Crowdcube uses Mailchimp for marketing email and SparkPost for transactional/notifications. They rank #103,251 in the Tranco list of most-popular domains. We've also observed sends via Braze. Email goes out from 2 different subdomains. Their email authentication setup is solid (score 85/100).
Authentication signals observed in this brand's emails. SPF, DKIM and DMARC are the standard sender-authentication stack — see the DMARC policy below for whether spoofing is actually blocked or just monitored. One-click unsubscribe meets Google & Yahoo's bulk-sender requirements.
SPF / DKIM / DMARC above reflect the last 9 emails we've observed. DMARC policy is read live from DNS.
DMARC reports sent to crowdcube.com. Policy
p=reject means receivers actively block or quarantine spoofed mail.
SPF alignment: observed emails use a third-party return-path (mandrillapp.com) — SPF passes there but doesn't align with crowdcube.com, so DMARC has to rely on DKIM alignment.
DKIM alignment: all 11 observed emails sign with a domain aligned with crowdcube.com (crowdcube.com, news.crowdcube.com). DKIM authenticates the visible From — supports DMARC directly.
TLS: 70% TLS 1.3, 30% TLS 1.2 (across 10 sends).
Delivery: fast — 100% of emails in the last 7 days arrive in under 10 seconds (across 3 sends).
Brands often use multiple ESPs (e.g. one for marketing, another for transactional/notifications).
Braze 2ESPs we've seen sending email for this brand. Green = confirmed by SPF, sender IP rDNS, or known infra pairing (label shows the source). Grey = observed but not yet confirmed by SPF or PTR.
ESPs this brand has authorized in their SPF record. We confirm them with a green ✓ only after seeing recurring use (3+ emails across 2+ days). Until then they stay here — either we haven't observed any email yet, or we've seen a handful but not enough to call them a regular sender for the brand.
Probed: crowdcube.com, mandrillapp.com, news.crowdcube.com
Folder distribution across all emails from this brand observed in Gmail inboxes. High inbox % = good deliverability; spam appearances are the headline signal.
| Folder | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| inbox | 9 | 100.0% |
Which ESP's emails are landing where. Sorted by spam % so problem senders surface first. Brands using one ESP for marketing and another for transactional often see very different placement profiles per ESP. Per-ESP folder data only started being captured recently — counts here may be smaller than the total above until backfill catches up.
| ESP | Emails | Placement | Inbox % | Tabs % | Spam % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mailchimp | 5 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| Braze | 1 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
| SparkPost | 2 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Daily observations per ESP. Brands often run multiple ESPs concurrently — marketing on one, transactional on another — so this chart shows usage rather than switches.
IP addresses crowdcube.com has been observed sending from, and where their mail landed in Gmail.
| IP | Hostname | Obs | Placement | Reputation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 223.165.127.164 | bz525.news.crowdcube.com |
4 | 3 | Check → |
| 198.2.137.7 | mail137-7.atl71.mandrillapp.com |
3 | 3 | Check → |
| 198.2.145.2 | mail145-2.atl61.mandrillapp.com |
3 | — | Check → |
| 198.2.187.24 | mail187-24.suw11.mandrillapp.com |
1 | — | Check → |
| 198.2.179.45 | mail179-45.suw41.mandrillapp.com |
1 | — | Check → |