Ask HN: Suggest names for an open-source, self-hosted Mailchimp alternative?

  • Anzee. Build integrations so you could have a Mailchimp-anzee setup. If it's a company you're starting, think about the headlines: "Mailchimp-anzee merger".

    Option 2:

    "Howler". Since it blasts campaigns, campaigns are "howls" instead of "campaigns".

    Also: Howler is a monkey that lives in the Amazon. Since you mentioned Amazon Web Services integration. It's a twist on mailchimp and AWS.

    If we want to be a bit douchey, we could drop some letters to get Howlr or Hwlr.

    Option 3:

    "Hermes", who is the "the herald of the gods, as well as the protector of human heralds, travellers, thieves,[1] merchants, and orators."

    Your users are the gods. The fact it sends messages for a fraction of the cost plays on merchants/thieves/travellers having a tight relation with money.

    If not Hermes, then "Augur". Again, douchey: "Augr" or "Ogur".

    Option 4:

    "Colporteur" or "Colport": A colporteur is a peddler. A seller who goes around small villages or isolated places[your software reaches even the most isolated people] and screams to villagers or a place's inhabitants what's to sell/buy. Typically, the inhabitants, hearing the colporter's cries will go down and haggle/trade, buy or sell. These "screams" have a certain "rythm" and aren't disagreeable, which you can use as a metaphor for a "campaign" in your software.

    Also known as a "Hawker", apparently from the Wikipedia entry.

  • If you want mailslam.com I'll transfer it to you. I was going to build something similar but in reality I'll never get around to it.

  • Please make a show HN when you launch it. I’m currently a Sendy user but would love to find alternatives especially if they are not in PHP.

  • alphamail. electronilist. bullhorn. campaignking. untitledlist1. goodmail. emailotron. quicklist. emailist. senditall. postbag. carrierwave. deliverist. droplist. notspam. relimail. emailblast. firstcontact.

  • mailchamp