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Hmm strange, my server is getting pummeled today with all the traffic from HN so it could or just been temporarily down but I just tried it myself right now and I am getting results for SEA -> Vietnam starting at US$29 from DLI to SGN. Give it another try and let me know if it doesn't work.

Glad you like it :) LMK if there's anything you think I should add or fix. Your feedback is valuable.

wow, almost half price. And who doesn't want to spend time in Fiji?! lol

Kind of, yes. From how I understand it, Authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, PTR, et) and Reputation (Good domain & IP score) just informs ESPs that you're who you say you are and you're not abusing their network.

You work in this field I gather? What do you think of the checklist? Do I need to add, correct or change anything?

lol well the domain is available, you should buy it ;)

Exactly, think of all the transactional emails companies like Amazon or Stripe send out on an hourly basis.

True, which is why it's important to "warm up" your IP and slowly ramp up volume over time.

Yes mostly for businesses sending newsletters or cold outreach. But parts of it also important for transactional emails (SPF, DKIM, DMARC, etc)

yah, it's tedious. This is basically everything I did to finally get decent open rates.

Yup exactly. I just read a thread on Twitter the other day about a company in NYC (can't remember the name) where they sent an email about an event happening the same week. Their customers (double opt-in) never received the email because most of them went to spam or promotions tab due to deliverability issues. It happens.

Thanks :) appreciate the feedback.

Yep mxtools is pretty useful for checking blacklists. However, I prefer Email-Tester.com for their granular report.

You're right, good point. Will do that, thanks for the suggestion.

Have to disagree here. Companies do cold outreach and purchase leads all the time. From my experience as long as you clean your list, schedule batch delivery, personalize and comply with the CAN-SPAM At, ESP's will not block you.

Creator of HelloInbox here. A bit of context for those who are wondering.

Frustrated with low open rates, I deep dived into email deliverability and discovered a lot I didn't know (and I'm in tech). Fixed and tested everything and tripled my open rates to 65-80%.

As a side-project I decided to build a free checklist and toolkit for others to follow. My goal is to reduce complexity as much as possible and I think I've done to a degree but there's still a lot work to be done especially for people who aren't as tech savvy.

If you think this can or cannot help you, please let me know, I'd like to know why.

I'm using an API which returns a raw string of data and then I can present it however I wish.

Hello HN,

I built my first side-project, https://www.flightlist.io, for 2 reasons:

1. After my travels in Europe in 2017 I wanted a simpler, minimalist flight booking app tailored to my travel style.

2. To learn Javascript

When I travel I always buy one-way flights and I'm not looking to depart on a specific day, but within a date range. And of course, I look for the best price.

Even though sites like Skyscanner and Google Flights are quite popular and easy to use, I have to enter a specific departure date and then use the Calendar to find other dates which may have cheaper prices.

I just want to enter an origin, destination, date range and get a list of flights, without the frills or ads.

So I built Flightlist and in the process I learned Javascript. Something I had been meaning to do for several years.

I'm looking for your feedback, do you find it useful? Would you use it? What features or data-points would you like to see?

Yes there is. What differentiates most sites is how they present the data. I wanted something minimal and simple for my style of travel.

Yes i have to fix a few issues with Polish airports and cities. Thanks for catching that. I will fix.

Yes basically that is to ANYWHERE. I will be improving the departure and destination fields to include more options (radius, multi-city, multi-country, regions, etc)

Try re-refreshing the site, which country are you in? And are you on mobile or desktop?