[epub] Re: WWL

[Debbie Adams <hansful4@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

World Wide Lists has been taking a lot of bashing on this site
and I just wanted to say a few things in their defense. First off
the subscribers they send you are completely opt in. If you want
them to be "double opt in" to be extra safe you can request that
but you won't get near as many subscribers per day.

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My problem is that I've ALWAYS been double opt-in with them.  Until the
end of 2001 my listing had a check next to it.  I requested they remove
that one and my new subs dropped by about half, but in the past few
weeks I'd been getting many more weird addies and nasty unsub demands.
It went from a few a week to 5-10 a day!  This out of 40-50 new subs
each day.

My point is that I am/was paying $.15 per each subscriber, even if the
addy never worked or if they unsubbed the moment they saw my welcome
letter.  I have no problem with paying for people who're genuinely
interested in my ezine - after all, that's why I signed up in the first
place.  But when 1/4 to 1/3 of new addies from WWL don't stay around
longer than the welcome letter and I get loads of spam complaints, then
something isn't right at WWL, despite what they say.

And though I've had a good and courteous relationship with WWL to date,
they still, despite my numerous requests for explanations, have never
responded to me when I ask about the bad addies and spam complaints.

Debbie Adams
http://www.homefireshearth.com - The ezine for Christian homemakers
"Being confident in this, that He who began a good work in you
will be faithful to complete it." ~~ Phil 1:6


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