What is Email Deliverability?
Email Deliverability is The ability to get your emails into recipients' inboxes rather than spam folders.
Definition
Email deliverability measures whether your emails actually reach the inbox. It depends on sender reputation (domain and IP), email authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), content quality, and recipient engagement. Poor deliverability means your emails go to spam or get blocked entirely.
Why It Matters
You can have the best email content in the world, but if it lands in spam, nobody sees it. Deliverability is especially critical for cold email, where you're sending to people who haven't opted in. One bad campaign can tank your sender reputation for months.
Example
A company sends a cold email campaign to 10,000 purchased contacts. Half bounce, many recipients mark it as spam. Their domain reputation drops, and now even their legitimate emails to existing customers land in spam folders.
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