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Mailchimp

Email marketing on a free plan or from $13 a month, priced by contact count; an account idle for 24 months can be terminated.

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Counts, not a score. 4 of 8 things we look for are published by Mailchimp, and 4 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.Free: a basic Free plan you can downgrade to at any time, and a 14-day free trial of the Standard plan with no credit card required, though overages apply if a contact or email send limit is exceededPricing · source · checked 2026-09-12 · different for you?

What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.Essentials starts at $13 /month and Standard at $20 /month, both rising with the number of contacts and with overages beyond the contact or email send limit; businesses with 10,000+ contacts get 15% off for 12 monthsPricing · source · checked 2026-09-12 · different for you?

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.You or Mailchimp may terminate the Agreement at any time and for any reason, and you can cancel or downgrade to the Free plan at any time, but Mailchimp will not refund or reimburse you in any situation except as specifically provided in the Terms3. Closing Your Account · source · checked 2026-09-12 · different for you?

Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.If your account is inactive for 24 or more months, Mailchimp may terminate it with no refund for prepaid amounts or unused Pay as You Go credits; it may also terminate at any time, with or without cause, by giving notice3. Closing Your Account · source · checked 2026-09-12 · different for you?

Put Mailchimp next to something else

No article here covers Mailchimp alongside another platform yet, so there is nothing to suggest. Pick your own pairing and the same questions get asked of each.

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How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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