Getting Started with Spread

Spread Quickstart Guide

Spread is an email sending platform for companies for marketing, transactional, and product emails.

#Welcome to Spread!

Welcome to Spread! This onboarding guide will help you get started with Spread quickly and easily.

#What is Spread?

Spread is a simple platform for sending business emails. With Spread, you can perform the following tasks:

• Send marketing and product update emails to customers
• Send transactional emails to users (e.g. password reset emails)
• Write emails using a markdown editor
• Schedule emails to be sent at the exact time
• Manage and track email sending, opening, and clicking data
• Manage and segment different customer/subscriber lists

#5 steps to get started

Follow the steps below to get started with Spread.

1. Add a custom domain
2. Import contacts
3. Create a list and set recipients
4. Compose and send your email
5. Analyze results and manage subscribers

#1. Add a custom domain

To send emails using a custom domain, you need to add your domain and verify ownership.

#2. Import contacts

To send emails, you first need to add your subscribers (contacts) to Spread. Spread provides the following methods:

• Sync from Google Contacts
• Upload an Excel/CSV file
• Manually add contacts
• Connect via API
• Connect via Relate CRM

#3. Create a list and set recipients

In Spread, you set email recipients by 'list'. Create a list from your contacts, then set that list as the recipient.

#4. Compose and send your email

Create and send your first email campaign.

#5. Analyze results and manage subscribers

Analyze your results after sending, keep your lists safe, and extend into a CRM.