Freemail revenue calculator
Estimate your potential revenue
Calculate your potential revenue from email campaigns
Looking to boost your profits from your email marketing? Try our free email revenue calculator and find out what you could earn from subscribers on Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and other freemail service providers.
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How to calculate your freemail revenue potential
To use the freemail revenue calculator, use the sliders to provide an accurate estimate of each variable. If you're unsure how to find each, check out the descriptions below.
- Email list size - This is the total number of subscribers on your email list
- Engagement rate - The average of how often subscribers interact with your emails (open rate, click rate, click-to-open rate, etc.)
- Average order value - The average purchase (in USD) as a result of a typical email campaign
- Gmail rate - The percentage of subscribers using the Gmail domain. If you want to add a Gmail revenue calculator, provide a percentage greater than zero
- Yahoo rate - The percentage of subscribers using the Yahoo domain. If you want to add a Yahoo revenue calculator, provide a percentage greater than zero
- Hotmail rate - The percentage of subscribers using the Hotmail/Outlook domain. If you want to add a Hotmail revenue calculator, provide a percentage greater than zero
- Other freemail rate - The percentage of subscribers using an otherwise unlisted freemail domain (AOL, iCloud, Thunderbird, etc.). If you want to add the other freemail calculator, provide a percentage greater than zero
Once you're satisfied with your inputs, hit Calculate.
Reading results from the email list revenue calculator
After completing the above, you'll find the freemail revenue you could potentially earn from Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, and other freemail subscribers on your email list.
For reference, we calculate your potential revenue with the following formula:
Potential revenue = email list size * email engagement rate * average order value
The total potential revenue from freemail users is the combined total across all calculations.
Why it's vital to recognize different email domains
This email marketing ROI calculator aims to demonstrate the maximum amount of revenue you could realistically earn from your email list.
However, many factors determine your success, including how easily your emails can reach the inbox. Among these are the email domains used by your email list and newsletter subscribers.
Every freemail domain uses proprietary AI to assist with spam detection. These tools examine numerous characteristics of all incoming emails, including
- The IP address
- The incoming domain
- The incoming subdomain (if applicable)
- Authentication records and reputation (SPF, DMARC, DKIM)
- Internal and external email blacklists
- Historical engagement (spam reports, opens, clicks, etc.)
Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo examine these factors in differing ways to varying effectiveness.
Why does this matter to you?
If you only use one email format for all freemail domains, your inbox placement rate will vary. Currently, Gmail demonstrates the most accurate spam detection, reliably placing quality emails in the inbox and legitimate spam in the respective folder.
However, other freemail domains may place your legitimate emails in spam due to their different detection methods.
How to use your email marketing ROI calculator results to boost revenue
After learning where your potential email marketing revenue lies, you'll know where to direct your future efforts.
If the bulk of your freemail revenue comes from a particular domain, you should prioritize your content creation efforts to suit best what the domain approves. Variables such as your subject lines, choice of phrases, and overall content structure can influence how successfully you reach the inbox.
However, you can maximize revenue from all freemail domains by strategically segmenting emails.
Segment freemails to bypass spam detection methods
Rather than grouping all subscribers into one email list, you should segment those users into smaller lists for improved email deliverability and engagement.
Though often overlooked, segmenting by email domain can help your emails reach the inbox. While one type of message works well in Gmail, Yahoo, for example, may mark it as spam if it flags a spam detection rule.
By segmenting your subscribers by email domain, you can gain more accurate insights into your deliverability. You can use split testing to identify issues in your content to connect with your customers reliably.
Deliverability tools like an inbox placement tester can provide additional assistance with identifying what works best for different email domains. You can trial different types of content without risking unwanted email bounces or spam complaints.
Use email list segmentation to customize your content for different audiences
Email segmentation should not only apply to different freemail domains but can also impact several other personal identifiers.
You can (and should) segment emails by
- Age range
- Gender
- Occupation/industry
- Household income
- Hobbies or interests
- Previous shopping activity
Segmenting by domain can drastically improve inbox deliverability. Further segmenting by interests and demographics helps you specifically tailor the perfect message to secure more clicks and purchases from your email marketing efforts.
