How do I stagger a send of about 10K to about 2,000 per day over 5 days?

[Anonymous]

Due to some deliverability issues, we've been told that reducing the number sent at once will help. I know how to use the random sample filter in the flow step to send with A/B Testing - not sure if I can create a wait step between random samples of 20% from the same list.

[Anonymous]

I'd do this with static lists. Create a smart campaign with 5 random samples of 20% each, write each to a unique static list, then send to those lists in a staggered fashion.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

The help article How to Throttle Email Sends with Marketo explains how to do this.

[Anonymous]

Awesome help article, Elliott. Thanks for the resource!

[Nichole_Cunnin4]

A workaround we've round it to throttle it by what the first name begins with...For example,

If the first name starts with, A,B,C,D,E,F send email called XXX - default - do nothing; wait one day; if they first name starts with G,H,I,J,K,L send email XXX - default - do nothing; wait one day.... don't forget to put one in there for if the first name is blank.

This isn't an exact split, but since Marketo doesn't have a way to throttle emails (hopefully soon b/c that's like a basic need for any email provider), it seems to do decent job of splitting them up.

[Anonymous]

The link to the "How to Throttle Email Sends with Marketo" isn't working right now, the following error keeps coming up:

"An Error occurred while processing your request. Please try again later."

Not sure if the article just isn't available any more or if it's moved..

[Anonymous]

Martin, the link no longer works for me either.  Please open a case with tech support and they should be able to fix this for you.  The previous link was https://community.marketo.com/MarketoArticle?id=kA050000000L3Hc&src=comm