Email Swipes | Email marketing teardowns for SaaS brands
Email Swipes | Email marketing teardowns for SaaS brands
Nikki Elbaz | Email marketing strategist for SaaS brands
REPLAY: How Detrack used a simple feature table in email to increase prices amidst economic uncertainty – without losing customers | Raising Rates
10 minutes Posted Sep 9, 2025 at 11:48 pm.
♻️ This is a replay episode originally aired on April 02, 2025. I’m resurfacing it because – as much as we love fresh content – replaying smart ideas deepens the insights. And a second listen usually surfaces something you missed the first time ‘round. So, earbuds in — pen out. Let’s make this listen actionable. ♻️Shownotes:When you're a logistics app that hasn't raised prices in close to a decade – during economic uncertainty and amidst industry-wide price hikes – how do you break the news without breaking customer trust? First, craft a transparent, compassionate email – then swipe a simple progress infographic to prove value.Ideas you don’t want to miss
Why the Detrack app is “ugly” (their words!)
The 2 factors that made Detrack nervous about communicating their upcoming price increase – and the hidden blessing in the negativity
The basic strategy every pricing increase series needs
How seeing Slack’s price increase communication influenced this email
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♻️ This is a replay episode originally aired on April 02, 2025. I’m resurfacing it because – as much as we love fresh content – replaying smart ideas deepens the insights. And a second listen usually surfaces something you missed the first time ‘round. So, earbuds in — pen out. Let’s make this listen actionable. ♻️Shownotes:When you're a logistics app that hasn't raised prices in close to a decade – during economic uncertainty and amidst industry-wide price hikes – how do you break the news without breaking customer trust? First, craft a transparent, compassionate email – then swipe a simple progress infographic to prove value.Ideas you don’t want to miss(3:11) Why the Detrack app is “ugly” (their words!)(4:43) The 2 factors that made Detrack nervous about communicating their upcoming price increase – and the hidden blessing in the negativity(5:28) The basic strategy every pricing increase series needs(5:42) How seeing Slack’s price increase communication influenced this email(9:07) The simple solve for offer conflictsLinks from this episodeTake a look at the emails we’re talking about todayCheck out the Slack pricing change email that inspired additions to this Detrack emailADD ConvertKit consult blurbLearn more about how legacy users need help with new feature updates in Episode 3 with Devin from Bit.lyLeverage transactional emails with Nikki's Post Purchase Transactional PlaybookFollow Nikki on LinkedInGet Nikki's email musings at ⁠nikkielbaz.com/subscribe ⁠Let me know what you thought about the episode by emailing [email protected] to Email Swipes and never miss another episodeApple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle PodcastsOr find on your favorite podcast player