r/EmailProspecting

Hey everyone,

I'm hoping to get some feedback from people who have experience running large-scale cold email campaigns through Instantly.ai.

I recently launched my campaign after spending approximately two months warming up all my email accounts before sending a single cold email.

Here's my current setup:

• Platform: Instantly.ai
• Daily sending volume: Approximately 4,000 emails
• Warm-up period: 2 months
• Lead quality: All leads have been verified and vetted
• Campaign duration: 1 day so far
• Total replies: Approximately 12 out of 4,000 emails
• Reply rate: 0.3%

My concern is that despite investing heavily in the infrastructure, warming up the accounts properly, and ensuring my lead lists are clean, the response rate seems extremely low.

I understand that cold emailing is a numbers game, but 12 replies from 4,000 emails seems unusually low, especially considering the preparation that went into this campaign.

I'm genuinely trying to understand whether I'm missing something.

Is this normal for Instantly users? Could this be a deliverability issue where emails are landing in spam despite the accounts being warmed up?

Or is the business model essentially designed around encouraging users to continuously scale their sending infrastructure to compensate for low response rates?

I'm not trying to criticize Instantly. I'm genuinely looking for advice from people who have successfully scaled campaigns using the platform.

Hey everyone,

A few weeks ago I shared Orty here and got some useful feedback from people who actually do client outreach for a living. I spent the last few weeks rebuilding a big part of it instead of just adding more AI features.

The biggest additions in v1.20-beta are:

• A local outreach diagnostics panel that tells you why your outreach might not be converting (ghosting, high-score leads with no replies, pitch fatigue, etc.).
• A proper CRM pipeline with Rated → Contacted → Replied → Meeting → Booked → Ghosted.
• Weekly goals and a personal insights dashboard so you can actually see if your outreach is improving.
• Interactive onboarding + demo mode so new users can try the workflow without API keys.
• Export/import workspace, better loading states, an in-app changelog, and a lot of stability fixes.

I also redesigned the website so you can try a simulated version of the app directly in your browser before downloading it.

I'm mainly looking for honest feedback from editors:

• What feature is still missing from your outreach workflow?
• What would actually save you time every week?
• Is there anything that would stop you from trying a tool like this?

Website (interactive demo + info):
https://getorty.vercel.app

Whop (Free & Pro download):
https://whop.com/orty/

Thanks again to everyone who's been giving feedback. Every update so far has come directly from conversations with editors here, and I'm trying to build something that's genuinely useful rather than just another AI wrapper.