmasters.


When you apply for a job, you will get an automated message basically to thank you for your interest in the position or company.

When you buy online, you will get automated invoice or confirmation of your order. It seems that everywhere you surf, you will get the automated reply. If you subscribe to the online newspaper, chances are the links to the newspaper are delivered by automated means.

Even though the technical name is known as an Autoresponder, other people call other known names include auto-email, email responder and mailbot. An Autoresponder is a time saving tool, since it responds to all messages with an automatic response.

Autoresponder varies from responding of email to scripts which are programmed to run on servers. All types of Autoresponders have the same function. It will automatically send out the message in respond to the receipt of a message.

You can program the Autoresponder so that they send out the correct standard reply message. If you are away from the office for a few days, you can program the email Autoresponder to send an out-of-office reply. You can give the email address of the alternate contact person.

However, you must remember to disable the message once you get into the office. It is very annoying for your colleagues to receive the message a month after you returned from you vacation.

Although Autoresponder is useful for promotional reasons, many people abused it. Autoresponder is good for your daily tasks, since it basically helps you to send “thank you” or other messages for you.

However, it can be quite disastrous and annoying on the receiving parties.

When you submit your website to search engines, classified, or directories, you must never use an Autoresponder address.

Almost all the classified, directories or search engines use the service of an Autoresponder. Imagine what will happen when the Autoresponder of these websites send out their messages to your Autoresponder. Both the Autoresponders will continue to respond, and that can be very annoying. The worse is that spamming of both systems.

If you decide to subscribe to an ezine or email, you should always use your email address without Autoresponder. You must not use the address of your Autoresponder.

If you use the Autoresponder address to subscribe, your subscription will be revoked. Since the ezine or automated emails sent out by the system will get the automated reply from your Autoresponder, you are spamming their system for every reply message. That is why you should not use Autoresponder to subscribe to anything.

Autoresponder is a great tool for webmasters. However, you will find it very troublesome if you are the receiving end.

Sometimes, when you are managing the subscriptions groups or ezines, you will find it hard to locate a person using Autoresponder.

In some cases, those who use Autoresponder sign up with a different email address. It takes time to locate them and to contact them.

It is best that you use it in a responsible way. You should not use it to annoy others or overload their systems with useless emails.

An Autoresponder is useful for your business, since it saves you time from manually responding to every single email. It is easy to set up and use an Autoresponder, even a computer idiot can use it easily.

Some Autoresponders are free of charge, and most paid services do not cost a lot. The convenience of using an Autoresponder for your Internet business makes it a worthy tool.



Using Free Autoresponder

If you have checked the prices of Autoresponders that are available online, you probably think of using free Autoresponder when your Internet business is still new.

You may want to use a free Autoresponder for marketing. It is acceptable to use free Autoresponder in

some situations. Anyway, it is better to have an Autoresponder, free or paid, than not to have it at all.

Your first choice for a free Autoresponder is the one that comes with the web-hosting account. You can set up the free Autoresponder from the control panel of your website. The free Autoresponder do not contain advertisements from the web hosting company or Autoresponder provider.

If you do not have a web hosting account, or your web hosting account does not include the use of free Autoresponder, you can choose other free service.

You can choose from many free Autoresponder services. These Autoresponder services are free, because the service providers make money by placing a small advertisement in every automated message delivers by the free version. It will display the advertisements at the top or the bottom of your auto reply.

Many paid Autoresponder companies offer a free version of an Autoresponder. Some free Autoresponder include advertisements in the outgoing reply. However, some Autoresponders do not have any advertisement. The free Autoresponder usually do not have many powerful features that the paid Autoresponder have.

If you do not need the advanced features of the Autoresponder, you can sign up for the free and simple version.

Many free versions set a limit on subscribers number. Many people use the free Autoresponder before they upgrade to paid service when their subscribers list is big enough and exceed the limits of the free service.

Many marketers do not want to pay money until the mailing list is big enough and they are rolling in sales. It is better for them to monitor the service of free Autoresponder before they upgrade to paid Autoresponder.

Since you are the business owner, you can decide to use paid Autoresponder or free version.

If your mailing list is small, you can use a free Autoresponder. However, if you have a large customer base and a big mailing list, you should consider upgrading to a paid Autoresponder.

Sometimes, you may want to use paid Autoresponder even if you have small mailing list. The advertisements that the free Autoresponder place in the reply may be embarrassing to you. If you are advocating healthy living, you certainly do not want the advertisements of fast food. Your subscribers may think that you are endorsing the advertisements. They do not think that the advertisements are placed by the hosting companies.