Last September, we celebrated our brand new Forever Free plan by giving away 1,000 shirts to our fans on Twitter and Facebook. We did the giveaways in batches of 50 or 100, and it generally took less than five minutes for each batch to get snapped up.

People were thrilled to get free shirts, so we’re doing it again this year, but with a twist. We’re giving away another 1,000 shirts via Twitter and Facebook, and we’re giving away 4,000 inside the app. We think it’s a lot more fun to surprise our customers with unexpected moments of happiness than to buy a zillion ads to promote the release.
I can’t tell you exactly how to win the shirts in the app, but it has something to do with sending campaigns. You’ll know if you win.
We’ll start the Twitter and Facebook giveaways on Monday, so pay close attention if you want to win. These puppies don’t last long. And if you want an inside tip about when the giveaways will be announced, you can always sign up for our promotions list.
It’s a new version of the shirt we gave away last year, printed on the same amazing American Apparel track jerseys. It’s pretty special.
I gotta get me one of these… eep eep!
I can’t wait!
Can we just buy them somewhere?
Maybe someday, but right now we’re only making them available during giveaways.
I’ll give you a banana for a shirt!
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Cool promo, cant wait to see if I win!
I would just buy one if I could.
I gotta get me one of these… eep eep!
ooooo, ooo oop, eep. (translation . . . oh, yes please can i have one??) love, love, love you guys. Just gettin’ started but you have an AWESOME product! Sooo, easy to use and lots of FUN thrown in. How cool is that!! ~L
Nice promo! I gotta get one of those t-shirts, too.
Is it weird that I’m so excited about a little ol’ t-shirt? Yes, it probably is…but I still want one!!
YIPPEE!! Great way to start of my weekend – I just won a shirt. Thanks guys! I’ll wear it proudly.
Hope second time is the charm!
Yay! I scored one! Thanks guys.
The chimps are too cool. Must have shirt!
Nice offer. Of course, yesterday on twitter while I was following mailchimp I didn’t get a t shirt, maybe because my campaign wasn’t delivered for 9 hours.
Hi Matt, I’ve followed your tweets too. What’s most sad is that it looks like you *just* started that twitter account (congrats), but your first few inaugural tweets were angry ones about MailChimp. Sorry. That’s not the kind of history I like to be a part of. We’ll turn that frown upside down, eventually. If you contact our support team and point them to your account, they can give you a refund, credits, or whatever they feel is appropriate for your situation (that’s assuming you’d stay with us). Otherwise, we’re working hard on not letting this crap happen again.
It just doesn’t feel like work when using MailChimp… and winning a free t-shirt? You guys rock.
Now my life is complete. Eeeep!
woooo-hoooo – I won one ;o) triple EEEP!
Yey, I got one and I didn’t even know this was happening! Thanks Mail Chimp, can’t wait to wear it :)
We’ll check on your order confirmation and confirm via email.
will all winners be notified via email? I won a shirt but never got a confirmation. I don’t want to be a bother to anyone especially since it is FREE but I am really excited to rock my mailchimp shirt so I just wanna make sure.
I have a question regarding the shirts! I sent my campaign and it says I scored a free shirt (yeah!) and then I filled out the form and it said it should be here in 2-3 weeks… am I supposed to get a confirmation e-mail or something? I backed out of the page and couldn’t go back to see if it really went through or not. Can someone help me with this please? I’m really excited about the shirt and just want to make sure everything went through ok! THANKS! You guys rock!
Jalene :)
I want a t-shirt – just sent out a campaign moments ago but no go!
Give me one!
I just sent a campaign and was delightfully surprised by this: http://grab.by/grabs/6c19456de5b6bcd452aa0daf8f2267c8.png
How cool is that! :)
Can’t wait to get one of these.
You guys seriously rock!
Lots of monkey love.
Hey, Ahhhhhhh…I accidently clicked off the promo page that offered the FREE t-shirt and I tried to go back but it wouldn’t let me.
I would love a Mailchimp t-shirt!
Please, thank you.
Excited. You guys rock
I just can’t even tell you how much I’m in love with Mail Chimp…and this just made me love you guys more! Just logging in makes a bad day great!!! The monkey speaks to me!!!
I won!! What a surprise! (I never win anything.)
Hooray for free shirts!
I wanted one, signed up for special update. It said Monday… but seems offer has gone. Where was it?
I just got one after sending a campaign this morning :D
Thanks guys!
Wow, I got one today. Thanks for the tip with mentioning campaigns.
Got one as well.. sent a campaign and there it was at the end.. a nice surprise.. I did not even know about the giveaway till i read this blog. :)
@(*_*)@ – eep eep eep !
Very sad monkey – sent out our campaign but no t-shirt :’-(
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Oh well…
I was so surprised to have won a shirt today! I almost didn’t notice it because I’m very used to seeing ads and I was about to ignore the banner.
I hope I receive some kind of confirmation e-mail so I know this really happened.. I needed a new shirt!
I won, I won, I won. Sent out my campaign the other night and got a big smooch from the Chimp saying I won a T-Shirt. I will wear it with Chimp Pride and say eep eep alot! Hang in there Chimpsters, you might win too. I won, I won, I won.
Okay so I guess this makes me a MailChimp Geek. Eep Eep!
I just sent out a campaign and *BOOSH* I won a t-shirt! You guys just keep getting better every time I turn around! Thanks for the schwag Freddie!
I so want one of these shirts!!!!!
Is there some sort of email confirmation for people that win?
I got the message, filled in the form, and came through as a success. Now what? Should we just expect them in the mail?
