You’ve Got Mail! How to Hear From Us Most Often
You’ve got mail! There’s nothing more exciting than seeing an email from Betabound pop into your inbox that has a particularly eye-catching subject line like wearable fitness tracker, connected car, smartphone — you name it! Given that most Betabounders check their email inboxes for Betabound Exclusive testing opportunities, we wanted to break down how to best hear from us regarding beta testing opportunities that might interest you.
Tell Us What You’re Interested In
Sometimes more is better! The more boxes you check when filling out your testing interests, the more often you’ll hear from us regarding beta testing opportunities we think you might be a good fit for. Many individuals join Betabound because they’re interested in applying for our consumer electronics and gaming beta tests — but those aren’t the only cool products we host beta tests for! We manage a ton of great beta tests for mobile apps, wearable electronics, and more that you won’t hear about unless you’re willing to expand your horizons a little bit. You don’t have to apply to every beta testing opportunity that arrives in your email inbox, but at least this way you have the option of dipping your toe into a new product pool without feeling like you’re missing out on the fun.
Ensure Your Test Platforms Are Updated
Similar to your account’s testing interests, our team has to know what test platforms you own to send you beta testing opportunities. So, it’s important to ensure your account’s test platforms are up-to-date. For example, if we’re recruiting testers for an iOS mobile app beta test then we’ll only send that recruitment email out to testers that have an iPhone or iPad listed as an active test platform in their account. To receive the most emails from our team about new testing opportunities, be sure to double-check that your test platforms are correct.
Be Sure to Whitelist Us
Beta test recruitments are sent to Betabounders from betacall@betabound.com. Sometimes, email clients will mark these emails as spam. To ensure you’re getting the most out of your Betabound experience, whitelist Betabound by adding betacall@betabound.com into your email’s contact list. With Gmail, this typically isn’t an issue, but if you’re using another email client (like Hotmail or AOL) then it doesn’t hurt to take this extra step.
Check Your Email Inbox Regularly
Lastly, don’t forget to check your email inbox! When we send out an email for a particularly awesome-sounding beta test, we can usually reach our tester recruitment goals within the first 48 hours. Therefore, it’s important to check your email inbox regularly to ensure you aren’t missing out on any time-sensitive beta testing opportunities. Testers frequently email us about these sort of missed project opportunities. If your email inbox is thousands of unread emails long, or if you only check-in once a month, then this could be you too! Do your best to regularly check in. Depending on your email client, you can also set notifications for emails coming from Betabound to take your email-checking one step further.
Although scanning for emails from Betabound is an easy way to keep on top of Betabound Exclusives we’re recruiting for, you can also check our homepage for available beta tests! Since many of these opportunities are unaffiliated (i.e. not managed by Betabound), you can join most of them right away. Along with checking your email for alerts from us, we also recommend bookmarking the Betabound homepage and checking in daily there!
More testing the better!!!!!
We couldn’t agree more!
So the only way to stop getting emails from Betabound is to erase our account? Not very friendly.
“Click here to permanently remove your user account from the Betabound community.
This will eliminate future email related to this community.”
Hi John,
Great question! We don’t enable testers to opt out of emails and keep their Betabound tester account. The purpose of having a Betabound account is to hear about exclusive beta testing opportunities – which we deliver via targeted emails. The emails you receive from us are beta tests we think you’d be a good fit for (based on the information you provide in your tester account). These emails about beta testing opportunities require Betabounders to apply for them in a timely fashion. So, if we enabled an email opt-out functionality, testers would never hear about these time-sensitive beta testing opportunities — which defeats the whole purpose of being a part of our community.
Our goal is to create a positive community experience for testers, which includes regularly hearing about our testing opportunities. So if you aren’t interested in receiving emails from us about these testing opportunities, then we presume you aren’t interested in participating in our beta tests as well since email is the best way to stay in the loop.
Thank you for the explanation, but unfortunately, these emails aren’t only about opportunities. For example, the email from yesterday about “May the Knowledge Be with You!”
Hi John,
We appreciate your feedback and will keep that in mind for the future. Thanks!
Jenny
I loved that email! Awsome way to keep the star wars celebration of may the 4th going
My problem is i get private betas but no beta bound exclusives its like im invisible to beta bound yet a few pick me all the time its like im exclusive to prelaunch betas only…i have 3 printers a scanner and im doing a software beta right now…yet on my profile nothing ive done exists.and i beta tested a game every day working with the designer to get every bug out…blew him away.. Ive done alot but like i said im invisible to betabound. And im good at what i do and love testing
Hi Jeff, We’ve actually written another blog post (below) that answers some of your frustrations. Please email us directly at hello@betabound.com and we’d be happy to take a look at your account. – Betabound Team
https://www.betabound.com/why-havent-i-been-selected-for-a-beta-test-yet/
I read that. All my information is up to date I’m very active…but I only get a beta if prelaunch gives them to me
Looking forwards to getting started as a Beta tester with betabound
I am a previous Amazon reviewer, looking forward to helping out.