Any update on this? I am complete agreement with this as well! As other users have stated, I am surprised this wasn’t already an automatic feature.
None that I can see. Really debating a push to Marketo and SFDC given how lax updates that matter are lately…ops is vital and if we can’t QA that’s a HUGE issue.
Agree, I’d love to see this feature. Not being able to test customer emails makes me nervous!
Is this coming sometime soon?
I am shocked that there isn’t the ability to test a sequence. This is brutal.
This is getting ridiculous. I just had a sequence go out with an error - yes it was my error but I would have caught it if I was able to do a sequence test. How many years does it take a team of the world’s top marketing software developers to make a sequence test available?..when it’s already available through other email platforms like Mailshake…
Need this. I honestly don’t know a mailing tool that doesn’t offer this feature.
Need this so bad!!
+1
It is really no good not to have this. Especially since the mails sent out tend to turn out differently than in the design window.
Not much to say here that hasn’t already been addressed but this is clearly a critical need and surprising that it’s gone 3+ years without any traction, especially as other Hubs are growing.
As someone who has worked more on the Marketing hub side of things, I’ve always assumed this was a default feature we lean heavily on on our side of the house!
Two points around the specific use case that brought this gap to my attention:
- Bulk Sends: Now that ‘mass’ sequence sends up to 50 contacts are available, this seems like a necessary feature before larger sends are set to go out
- Training New Team Members/Risk Management: This is an important feature when training new sales team members, especially those who are new to Hubspot.
Not having the ability for there to be oversight when training and checking new team members’ first sequences aside from a screen share is a gap.
Totally agree with all points.
I agree with the rest. This has been said time and time again…why isn’t there a way to test these emails? Even individually?
I can only guess that this is a function they want to monetize, and just haven’t figured out how to segment it out of lower subscription levels yet. Hubspot is a public company and they have to deliver value for investors. They can’t give something for nothing.
@EW516 That’s a good point. And they totally did that with sending sequences out on behalf of someone else…it requires a workflow and only Enterprise clients have that.
But functionality makes or breaks the competitive edge. When marketing and sales directors are looking around to make a purchase, these things can make a difference. And it’s got to be an easy fix too. Very disappointing.
Agree with everything said here…it’s bizzare this is not part of the base functionality!
Much needed! I came here via a search on how to do this. Since it doesn’t exist, I’m going to try sending each of my team members each the five emails in a sequence right from their records. This will be tedious though sending 25 sequences just to test it. It’s much easier in workflows.
Jackieru, I tested in what may an easier way (yet still tedious) by enrolling myself in a sequence, selecting 1st email step, send now. Then I unenrolled myself and re-enrolled and started it at the 2nd email, send now, etc.
At least this way you don’t have to spam your team, or wait for their feedback. And you can make any changes needed on the fly.
~Karla
Adding on to the list of commenters - I would like to see a test functionality in sequences with template emails. Testing emails to ensure accuracy is essential. I am surprised Hubspot does not have this feature already in place. Buliding this feature should be moved up on the priority list. Thanks!
Thanks! That’s a good idea.
On a side note, one other benefit I found by sending it to myself was, that I had set up an A/B Sequence test, and accidentally deleted one of them. You CANNOT retrieve a deleted sequence (though you can most other items), so fortunately it was easy to recreate because I had saved all 5 test emails.
~Karla