# Start email marketing the moment you connect

> Tellnod activates as soon as you add it to Claude or ChatGPT and sign in with Google: there is no sales call, no card and no dashboard to learn, and your brand, contacts, sending domain and first test email are all set up in the same conversation.

Canonical: https://tellnod.com/instant-setup  
Last updated: 2026-10-15  
Author: Tellnod team

## From connect to your first test email

1. **Connect (about two minutes).** Paste the connector address into Claude or ChatGPT and sign in with Google. Your workspace exists from that moment. [Connect now](https://tellnod.com/connect).
2. **Brand in one request.** "Set up my brand from myshop.com." Tellnod reads your logo, colors, fonts and sender name once and shows a brand card to confirm.
3. **Contacts in one file.** Attach a CSV or paste a sheet. Consent and unsubscribes are kept; contacts without consent are not marked as subscribed.
4. **Your domain, checked for you.** Tellnod gives you the SPF, DKIM and DMARC records and checks them for you. DNS changes usually take a few minutes and can take up to 48 hours; until then you can already send from our shared domain, within limits.
5. **First test email.** Ask for a campaign, review the preview, and send a test to yourself. Every new workspace starts on a 14-day Starter trial, no card needed.

## What you skip

|  | Typical email platform | Tellnod |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sign-up | A new account and password, often a plan choice | Sign in with Google from the chat |
| Payment | Card for paid features | Free plan, plus a 14-day Starter trial without a card |
| Learning | A dashboard, an editor, a segment builder | Nothing new: you type what you want |
| Brand | Build a template by hand | Read from your website in one request |
| Help | Docs, tickets or a setup call | Ask the assistant in the same conversation |

## Built to turn a campaign into orders

- **The right audience.** Segments in plain words ("bought twice, not in the last 60 days") instead of emailing everyone.
- **Read on a phone.** Every draft is previewed on mobile before it sends, with the subject and preview text as the inbox shows them.
- **One clear action.** Templates use a single button and a short body, so the reader knows what to do next.
- **Tested before it counts.** A test send to you, then a confirmation card with the exact audience.
- **Learn what worked.** The results card shows clicks and, once your store is connected, orders attributed within 7 days of a click, and compares campaigns by rate.

## FAQ

### How fast can I start sending email marketing with Tellnod?

Connecting takes about two minutes. Brand, contacts and your first test email follow in the same conversation; there is no wait for DNS, because you can send right away from the shared domain tellnodmail.com (up to 200 recipients per campaign and 1,000 emails a month). Verifying your own domain, which we recommend, usually takes minutes and can take up to 48 hours.

### Do I need a credit card or a demo?

No. There is a free plan and a 14-day Starter trial without a card, and no sales call.

### Do I need to move from another tool first?

No. If you already have a list in Klaviyo, Mailchimp or Brevo, export a CSV and import it in the chat.