Would love a shirt!
I REALLY want one of these shirts, would be a great add to my crazy t-shirt collection. MC is saving my life over here!
Love the design, nice work guys
Hey MailChimp,
I just want to say thanks for thinking about the people who have to ‘slave’ over newsletters. Your site is great and I’m so glad that I found it! Thanks for making my life easier and for the super awesome shirt!
-Nicole
ps. you guys rock!
I sent my last e-mail blast on Sept. 15th. WOW! Did I miss the free T-shirt! I am planning to send my next blast on Oct. 1st, maybe I will get lucky!
SHE would look hot in one of the chimp tshirts. C’mon….how ’bout handing one over to a girl from Down Under! x
I LOVE this promo!! I just won a shirt. Yay for me :)
I just one a shirt! You guys just made my Friday rock!
Wow, got one while sending out campaign this Saturday.
Hope it arrives to Ukraine safely :)
Yippie! I just won T-shirt, but i don’t have any info about that how I can get it because I closed that window by mistake. Should I get some info by mail?
Thank you so much! I just won one from the Twitter link. Can’t wait! You guys rule bananas infinity! :D
YAY! I just won one too!
hey yippiiiieeee! just won one while sending out a campaign. thanks guys!
Eep, some day the banana gods will deliver unto me a t-shirt.
Looks like I just won a shirt too!
Thanks MailChimp, I love you guys. Looked at a lot of email marketing services before finally giving you guys a try, told myself “Well, if they don’t work out there’s always the export button.” Been over a year and you’ve been perfect. So perfect in fact we’ve kind of modeled our support and business around you, continuing to offer low prices despite quadrupling our own business. A lot of businesses are quick to raise their prices as soon as they start doing well (zendesk I’m looking at you!), but instead MailChimp doubled the free subscriber limit. That’s really unheard of, to offer your customers more for free instead of less.
I feel sorry for those other email marketing services, they don’t stand a chance if you keep up like this. If only you guys made a help desk product…
Huge….I need to get one of these. Did I miss out on the qualification rules?
what if I need a Gorilla sized shirt?
I was on of the lucky that got one of the first t-shirts last year. :)
Shirt arrived, Medium instead of XXL
Not to look a gift horse in the mouth but I was kinda looking forward to receiving a shirt I could wear. Is there a chance I can get a larger size? If not I’ll gift it away to a niece or nephew.
I have a L which is too big for me. I’d gladly swap for your M, if that helps you at all. You can find my contact info at my website (click my name above). Cheers!
It seems these are really popular. Wouldn’t MailChimp think about making them available for purchase. It would be great publicity for the company too….and a revenue generator.
In terms of revenue generation, I consider these t-shirt “gifts” as a byproduct of revenue, not a generator. Most importantly, charging for them would take away our joy of giving them out. Scheming up excuses to “give away a ton more shirts” is extremely fun. :-)
Thanks you guys! I just got my shirt – can’t believe you sent it all the way over to Oz.
I’m wearing it now and feeling awfully nerdy…
I got mine today -and it made my day!!!
Even more excited after all the wait (I live in greece, so…)
kinda second surpriZe – mailChip can do that too!!!!!!
thanks!!!
keep up the awsomeness!
ps. you smell nice too… :P
Glad it had a safe journey to Greece! These shirts are shipping all over the globe. Hope it’s comfy for you.
Wow, got mine shirt – love it! Thank you Mailchimp :)
I wish one would ship my way, Ben. What is the criteria to try and win one?
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I just got my shirt and it is awesomeness. Bad news though… my wife thought it was cute and wants one now!@ How do I get her one?
I LOVE my Mail Chimp shirt!!
Just wondering if I can get one t-shirt for myself?
Any shirts left over. Please let me know.
Hi! I won a t-shirt in February or January through the app and haven’t heard an eep OR seen any monkeys in my mail box…. Were winners supposed to receive confirmation emails? I’m wondering if I fell outside of that loop somehow.
If all’s well, I can’t wait for that surprise t-shirt in my mail box. :)
Thanks! I really enjoy using MailChimp.
Ditto, here. No tshirt :( Maybe I was bad?
I placed my order after getting the notification and haven’t heard anything….
Just checking in, still loves my esp
i received an email notification from mailchimp but haven’t receive any T-shirt at my postal address. it been 4-5 months has been passed.
!!!!!!!STRANGE!!!!!!!
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I want a t shirt please sent me in this address
144,saly road,
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Got one and I love it.
Thank you – I love it, yet to see another person wearing one in London UK!
I want to win one
omg i want one so bad!!! lol
How can I get this, or another MailChimp shirt? My 11 year-old daughter loves my MailChimp shirt (the gray, charcoal drawing looking one shown in this blog post), and I’d love to be able to give her one… but she can’t have mine!
i really want one. A colleague has one after signing us up and I’m jealous.
I need one of these my son took my other one!!
can we buy one of these shirts?
Giving away shirts is way more fun than selling them. Sign up at
http://www.mailchimp.com/million and we will keep you in the loop for
our next giveaway.
Hello everybody
I discovered your t-shirt and …. immediately fell in love with it.
It’s one of the coolest things I have ever seen. What do I have to do to make you send me one in XS or S size???
My address just in case:
Regina Landolt
c/o Jet Reisen
Bruchstrasse 40
6003 Luzern
Switzerland
Cheers from sunny Switzerland
Regina
Hi Regina, Our t-shirts are gifts that we frequently hand out at events that we sponsor. We also give them to our customers when they “graduate” from a free account to a paid account.