We email US buyers for you. One by one.
We find matching US companies, write each email from scratch based on their website, and handle every reply from our US mailboxes — until you get a yes or a clear no. $100 to try 100 companies.
Hi Dana — noticed your new 24V DC drive line. A factory we work with in Shenzhen builds similar motor controllers for a US distributor, 20-day samples. Want the spec sheet and price range?
Interesting. Send the spec sheet, and what's MOQ and lead time at 500 units?
Spec sheet attached. 500 is fine, 35 days after sample approval. Free Thursday for 15 minutes on certification requirements?
The campaign we tracked end to end — every number, nothing hidden
This is the first campaign we ran, and we ran it for ourselves — promoting Anvol's own hardware engineering services. From August 5 to September 9, 2026, we sent 968 one-to-one emails to hardware makers, open-source hardware project authors, and small electronics sellers in the US and overseas: Tindie sellers, crowdfunding creators, indie hardware people. One email per company, each written from scratch based on the recipient's website. No templates, no sequences.
Important caveat: these recipients were makers and indie sellers, not corporate procurement teams. Enterprise buyers are harder to reach and reply less. That's exactly why our guarantee is set at 3% — well below the 13.5% we actually measured. We'd rather set a bar we can clear for any audience than inflate expectations with numbers from a friendlier one.
Reply rate counts every human reply — including "not interested" and "not now". Auto-replies and out-of-office messages are excluded.
Industry average cold email reply rate is 3.4%. B2B typically lands between 5–9%. Anything above 10% is considered excellent. We hit 13.5%.
Hard bounce rate: 1.1%. We run 111 mailboxes across 5 sending domains, all with SPF/DKIM/DMARC, capped at 15 sends per mailbox per day. Any mailbox that crosses 2% bounces over a 14-day window gets auto-paused. Complaint rate red line: 0.3%. We only email personal addresses — never role accounts like sales@ or info@.
968 emails → 131 replies → 35 real questions → 0 orders (so far)
Zero orders so far. We are in pilot stage and this page will be updated when that changes. The 35 substantive inquiries asked about MOQ, lead time, pricing, and assembly — real supplier questions, not polite brush-offs. But an inquiry is not an order, and we won't pretend otherwise.
$100 Pilot — 100 companies, done for you
- You fill out a profileProduct lines, price range, MOQ, certifications, your 3 best current US customers, and who buys this in the US.
- We build your listWithin 5 business days: an ICP description plus 100 matched US companies, each with one decision-maker contact and a verified email. You review and approve the list before anything goes out.
- We write and sendWithin two weeks, 100 one-to-one emails go out from our US mailboxes. Each one is written from the recipient's company website. We never use your domain.
- We handle every replyAll responses are handled during US business hours. You're CC'd on everything.
- Full deliverablesThe 100-company list with per-company status (replied, no reply, bounced, unsubscribed), full text of every reply, which segments responded, and a written recommendation for next steps.
Our guarantee
At least 3 human replies from your 100 emails. Auto-replies and out-of-office messages don't count. If we fall short, we keep sending at no cost until we hit 3, or we refund the full $100 — you decide.
No payment required now. We build your list first — you only pay after you've reviewed and approved it.
Start $100 Pilot →Pick your volume, everything handled
- 200 matched US companies per month, each with a one-to-one email
- All replies handled during US business hours
- Weekly progress report
- Monthly ICP review and targeting adjustment
- List approval before every send — we never use your domain
Guarantee
If your human reply rate drops below 3% in any month, the next month is free.
For reference: ListKit, the best-known US cold email platform, charges $597/month as of September 2026 — and you do all the work yourself: finding contacts, writing emails, managing replies. Our entry tier is a third of that, and we do the work.
Contact us →How it works
Find your buyers
From your product line, we build a list of matching US companies and the right person's verified email. Hundreds to thousands of targets — far beyond the cards you collected at the show.
One email per company
Every email is written from that company's own website — what they sell, what they build. Not a template. Each one is reviewed before sending.
Send from US mailboxes
Sent from real-person US mailboxes, warmed up over weeks, rotated across domains. We only send to verified individual contacts — never role addresses like sales@ or info@.
Work every reply
Replies land in our inbox. We triage, answer questions, send your quotes and samples, and follow up in US business hours — until it's an order or a clear no. The founder reads every reply.
