Ask HN: Suggest names for an open-source, self-hosted Mailchimp alternative?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23928751

by tusharsoni • 6 years ago

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I have a tool that I use to send email campaigns. It integrates with AWS SES and sends these emails at a fraction of the cost. I am planning to open source it in the next couple of weeks.

Can this awesome community suggest some names that have available domains? I’m open to using the .email, .app, and .dev TLDs.

apotatopot• 6 years ago

mailchamp

Jugurtha2• 6 years ago

Anzee. Build integrations so you could have a Mailchimp-anzee setup. If it's a company you're starting, think about the headlines: "Mailchimp-anzee merger".

Option 2:

"Howler". Since it blasts campaigns, campaigns are "howls" instead of "campaigns".

Also: Howler is a monkey that lives in the Amazon. Since you mentioned Amazon Web Services integration. It's a twist on mailchimp and AWS.

If we want to be a bit douchey, we could drop some letters to get Howlr or Hwlr.

Option 3:

"Hermes", who is the "the herald of the gods, as well as the protector of human heralds, travellers, thieves,[1] merchants, and orators."

Your users are the gods. The fact it sends messages for a fraction of the cost plays on merchants/thieves/travellers having a tight relation with money.

If not Hermes, then "Augur". Again, douchey: "Augr" or "Ogur".

Option 4:

"Colporteur" or "Colport": A colporteur is a peddler. A seller who goes around small villages or isolated places[your software reaches even the most isolated people] and screams to villagers or a place's inhabitants what's to sell/buy. Typically, the inhabitants, hearing the colporter's cries will go down and haggle/trade, buy or sell. These "screams" have a certain "rythm" and aren't disagreeable, which you can use as a metaphor for a "campaign" in your software.

Also known as a "Hawker", apparently from the Wikipedia entry.

tusharsoni4• 6 years ago

These are so well thought out!

It's funny you mention dropping some letters because my other project is AutoGradr :D

Jugurtha2• 6 years ago

Just checked out https://autogradr.com/. When I clicked on Signup, it went to https://autogradr.app/signup. Is there a reason it's not in autogradr.com since you control the domain?

Also, it asked for my role with two choices "Instructor" or "Student". I'm paralysed, now because I could be an instructor for some, and a student for others. How will this dictate the future experience? Will I be able to switch roles? Will features of the one be unavailable for the other?

silveriswrong• 6 years ago

alphamail. electronilist. bullhorn. campaignking. untitledlist1. goodmail. emailotron. quicklist. emailist. senditall. postbag. carrierwave. deliverist. droplist. notspam. relimail. emailblast. firstcontact.

tusharsoni4• 6 years ago

This is awesome! Definitely shortlisting senditall.email and droplist.

tucaz• 6 years ago

Please make a show HN when you launch it. I’m currently a Sendy user but would love to find alternatives especially if they are not in PHP.

tusharsoni4• 6 years ago

Yup! Keep an eye out for it in the next week or so.

This is a Go service so it should be a lot simpler to get it running.

codegeek• 6 years ago

Not my project but this was posted on HN a while ago. Looked really good, built in Go.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20421243

tren• 6 years ago

If you want mailslam.com I'll transfer it to you. I was going to build something similar but in reality I'll never get around to it.

Ask HN: Suggest names for an open-source, self-hosted Mailchimp alternative?

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