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Autopilot: a campaign that feeds itself

The highest level of automation: point it at a lead list once and Autopilot keeps enriching, verifying, writing to and emailing the companies from it, day after day. Your only job is the replies.

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Autopilot in Colldly with a lead list as the source, a daily cap and a credit ceiling

An ordinary campaign has a beginning and an end. You build a list, contact it, and when it runs out you build the next one. It works, but it means regular work that is easy to forget in the rush, and the flow of enquiries stops exactly when you are busiest.

Autopilot turns a campaign from a one-off action into a permanent process. You point it at a lead list, say how many companies it may take per day and how much it may spend, and it takes care of the rest itself: enrichment, verification, copy, sending.

Outside Slovakia and Czechia the source is always your own list: a Google Maps search (49 countries), a CSV import or a list built in the app. The system does not invent companies; it works through the stock you gave it, every working day, without you touching it.

What Autopilot does on its own

Every working day it takes the next portion of your lead list. It enriches the companies with website and contact, has the addresses verified and adds those that pass to the target campaign, where it generates personalised emails for them.

The campaign then sends in the standard way, with mailbox rotation, daily limits and within the sending window. Autopilot has no delivery method of its own; it only makes sure the campaign never runs out of companies.

You enter the process in one place: the replies. Autopilot never replies for you and never interferes in a conversation with an interested prospect.

Safeguards against uncontrolled spending

Automation that spends money unsupervised is a nightmare. That is why Autopilot has several brakes.

Daily cap on companies

You set the maximum number of companies it may process per day. It will never go above this line.

Monthly credit cap

A hard ceiling on credits per month. When it is reached, Autopilot pauses and emails you; nothing breaks, nothing overspends.

Manual mode

Instead of launching automatically it can prepare a batch and wait for your approval. You see what it found, and only then is it sent.

Mandatory verification

Addresses go through a check before being added, so you do not pay for generation to non-existent contacts.

Low-stock alert

When the list is nearly worked through, you get a message so you can add companies or switch the source. The system does not stop silently.

Load forecast in Colldly with Autopilot switched on — Autopilot adds companies daily; the forecast shows when the stock runs out and how many credits it costs.

Careful: Do not switch Autopilot on with an untested offer. It automates something that already works; if the message does not fit, you will automatically send it to more companies and burn the list faster.

Setup step by step

Pick the target campaign

Autopilot adds companies to an existing campaign, so it inherits its sequence, tone and schedule. We recommend a campaign that already has at least one successful wave behind it.

Choose the source list

Pick a lead list, the direction (from the start or from the end) and optionally a range of rows. Two autopilots can work the same list from both ends. Build the list first from a Google Maps search or a CSV import.

Set the daily cap and the credit ceiling

How many companies may be processed per day and how many credits per month. Start with a lower number and raise it only once you see you can handle the replies.

Choose the mode and the filters

Automatic runs on its own, manual waits for your confirmation of every batch. Optional filters (weak website, social gap) narrow the stock to companies that need what you sell.

Watch the runs

For every run you see how many companies were taken from the list, how many had an email, how many passed verification and how many were actually added to the campaign.

Lead lists in Colldly as the source for Autopilot — The source can be your own lead list (Google Maps search or CSV): Autopilot takes the next portion from it every day.

Who it makes sense for

Autopilot is for the situation where you have a refined offer, working copy and a list that cannot be exhausted in a month. Typically services sold across industries: websites, marketing, accounting, IT support, recruitment. A Google Maps search for one trade across a region easily gives you a thousand companies.

Conversely, it makes no sense with a narrow target group of a few dozen companies, where it is better to contact each one by hand and properly. Nor does it make sense when there is nobody to react to the replies; an unanswered reply is worse than an unsent email.

What this feature does not do

So you know exactly what you are buying: these are deliberate limits, not bugs.

Autopilot is available on the Agency plan, not on lower plans.

Outside Slovakia and Czechia it works from your own lead lists (Google Maps search, CSV, lists built in the app). Category-based discovery from national business directories is available for those two countries only.

It does not create campaigns or copy from scratch. It adds companies to a campaign you prepared.

It does not answer replies and does not decide business questions. The conversation stays exclusively with you.

It cannot mine a list forever. When the companies run out, you add more or switch the source.

Frequently asked questions

Does Autopilot work in the UK, Ireland or the EU?

Yes. Search companies on Google Maps in any of 49 countries (or import a CSV), save them to a lead list and set the list as the source. Autopilot takes a daily portion from it. The directory-based mode is for Slovakia and Czechia only.

How do I keep costs under control?

With the daily cap on companies, the monthly credit ceiling and manual mode, where every batch waits for your approval. You can pause the run at any time.

Can Autopilot run alongside regular campaigns?

Yes, it is a separate module. Other campaigns work independently of it.

What happens when the list runs out?

You get an alert so you can add companies or switch the source. Until then Autopilot does not stop without a word.

Does it use the same copy as my campaign?

Yes, it takes over the sequence and settings of the target campaign, including tone, length and schedule.