Real replies, real words
Names only — product names and company names removed. Not a single word changed.
there is a legitimate opportunity here I think
「我觉得这里有个真实的合作机会。」Reply · Aug 25, 2026
I would gladly take your offer to run a physical test run
「我很愿意接受你们的提议，跑一次实物测试。」Berkan · Aug 25, 2026
I'd definitely be open to exploring ways we could collaborate
「我完全愿意探讨合作的可能性。」Federico · Aug 10, 2026
I'd be interested to hear your perspective on it
「我很想听听你们对这件事的看法。」Ignacy · Aug 18, 2026
Where your money actually goes
You've probably spent money on most of these — here's where each one breaks down.
| Channel | ~Annual cost | Who does the work | Typical result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba | RMB 30–90k/yr membership + pay-per-click | You | Small, scattered inquiries — many are competitors fishing for your prices |
| Trade shows | Tens of thousands RMB per show + travel | You | A stack of business cards no one follows up on; leads go cold in 3 months |
| Chinese AI email tools | ~RMB 159/mo | You | 300 template emails: "Dear Sir, we are a professional manufacturer." Gmail gets banned. Everything lands in spam. |
| LinkedIn / WhatsApp | Free (capped reach) | You | LinkedIn caps weekly outreach; cold WhatsApp messages look like harassment to US buyers |
| ListKit | $597/mo | You | Self-serve platform — you find the contacts, write the emails, handle the replies |
| US Sales Desk | $100 pilot, then from $199/mo (200–2,000 companies/mo) | Us | One-to-one emails from US mailboxes, every reply handled, founder reads every response |
Why email works
Email is how US B2B buyers actually evaluate new suppliers. But it only works if it reaches the inbox, reads like a person wrote it, and gets a fast, competent reply in their time zone.
What we put on the line so you don't have to
✓3-reply guarantee
Fewer than 3 human replies from your pilot? We keep sending for free or refund the full $100.
✓You approve the list first
We never email a single company you haven't reviewed and approved.
✓Your domain stays clean
All emails go from our US mailboxes and our domains. Your sender reputation is never touched.
✓Cancel anytime
No contracts, no lock-in. The monthly plan stops the day you say stop.
Under the hood
Every component exists because a shortcut we tried earlier broke something.
Mailbox pool
111 mailboxes across 5 sending domains, hosted on established providers — we ride their IP reputation, not a self-hosted server. Every address is a real-name variant of the founder (chris@, chris.wu@). No fake employees.
Authentication & self-check
SPF, DKIM, DMARC on every domain — nothing sends until all pass. Each mailbox runs an SMTP+IMAP probe with a unique token before entering rotation; if it can't read its own bounces, it's excluded.
Warm-up & volume ladder
Mailboxes email each other, reply, and rescue messages from junk; volume ramps daily. Sending follows a 3 → 8 → 15/day ladder — each step requires <2% bounce and zero complaints. Hard ceiling 15/day per box; complaint red line 0.3%.
Reputation protection
Load spread across domains so no single domain carries all the risk — lesson from an early single-domain run that hit 3–4.7% bounce. Rolling 14-day bounce gate halts sending above 2%. Suppression list enforced on every send.
Recipient discovery & rules
Targets from a web crawl of the segment, verified through MX lookup and email verification services. Individual contacts only — role addresses (sales@, info@) excluded; they bounced ~10× more in our data.
Writing & reply handling
A frontier language model drafts one email per company from its website. A QA gate checks facts and banned phrases before queuing. Replies thread in one conversation, auto-classified, then answered by a person in US hours. Founder reads all.
No. Emails go out from Anvol's own US mailboxes in the founder's real name, introducing your factory and products. Your domain stays untouched — no risk to your sender reputation.
We keep sending new emails at no cost until you reach 3 human replies, or we refund the full $100 — your choice. Auto-replies and out-of-office messages don't count toward the 3.
Yes. We deliver the full 100-company list with contact names and verified emails for your review. You can remove any company you don't want us to contact. Nothing goes out until you approve.
ListKit is a SaaS platform — they build and maintain software, UI, integrations, and support for thousands of self-serve users. We're a small team that does the work directly. No platform to maintain means lower overhead. We're also early and pricing aggressively because we'd rather earn your trust at $199 than lose you at $597.
Each email is drafted by a language model from the recipient's company website, then passes a fact and wording check and a human review before it goes out — no templates. All replies are answered by a person during US business hours. Founder Chris Wu personally reads every single reply.
Yes. US commercial email is governed by CAN-SPAM. We comply: real sender identity, real physical address, a working opt-out in every email, and suppression lists honored immediately.
Your product catalog, price ranges, MOQ, a list of your best current US customers so we know what a good fit looks like, and someone who can answer technical questions within a day.
List building takes one to two weeks. First replies typically arrive in the first sending week. But real conversations — quotes, samples, specs — take weeks to develop. Don't expect orders in month one.
Start your $100 Pilot
Fill out the form. Within 5 business days you'll receive your ICP description and a 100-company list for review. The payment link is sent after you confirm the list. Chris reads and answers every submission himself.