Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Electronic mailing list |
Founded | 2008 |
Founders | Alexey Kachalov, Konstantin Guschin |
Headquarters | Moscow , Russia |
Area served | Russia, Belarus |
Parent | Unisender Rus, LLC |
Website | unisender.com |
Unisender is an email marketing service that was created by Alexey Kachalov and Konstantin Guschin in 2008. They used private expenses of $100,000.[1] In 2014, the business angel investor Evgeniy Medvednikov sold 46,6% of the company to an industry holding with a multiplier of 35X.[2]
In 2012, the company's turnover exceeded $1,000,000.[3] The company's revenue is $23,000,000.
Unisender clients send 460 million emails monthly, and have a delivery rate of 99.4%. The service has 700 thousand clients (as of 2019) which include Rostelecom, Interfax, Black Star, MBM.RU.[4][5]
In 2015, the service won the AdIndex Awards 2015 in the Direct Marketing.[6] In 2016, the service took the first place in the digital-technologies ranking for online campaigns among email service providers.[7] The service ranks 12th in Email Delivery category, according to Datanyze.[8]
The initial name of the service was MailHelper. It started as a mailing service for founders' projects, however later it became a separate project. In 2009, the service got its current name Unisender and was transformed into a mass email marketing service.[3]
The service allows users to send bulk messages through the Viber messaging app. To do so, they need to register with Unisender, top up their account and create a sender's name.[9]