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Show HN: Donbar – Email marketing made dead-simple (donbar.org)
3 points by ShmuelT 56 days ago
I’ve watched too many freelancers, non-profits, and local business owners spend hours trying to send a "simple" newsletter. Even for tech-savvy marketers, the current tools have become so bloated that the "time-to-send" is frustratingly high.

So I’ve built Donbar, an easy-to-use email platform where the focus is SIMPLICITY. It is designed so you can send your first professional email in under 5 minutes.

Donbar includes all the features you actually need:

– Easy Design – An intuitive email builder.

– Email Tracking – Track opens and clicks.

– Large File Support – Share files up to 1 GB.

– Merged Tags & Contact Management – Simple but powerful ways to personalize.

Some of the best feedback I’ve received so far: "I usually need a day or two to get familiar with a new product, but with Donbar, I instantly 'knew' how it worked." My favorite was: "I expected Donbar to be easy, but I didn't expect it to be fun!"

Wondering what the power users think, Is simplicity a feature or a dealbreaker for you?

Would love your honest roasts and feedback.

https://www.donbar.org/

2 comments

Nice focus on simplicity. A lot of email tools started simple but slowly turned into heavy marketing suites, so the “time-to-send” problem is real.

Curious how you’re handling deliverability and list hygiene as users scale. In my experience working with email platforms, that tends to be the hardest part once people go beyond a few thousand contacts.

Also interesting idea with the 1GB file sharing not something most email tools try to support.

curious what tradeoffs you hit going for that under 5 minutes first send. most email tools either oversimplify and you lose customization, or they add so many options that simplicity flies out the window. how are you deciding what stays vs what gets cut for the non-technical users
Great question. The biggest tradeoff is the lack of complex automation.

For small businesses or people who want to get started fast, that simplicity actually covers the tradeoff, but I wonder what you guys think?