Developers
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So you’ve built this awesome app…what’s next?
13 days ago by Carly Brantz
So you’ve built this awesome app…what’s next? Chances are you’ll need some way to send email from your app to communicate with your users. SendGrid offers a number of APIs that power email-based features in applications. We also have the deliverability chops to ensure those messages dodge the spam folder. Check out our new video, and learn how SendGrid can help you reach your online community.
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Customer Success Story: Pinterest Shares Interests with SendGrid and Finds a Great Email Deliverability Partner
23 days ago by Carly Brantz
Pinterest is a virtual pinboard that lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. Pinterest has grown tremendously in the past year growing their user base by 50% month over month. As a result of their rapid growth, Pinterest’s small team of engineers was left with the task of managing the flow of millions of email through their systems, and the deliverability challenges that accompany high volume senders.
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Guest post: SendGrid takes the Cake[PHP] when it comes to SMTP
56 days ago by Tim Falls
The following is a guest blog post from one of our customers and community members, Dave Loftis. Dave is an independent developer, and co-founder of VarVee.com and MyD8.net. You can check out his blog at blog.lofdev.com.

If you’re a PHP developer who is building a large Internet application, or even a small one, using CakePHP, you have undoubtedly taken a look at Cake’s built-in Mail component. The built-in component is simple and powerful, and it works well for most things you might do. It’s really great for sending “welcome-to-X” or “forgot-your-password” emails. But, once you deploy and start using things in the real world, you’re going to run into some very real issues. If someone requests a password reset, they expect that email to arrive to their inbox within seconds. No one wants to search their SPAM filters for a password reminder message from a site they use. And, heaven forbid if you have a few thousand users and want to integrate mailing list management, or track the status of your messages in real time.
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SendGrid at SXSW
61 days ago by Carly Brantz
Many of us from SendGrid were in Austin last weekend for an unforgettable experience at the interactive piece of SXSW. It was an excellent opportunity for us to meet face to face with many of our best clients, learn about other fascinating start-up companies and educate others about the value of using SendGrid to deliver email.
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SendGrid’s First In-House Mobile Hackathon
85 days ago by Elmer Thomas
By all accounts, the first ever SendGrid hosted hackathon was a fantastic success! Both for our team here at SendGrid and those who came to hack with us. As a result, we will definitely hold more hackathons here at our office in Anaheim, locally in Orange County and in other cities around the country.
Before I recap the event, I’d like to give thanks to some of the key people who helped make this hackathon a success. Penny, our office manager at SendGrid, was instrumental in making sure all of the logistics were in order, from initial planning to organizing our workspaces to the “unofficial” after party. Thanks to Tom, our former VP of Engineering for attending the entire event and helping with the final judging.
Special thanks goes out to our wonderful sponsors Heroku and IOGEAR who delighted hackathon winners with awesome prizes. And to all of the attendees, both SendGrid employees and visitors, who made this event fun, educational and entertaining.
Now, on to the good stuff …
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Our Customers are Raving Fans
107 days ago by Carly Brantz
At SendGrid, our focus has always been on achieving the highest levels of customer satisfaction. SendGrid continues to grow because we solve web developers’ email headaches. And these same web developers love to share their stories about how they resolved common problems in their industry. As such, we’ve expanded our customer and testimonial section of our website to include some stories and quotes of how SendGrid is helping companies get their emails delivered. Take some time to check out this new section and learn how we can help you improve your email revenue and results just by getting more messages delivered to the inbox. Then, get started with SendGrid and let us help you create your own email success story.
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Empowering You
133 days ago by Carly Brantz
We want this to be the year you use SendGrid but more than anything we want you to be able to integrate and customize the system to your specific needs. As we near the end of our reasons you need SendGrid, it is all about empowering our users. We don’t have any complex code or integration. We’re compatible with your systems, your technology and your people so you can customize us your way.
Reason #7: Customize the System To Your Own Unique Needs.
SendGrid has multiple APIs that allow you to customize the service and retrieve information. These APIs allow you to configure your system to deliver specific reports and push data in real time – giving you the information you need to improve and expand your business operations. And by working with developers, we continue to augment our API collection to create more robust options that support your web applications. read more
So you’ve built this awesome app…what’s next?
