What is the complaints threshold
A "Complaint" is also known as an "Abuse Report" is when a recipient marks an email as "Spam" or "Junk", effectively moving the email from their inbox to their Spam/Junk folder. Or when a recipient Unsubscribes and in the process confirms that they "did not ask to receive this email".
Both events are tracked as a Complaint and will register on your account as such.
The email industry has firmly set 0.1% as the maximum acceptable rate of complaints. This is calculated by dividing the number of complaints by the number of emails that were sent. ((complaints/sent) * 100)
However, many ISPs can start to defer email after just 0.01%.
EmailPush monitors complaints through feedback loops and unsubscribe tracking.
There are two statistics that are looked at:
- Complaint to Sent Ratio : As stated before, this is the standard ratio that the industry looks at. EmailPush calculates this statistic based on the last 30 days of your account activity. The maximum acceptable limit is 0.1%. If the account rises to or above 0.1% then it will automatically be placed Under Review. Additionally, if the account is reactivated, the Contact Pruning feature will automatically be enabled and set to a contact score of 10.
- Complaint to Open Ratio : The other statistic that is looked at is the complaint to open ratio. ((complaints/opens) *100 ) While there is very little published by the industry on this statistic, it is well known that this is a key statistic is evaluating whether email is solicited. The reason being that, if an ISP diverts emails directly to Spam/Junk folders then the "complaint to sent ratio" could be very low. As the emails are already in the spam folders, no complaints would be registered. So, it is important to then monitor the ratio of complaints compared to the number of opens. If the account reaches a 3% complaint to open ratio then the account will automatically be put Under Review. Additionally, if the account is reactivated, the Contact Pruning feature will automatically be enabled and set to a contact score of 10.
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