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What Are Bad Emails Costing You?

Enter your list size, bounce rate, and campaign details. See the exact revenue impact of email bounce — and your ROI from cleaning your list.

Your Email Program

emails
0.5% (clean)15% (average)30% (dirty)
sends/year
$

Average order value, lead value, or LTV — whichever applies to your campaigns.

0.1%2% (typical)10%
$

Mailchimp ≈ $1.50/1K, Klaviyo ≈ $2/1K, SendGrid ≈ $0.80/1K, ActiveCampaign ≈ $1.20/1K.

Annual Cost of Bouncing Emails
Emails wasted per year
ESP cost on invalid emails
Lost conversions/year
Lost revenue/year
Total annual cost
With BounceZero Verification
Verification cost/year
ESP savings/year
Revenue recovered
Net ROI
Payback period

Assumptions: BounceZero verification priced at $5/1K (100K tier). Revenue impact assumes 90% bounce reduction. Inbox placement uplift of 15% applied to net deliverable volume. Results are estimates — your actual ROI may vary.

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Where the ROI Actually Comes From

The calculator shows three distinct sources of return — each real and measurable.

1

Direct ESP Savings

Every invalid address you remove means one fewer paid send per campaign. On a 50K list with 10% invalid rate and $1.50/1K ESP cost, that's $75 saved per campaign — $1,800/year at bi-weekly frequency. Pure cost reduction.

2

Recovered Conversions

Bouncing emails can't convert. If 10% of your list is invalid and your conversion rate is 2%, you're missing 200 conversions per 10,000 addresses reached. At $50 AOV that's $10,000 in annual hidden revenue loss.

3

Inbox Placement Uplift

High bounce rates damage your sender score — meaning even valid addresses receive your email in spam instead of inbox. Reducing bounces improves inbox placement for your entire list, amplifying the revenue impact beyond just the invalid addresses removed.

Typical Results by Use Case

Based on verified customer results and industry benchmarks.

Use Case Typical List Size Avg Bounce Rate Before After Verification Typical Annual ROI
Cold Email Outreach 5K–50K 12–25% < 1% 8×–22×
B2B Newsletter 10K–200K 5–12% < 0.5% 5×–14×
SaaS Transactional 20K–500K 3–8% < 0.3% 4×–10×
E-commerce / DTC 50K–2M 2–6% < 0.4% 3×–8×
Agency (client lists) 100K–10M 10–30% < 1% 6×–18×

ROI multiples include ESP savings, recovered conversions, and inbox placement uplift. Individual results vary.

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