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Send emails to your users directly from inside your Hercules app. Send emails from a free Hercules email or from your own branded email address.
Hercules Emails overview showing sent emails and delivery stats

How do I get started?

  1. Verify the email address in the Emails tab
  2. Tell Hercules what emails you want to send from within your app e.g. Send a welcome email to the user when they sign up. Send it from hello@mycompany.com
  3. It just works!

What are common use cases for sending emails from within my app?

  • Welcome emails when a new user signs up
  • Form submissions
  • Invoices for a purchase
  • Order confirmations after a purchase
  • Account alerts like login from a new device

How do I verify my email address?

  1. Go to the Emails tab
  2. Input the email address you want to send from.
  3. Click the verification link we send to that email
Once verified, Hercules will be able to send emails from that email address

How do I verify my domain?

  1. Go to the Emails tab
  2. Input the domain you want to send from.
  3. Follow the instructions to add the DNS records to your domain’s nameservers
Once your email sending domain is verified, Hercules will be able to send emails from any email address with that domain.

FAQ

Yes. Ask Hercules to update the design of your emails. You can change colors, layout, logo, and content by describing what you want.
Failed emails show up as bounced in the Emails tab with a reason. Hercules stops sending to addresses that permanently bounce to protect your sender reputation.
Verifying an email address lets you send from that specific email address. Verifying a domain lets you send from any email address on that domain. Email verification is faster (click a link), while domain verification requires adding CNAME records to your DNS.
Yes, your plan determines your monthly email limit.
  1. Free: 100 emails / month
  2. Pro: 10,000 emails / month
  3. Business: 100,000 emails / month
If you need to send more emails, please contact support.
No. Hercules Emails handles everything. No external provider or API key is required.