date: 'Saturday, August 10 2024' title: 'How to Use Mailtimers' description: 'Mailtimers is a service that provides real-time streaming to GIF email attachments. Learn how it works and hear what other users have say about it.' image: 'mailtimer-conversions_dvgdou' author: 'Amy Blain Mayo' editor: 'Brenda Zhang'

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How to Use Mailtimers

Written by Amy Blain Mayo • Edited by Brenda Zhang

What Is Mailtimers?

Mailtimers is a service that provides real-time streaming to GIF email attachments.

Mailtimers GIFs are generally animated countdown timers that are generated by Mailtimer's servers every time the email is opened, ensuring that the GIF's timer accurately reflects the progression of felt and observed time by users.

Mailtimers operates on an account basis, allowing users to create and customize their own timers and save them to their Mailtimers profile.

Mailtimers for Conversions

As quoted from the website:

"A countdown timer is a tool for creating a sense of urgency in the email. It sends a message to the customer's subconsciousness and sets a deadline for the deal without mentioning it. As a result, customers will more likely take action and click on your CTA.

This marketing psychology method is widely used on landing pages, websites, in emails, and even on television shopping networks. Sometimes countdowns are used more subtly, so the customer doesn't feel pressured, but they are more often placed front and center."

How to Use Mailtimers Effectively

Mailtimers encourages users to follow several key steps in order to make the most of their timers to increase email marketing engagement and conversion:

• Always be honest about the deadlines
• Be clear about the deal
• Use countdowns sparingly
• Keep it above the fold
• Position the CTA near the timer

Insanely Cool Tip! If you want more in-depth how-tos on how to use Mailtimers and its different features, the Mailtimers website hosts quite a few tutorials you can follow.

Mailtimers Examples and Use Cases

Additionally, Mailtimers provides some examples of how to use countdown timers in your business' emails:

• Contests
• Coupons
• Holiday sales
• Live events
• Sales events

What Are Users Saying About Mailtimers?

Mailtimers is easy to use and increases conversions in a simple way with great design possibilities. Not to mention, it also supports integrations with all email service providers and websites. Because of the huge breadth they support, there's no need to change the way you work and send emails now.

Users on Trustpilot rate Mailtimer a 4.7 out of 5 overall, citing its simplicity, ease of use, and diverse applications as key points in its favor. Users describe limitations in customization and image quality as the biggest drawbacks to Mailtimer.

Quote from user Travis King: "First timer here... pun intended. First time using a mail timer for something and Mailtimer.io makes it easy as can be! Wonderful interface, cool design options, and just an all-around great experience. I was able to use a free timer to suit my needs, but definitely would look into purchasing other options in the future if needed. Look no further for your HTML / mail timer needs!"

Mailtimers Subscription Price Points

Mailtimers comes in six monthly subscription packages.

Here's a breakdown of the Mailtimers monthly plans. If you opt for annual billing, you'll get 20% off the below prices.

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