Email marketing through your own Gmail — without sitting at your computer

You may have past customers, enquiries or people who asked to hear from you. You want to write a useful promotional email, upload the right contacts, control when messages go out and follow up without keeping a spreadsheet of reminders.

SwitchOff is deliberately built for that straightforward job. It combines contacts, promotional emails and configurable Journeys without trying to become a large corporate CRM. Replies return to your normal inbox, where you already handle conversations.

1. 1

   Connect Gmail

   Connect the Gmail account you already use for business email.

2. 2

   Create your email

   Write a clean promotional email using your own wording and offer.

3. 3

   Add your contacts

   Add people individually or import an appropriate contact list from CSV.

4. 4

   Choose or create a Journey

   Assign contacts to the exact email sequence that fits their situation.

5. 5

   Set the pace

   Choose sending days, working hours and your hourly sending limit.

6. 6

   Start the Journey

   SwitchOff schedules each step using the timing you configured.

7. 7

   Switch off your computer

   The Journey continues in the cloud; your laptop does not need to stay awake.

Yes. SwitchOff lets you configure an hourly sending limit and the hours in which marketing messages may be sent. A business might choose around 15 emails per hour during its working day instead of attempting to send its entire contact list at once.

That number is an example of a user-selected pace, not a universal recommendation and not a guarantee about delivery or inbox placement. Gmail’s own policies and account limits still apply. SwitchOff does not bypass them.

No. Once a Journey is running, SwitchOff handles its scheduled work in the cloud. You can close your laptop, leave the office or focus on customers. Your computer does not need to remain awake simply for the Journey to progress.

Your connected Gmail account remains the sending account, and replies continue to arrive through your normal email workflow.

See how Gmail scheduling and SwitchOff Journeys send with your computer off.

SwitchOff supports CSV contact imports, so you can bring in a substantial existing list without typing every address by hand. Importing the contacts does not mean sending to all of them immediately. You choose their Journey, sending window and hourly pace.

Businesses remain responsible for using appropriate contact data and following applicable privacy and electronic-marketing rules. A purchased, scraped or indiscriminate list is not made appropriate simply because it can be uploaded.

Read the practical guide to sending a large list gradually through Gmail.

Yes. A Journey is a sequence of emails with timing between each step. A simple promotional Journey might contain:

• Email 1 — the promotion
• Email 2 — a follow-up several days later
• Email 3 — a reminder
• Email 4 — a final check-in

You control the content and timing. You can create multiple Journeys and assign a contact to the exact one they need rather than forcing everyone through the same sequence.

Yes. SwitchOff connects to your Gmail account and uses it for sending the emails scheduled by your Journeys. It is not a separate shared marketing sender pretending to be you. Replies follow your existing Gmail workflow.

SwitchOff does not promise unlimited sending, bypass Gmail limits or guarantee inbox placement. Its purpose is to help you create, schedule and gradually send the emails you are entitled to send through the account you connected.

Traditional platforms can be a good fit when a team needs extensive analytics, complex segmentation, enterprise permissions or a large CRM. Many sole traders and owner-operated businesses do not need all of that.

SwitchOff is for the simpler workflow: add the right contact, choose the right Journey, schedule useful follow-ups and deal with replies in Gmail. It aims to reduce administration rather than introduce another large system to manage.

It may suit entertainers, tradespeople, photographers, freelancers, consultants, small agencies, local service businesses and other sole traders who already use Gmail and want a straightforward way to keep in touch.

The common thread is not the industry. It is a small business that wants practical email automation without a complicated corporate marketing stack.