hollerpostGrowing your list shouldn’t grow your bill.
Email and texts for small business. You pay for what you send, not for how many customers you have. AI writing, AI design and surveys included. A real person is on call when you need help.
Start free: 1,000 emails a monthNo card, no time limit. Paid plans from $8/mo.
Where your $15 goes
| Sending 10,000 emails (Amazon SES) | $1.00 |
|---|---|
| Stripe: card, sales tax and billing (7.1% + 30¢) | $1.37 |
| Sales tax set aside | $0.90 |
| Servers, tools and AI | $3.40 |
| Buffer for surprises | $0.58 |
| Support, spam protection, new features and me | $7.75 |
| You pay | $15.00 |
At full use of the plan. See the math for every plan.
Why Hollerpost
Pay for sends, not contacts.
Most email tools charge you more every time someone joins your list. We think that’s backwards. Your list is the thing you worked for.
We’ll show you our math.
Sending 10,000 emails costs us $1.00. Stripe’s fees, including handling your sales tax, are $1.37 more. The rest of your $15 keeps the servers running, keeps your emails out of spam, and pays me to answer when you need help. That’s it.
AI that writes and designs with you, free.
Describe the look you want (“elegant, like a wine bar menu”) and get a full design you can edit, with fonts, colors and custom pieces like coupon cards. It runs on hardware we own, so we don’t charge for it. Meet Helios, the rig it runs on.
What you’d pay, side by side
Mailchimp prices by how many contacts you have. We price by how many emails you send. Here’s how that works out for a few common lists.
| Your list | You send | Mailchimp Essentials | Hollerpost, monthly | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 500 contacts | twice a month (1,000 emails) | $13/mo | $0/mo (Free) | $13/mo less |
| 2,500 contacts | weekly (10,000 emails) | $45/mo | $15/mo (Starter) | $30/mo less |
| 5,000 contacts | weekly (20,000 emails) | $75/mo | $29/mo (Plus) | $46/mo less |
Mailchimp Essentials prices as of Oct 2026. Check mailchimp.com for current pricing. Hollerpost prices are month to month; yearly billing is cheaper.
Set it up in an afternoon
Start on Free
No card. You get 1,000 emails a month, for as long as you like.
Connect your domain
You send from your own address so your emails land in the inbox. It takes about 10 minutes. We give you the records, you can email them to your web person, or I can do it for you.
Bring your people
Upload a spreadsheet or your Mailchimp export, or put a signup form on your site.
Write it and send it
Let the AI draft your first email, send yourself a test, then send it for real. Your first campaign gets a quick safety check before it goes out, with me on call if anything looks off.
Works with your website.
Paste a signup form into the site you already have, or link to your own signup page. Each one has a step-by-step guide.
Promoting on social? Get one link for your bio at hollerpost.com/@yourname with signup first, upcoming events, and scheduled links.
Hi, I’m Josh.
I build websites and tools for small businesses in the Bay Area. I built Hollerpost because the tools my clients were paying for kept getting more expensive for no reason. Our local AI handles quick DNS checks and routine fixes right away, and I’m on call for everything else. Reply ‘Josh’ anytime and it comes straight to me.
Questions people ask
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Free gives you 1,000 emails a month, with no card and no time limit. Emails sent on Free end with a small “Sent with Hollerpost” line; paid plans don’t have it. Our first 100 paying customers get 20% off their email plan for as long as they stay.
What happens at my limit?
We email you when you’ve used 80% of your month and again at 100%, so it’s never a surprise. At the limit, new campaigns wait until your month resets, and anything already scheduled waits with them. Add a send pack (5,000 more emails is $4) or move up a plan and they go out. On a paid plan, email your app sends through our API keeps going up to twice your plan, so password resets and receipts don’t stop. Plan changes are prorated.
Do you do texts?
Soon. Texting is rolling out now, and email works in the meantime. The texts add-on goes on any paid plan: 500 texts a month once texting is live for $10 (or 1,000 for $18, 2,500 for $39, 5,000 for $75, 10,000 for $149). You can add text packs when you need more.
Can I leave?
Yes. Export your contacts anytime and cancel in the dashboard. No call, no form.
What about a slow season?
Cancel month to month and come back whenever. Your contacts, drafts, and signup forms stay put, and your forms keep collecting people while you’re away.
Is the AI really free?
Yes, for writing and for design. Every plan includes 20 fast generations a month and unlimited standard ones. If you write a lot, there’s an optional AI Copywriter add-on for $10/mo with unlimited priority generations. Most people won’t need it.
Try it with your real list this week.
No card. Paid plans from $8/mo. See pricing.