We targeted toy stores, hobby shops, bookstores, and grocery chains (low priority) with the following roles: CEO, purchasing specialists, commercial directors, and purchasing directors.
There was enough audience, so we launched a mass email campaign to 1,441 contacts.
The email campaign had an open rate of around 40%, which is average for outreach emails. We also saw interest in the product. However, due to the tight launch timeline, we couldn't increase this rate.
At the start, there were low limits on sending emails, and our email client (Google) blocked some emails—this is a common reaction to new domains purchased less than a month ago. We met the deadlines, but due to frequent blocks, the email accounts had low reputations, resulting in low deliverability.
We stopped the campaign after the third email. It took 1.5 to 2 weeks to restore the accounts. We resumed sending emails after restoring the inboxes, which slightly increased the open rate, but we didn’t get any new positive responses.
We recommended going through this database again, but it's necessary to start properly warming up the inboxes three weeks before the campaign. We expect higher open rates and responses with standard technical preparation time.