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Where deliverability differs for developer tools companies

This page is about deliverability for developer tools companies: the options you actually have, what each one costs, and which one we would pick. Mamba Labs builds Apify actors, and Domain Deliverability Checker is the one named below that covers developer tools companies.

The problem

Deliverability for developer tools companies turns into a judgment call nobody wanted. Any deliverability method has to survive this: developer tools companies are bought by the people who use them, so the buyer and the user are the same person. One thing deliverability on developer tools companies rarely accounts for: a procurement signal arrives months after adoption, so anything sourced from finance data is late. There is 1 runnable example of deliverability for developer tools companies below.

What is at stake

Sending to developer tools companies does not change your authentication, and it does change how quickly a complaint turns into a block.

Doing it end to end

  1. Start with one of developer tools companies you already know, so a wrong deliverability answer is obvious rather than plausible.
  2. Run Domain Deliverability Checker across your list of developer tools companies, which carries 1 ready made setup for deliverability.
  3. Read ten rows of deliverability on developer tools companies by hand before you trust the rest of the list.

Traditional Search Tools

  • GitHub, for developer tools companies. Public repositories and contributor counts, free, and the strongest adoption signal in the category.
  • MXToolbox. The tool most people already use, and it is genuinely good for one domain at a time. It is a web form, so checking 40 sending domains means 40 visits.
  • Google Postmaster Tools. The only place you see what Gmail thinks of your reputation, and it is free. It covers Gmail, it needs domain verification, and it says nothing about the other half of your list.
  • Your sequencer's own health check. Instantly and Smartlead both ship one. They check the domains you send from, which is the point, and they will not check a domain you have not connected yet.
  • Read the DNS yourself. dig the SPF, DKIM and DMARC records for the sending domain, then check it against the public blocklists one at a time. Fifteen minutes per domain if you know what you are looking at.

Mamba Labs Apify Actors

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