13 days ago by Carly Brantz
So you’ve built this awesome app…what’s next? Chances are you’ll need some way to send email from your app to communicate with your users. SendGrid offers a number of APIs that power email-based features in applications. We also have the deliverability chops to ensure those messages dodge the spam folder. Check out our new video, and learn how SendGrid can help you reach your online community.
Customer Success Story: Pinterest Shares Interests with SendGrid and Finds a Great Email Deliverability Partner
23 days ago by Carly Brantz
Pinterest is a virtual pinboard that lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. Pinterest has grown tremendously in the past year growing their user base by 50% month over month. As a result of their rapid growth, Pinterest’s small team of engineers was left with the task of managing the flow of millions of email through their systems, and the deliverability challenges that accompany high volume senders.
Guest post: SendGrid takes the Cake[PHP] when it comes to SMTP
56 days ago by Tim Falls
The following is a guest blog post from one of our customers and community members, Dave Loftis. Dave is an independent developer, and co-founder of VarVee.com and MyD8.net. You can check out his blog at blog.lofdev.com.

If you’re a PHP developer who is building a large Internet application, or even a small one, using CakePHP, you have undoubtedly taken a look at Cake’s built-in Mail component. The built-in component is simple and powerful, and it works well for most things you might do. It’s really great for sending “welcome-to-X” or “forgot-your-password” emails. But, once you deploy and start using things in the real world, you’re going to run into some very real issues. If someone requests a password reset, they expect that email to arrive to their inbox within seconds. No one wants to search their SPAM filters for a password reminder message from a site they use. And, heaven forbid if you have a few thousand users and want to integrate mailing list management, or track the status of your messages in real time.
SendGrid at SXSW
61 days ago by Carly Brantz
Many of us from SendGrid were in Austin last weekend for an unforgettable experience at the interactive piece of SXSW. It was an excellent opportunity for us to meet face to face with many of our best clients, learn about other fascinating start-up companies and educate others about the value of using SendGrid to deliver email.
SendGrid’s First In-House Mobile Hackathon
85 days ago by Elmer Thomas
By all accounts, the first ever SendGrid hosted hackathon was a fantastic success! Both for our team here at SendGrid and those who came to hack with us. As a result, we will definitely hold more hackathons here at our office in Anaheim, locally in Orange County and in other cities around the country.
Before I recap the event, I’d like to give thanks to some of the key people who helped make this hackathon a success. Penny, our office manager at SendGrid, was instrumental in making sure all of the logistics were in order, from initial planning to organizing our workspaces to the “unofficial” after party. Thanks to Tom, our former VP of Engineering for attending the entire event and helping with the final judging.
Special thanks goes out to our wonderful sponsors Heroku and IOGEAR who delighted hackathon winners with awesome prizes. And to all of the attendees, both SendGrid employees and visitors, who made this event fun, educational and entertaining.
Now, on to the good stuff …
Our Customers are Raving Fans
107 days ago by Carly Brantz
At SendGrid, our focus has always been on achieving the highest levels of customer satisfaction. SendGrid continues to grow because we solve web developers’ email headaches. And these same web developers love to share their stories about how they resolved common problems in their industry. As such, we’ve expanded our customer and testimonial section of our website to include some stories and quotes of how SendGrid is helping companies get their emails delivered. Take some time to check out this new section and learn how we can help you improve your email revenue and results just by getting more messages delivered to the inbox. Then, get started with SendGrid and let us help you create your own email success story.
Empowering You
133 days ago by Carly Brantz
We want this to be the year you use SendGrid but more than anything we want you to be able to integrate and customize the system to your specific needs. As we near the end of our reasons you need SendGrid, it is all about empowering our users. We don’t have any complex code or integration. We’re compatible with your systems, your technology and your people so you can customize us your way.
Reason #7: Customize the System To Your Own Unique Needs.
SendGrid has multiple APIs that allow you to customize the service and retrieve information. These APIs allow you to configure your system to deliver specific reports and push data in real time – giving you the information you need to improve and expand your business operations. And by working with developers, we continue to augment our API collection to create more robust options that support your web applications. read more
