15 Free Template Sites For Your Email Campaign

Introduction

Email campaigns are a crucial part of any online marketing strategy. An email sent with a compelling message, and a great layout can go a long way in producing profitable conversions.

But hiring a developer to build custom email templates can be pricey. And for a DIY novice, it's not easy to design or manually code a marketing newsletter from scratch. To simplify your efforts so you can quickly send out your campaign mailings, a variety of online templates are available at no cost.

These templates will give you a professional-style layout that can be edited or modified to match your campaigns. Best yet, these responsive templates can assure you each message will have a perfect rendering on your audience's devices, no matter the screen size.

1-Antwort

Antwort is a set of three open-source email templates that render a single-column layout, two-column layout, or a three-column layout with images. Besides compensating the content width for each device, as typical responsive templates do, Antwort encompasses the whole layout.

2-BEE

BEE's BEEFree email editor gives you 200+ professional-quality email templates. After choosing your template, you can customize it to fit your campaign. Next, you can download the email HTML in a ZIP file that can be sent from your Email Service Provider (ESP).

3-Campaign Monitor

Campaign Monitor has 100+ responsive, mobile-friendly email templates for free download. There are several design templates in eight template categories that you can preview on the website.

4-Cerberus

Cerberus has templates that consist of responsive email patterns that can do many things. Its compartmentalized code blocks can be used as-is, deleted, mixed, and nested for email construction. There are two template varieties: one having media queries and the other without, for flowing layout.

5-Dyspatch

Dyspatch offers free open-source templates and has a visual editor for creating responsive, interactive content that will work great on any device. Your creations can be downloaded and later sent through your ESP. There are a dozen various themes within their free template gallery. Each theme contains a selection of between one to nine templates.

6-Email Blueprints

Email Blueprints comes courtesy of MailChimp and consists of about 30 templates. These collections include a variety of fixed-width, responsive, and general designs.

7-Email on Acid

Email on Acid offers six free responsive email templates. Users can do email testing on the platform, ensuring their content is consistent across all devices and email types. The Email on Acid platform contains many other features, including spam testing, email editing, and advanced email analytics.

8-Foundation for Emails

Foundation for Emails, previously known as Ink, allows you to easily construct emails in responsive HTML that can be used with any device or email platform.

9-Gleemail

Gleemail not only offers templates but lets you construct HTML templates with Mustache and style your CSS using Stylus.

10-Klenty

Klenty has over 120 free cold email templates and over 40 free follow-up templates.  A sales engagement platform, Klenty allows you to personalize your email campaigns and automate follow-ups with native integration with popular CRMs.  Klenty offers an array of additional features with several pricing tiers.

11-Litmus

Litmus provides 36 free templates and offers software for testing email compatibility with various email platforms and devices. In addition, they provide free email marketing resources.

12-Mosaico

Mosaico is an open-source, online template builder that allows you to easily edit or drag and drop its components. The site provides you with two free templates to test out directly on their site.

13-Respmail

Respmail is structured for use on popular devices and email programs. The Respmail template is based on MailChimp blueprints, going through testing and evaluation for compatibility with popular email platforms such as Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, and Hotmail.

14-Postmark Templates

Postmark Templates offers two sets of three free templates for welcome, password reset, and receipt emails. One set gives you base templates with a style block containing all the CSS. This makes editing easier, but there will be limited compatibility among email programs. The second template set is identical to the first but with already inlined CSS.

15-Stripo

Stripo has a collection of over 300 free HTML email templates with a drag and drop builder for templates. There are also interactive features, such as image rollovers and buttons with CSS animation. In addition, they have over 40 templates for follow-up emails.

Conclusion

With a wide variety of template resources and great content, you're set to grab your readers' attention with a fantastic email campaign and watch your conversions grow.