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emails quietly failing to reach the inbox.
The measured rate: 4.87% of sends, on a clean and engaged list of over a million
The list was fine. The problem sat in the sending setup underneath it, the part nobody checks. Customers who had asked to hear from the brand simply stopped receiving anything. Found it, fixed it, revenue recovered.
A creator/media brand with a 7-figure list