Best way to monetize email list

I'm building an email list using mailchiimp on my site. How big should I wait it get until I start sending them emails? What kind of emails do you use the most?

if you have a niche wise you can use to send traffic to Udimi buyers ....if it's spammy then I would recommend fiverr

Depends on what site you've made the niche of your list and what you're trying to sell them.

Sorry I didn't add that information.
It's a "top 10 products" kind of amazon affiliate site.

youtalkingtome said:

Sorry I didn't add that information.
It's a "top 10 products" kind of amazon affiliate site.

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How did you acquire the list?
1. Scraped it
2. Bought it
3. Collected it via a landing page through ads
4. Collected it via a landing page through social media (subscribers)

Sorted from lowest quality (1) to highest (4)

1 to 2
I don't know much about this approach but if your list is not targeted it is going to be very hard.
If the list is targeted meaning you can offer something that you know they need then it is going to be less hard.
I wouldn't use my own brand because it is very risky and you probably rather demolish any brand used.
Of course, to answer your question you should already be sending it to your list. Start small and see what happens.
Better see the prognosis early than too late.

3 to 4
The answer is the same. Start sending right away.
3. Subscribers are still cold so you need a larger list. You need them to trust you.
4. Subscribers are warm because they know you already. You don't need a very large list and they trust you.

If subs already know you, you can start selling to them right away but if you sell to them without giving any free value
then they lose interest.

Nattsurfaren said:

Start sending right away.

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So important, otherwise those names on your list are worthless. Start emailing everyday/every other day, you'll get better at it and all your leads will be engaged and know who you are. $$

Thanks for the insights. But what content should I use on the email body? I don't really know. It's against amazon TOS to send the affiliate offers through email, isn't it? Besides, I can't know which "top 10 products" page each subscriber was accessing when they subscribed. So what offers should I send to them all? Maybe the "daily offers" from amazon?

You should start sending email newsletters from day 1. You have nothing to worry about since you are proving tons of value to your subscribers.

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