Reputation Protection & Inbox Placement

Landing in Primary isn't luck.
It's a system.

AI agents for Klaviyo that read the sender signals Gmail weighs and you can't see, then continuously optimize inbox placement and domain reputation so your emails get seen.

Kyle
KyleYour Tie agent · Priority
Watching every send
Gmail algorithm change detected in your last campaign send (Fall launch, 96,500 recipients). Primary placement slipped from 71% to 54% between the first and second wave.
Projected for the next send with no change:
Opens−18%
Clicks−22%
Revenue per send−19%≈ $2,900
Approve a Priority test to update placement? I'll hold back a 10% control group so the lift is measured, not assumed.
Approve Priority testReview first
Approved. Keep the control at 10%.
Priority test is live. Send order re-optimized for the next campaign, control group held out. I'll report placement and lift when it lands.
Ask Kyle about placement, warming or the last send…

Land in the Primary inbox

Emails to the Primary inbox generate 2–8x more revenue on average

Don't just report, act

Respond immediately to algorithm changes, keeping deliverability high

Stay in control

You decide how much autonomy to give Tie's AI agents

Validate uplift

Verify incremental lift with a small holdout in every campaign send

Same email. Different tab. Very different results.

Gmail reroutes up to 90% of DTC email into Promotions, and only 20% of shoppers look there daily. Flip Priority on and watch where the same campaign lands.

Click After Priority
Open rate42%61%+45%
Click rate2.1%3.0%+45%
Revenue per send$2.63$3.87+47%
Inbox
Search mail
Primary 12Promotions 47Social 3
LS
Lakeside OutletLAST CHANCE: 40% off everythingEnds tonight. Don't miss out on…
7:02 AM
GC
Gadget CentralWeekly deals roundupTop picks under $50…
6:48 AM
TA
TravelAwayFlash sale: 3 days onlyBook by Friday and save…
6:40 AM
Below the fold · 44 more promotions
Your campaign, buried under 44 promotionsB
Beekman 1802Fall launch is hereTwenty new arrivals, one weekend. Members get first look…
6:31 AMUnopened
PB
Pantry BoxYour weekly picksFresh this week…
6:20 AM
Primary 13Promotions 46Social 3
Same campaign, now in PrimaryB
Beekman 1802Fall launch is hereTwenty new arrivals, one weekend. Members get first look…
6:31 AMOpened 6:34 AM
JR
Jordan ReyesRe: dinner Friday?Works for me, see you at 7…
6:12 AM
MD
Maya DiazPhotos from the weekendFinally uploaded them, link inside…
Yesterday
HR
Hudson RailYour ticket for Sept 12Seat 14A · Boarding at 08:40…
Yesterday
AC
Ana CostaNotes from TuesdayAttached, let me know…
Yesterday

Gmail's algorithm changes constantly.

Placement is decided by dozens of sender signals you can't see. When the algorithm changes, how do you know what to change to get back to Primary?

 

Without Tie

Static deliverability tool

Tie Priority

What decides placement

Sender signals Gmail weighs and you can't see

A one-time seed test, then nothing changes

The same signals, read and optimized behind the scenes

Changes to your program

Rewrites, emoji removal, resends, guesswork

A checklist of manual fixes you apply yourself

None. Creative, flows and templates stay untouched

Where it runs

Wherever you edit copy

A separate seed-test dashboard

Inside your existing Klaviyo account

Time to results

Weeks of testing, if it works at all

A report, then weeks of trial and error

Most brands reach Primary within 24 hours

How you know

Open-rate anecdotes

Seed-lists that don't match inboxes

A/B holdout test in every campaign

Early engagement is the signal. Predict tells us who’ll engage first.

Gmail watches how the first recipients react to a campaign. Priority uses Tie Predict open scores to send to the shoppers most likely to open and click first, so Gmail sees strong early engagement and keeps routing the campaign to Primary. It’s one of several placement levers Priority runs — and the only one built on a per-profile open score.

1Tie Predict

Every profile gets an open score before the send.

MKMaya KowalskiOpen 9
JRJordan ReyesOpen 8
SPSana PatelOpen 8
DNDani NguyenOpen 5
ALAnna LindqvistOpen 3
2Tie Priority

Likely openers get the campaign first, then everyone else.

06:31
Wave 1 · open score 8–10
06:52
Wave 2 · score 5–7
07:20
Wave 3 · everyone else
Wave 1 opens in the first 20 minutes: 62%
3Gmail

Strong early engagement keeps the campaign in Primary.

Wave 1 opened within 20 min62%
Wave 1 clicked through9.4%
PrimaryPromotionsSocial
BBeekman 1802 · Fall launch is herePrimary
Early engagement signal: strong
Send order, not contentYour creative, flows and templates stay untouched
One of several leversPriority also warms domains and reads sender signals
Built on PredictA per-profile open score no other placement tool has

Setup in an afternoon. Measured by the next send.

Available on every Tie plan. Start with a free self-serve proof, then $12K a year, or activate it on your current plan.

Connect your Klaviyo account

Flows, templates and data stay exactly where they are. Nothing to migrate, nothing for a developer to build.

Tie optimizes for email placement

Tie runs a series of tests to see how your emails are currently performing and understand what will maximize inbox placement.

Success is measured against a holdout

Each send is measured against a baseline, so you can see just how much impact Tie had on your campaigns.

Everything Priority does.

One job: make sure the shoppers you already earned actually see the email you already wrote.

Primary tab placement

Get out of the Promotions tab — where 20% of shoppers look daily — and into the tab they check constantly.

Opens and clicks that follow

Better placement drives more views and stronger engagement. Median click-rate lift: +45%.

Deliverability protection

Landing in Primary first means staying out of spam. Priority automatically warms domains with poor reputations.

Runs inside Klaviyo

No new ESP, no developer lift and no creative rewrites. Priority is available on every Tie plan, and setup takes an afternoon.

Agentic optimization

Tie's AI agents continuously monitor placement and reputation, automatically making tweaks if performance dips.

Proven with an A/B test

Validated against your own sends before you roll it across the program, with a holdout in every campaign to show ongoing impact.

“Seeing declining open rates and knowing that our main source of email was in Gmail, Tie Priority was a perfect fit for us.”

CU

Cory Uehlein

Vice President of Marketing

Wiley X
More customer stories →

+30%

Increase in campaign revenue

+65%

Higher open rate

20x

Return on investment

Campaign lift · SeptemberPriority on since Aug 30 · 4 sends
Before PriorityWith Priority
Open rate+45%
Before
42%
After
61%
Click rate+45%
Before
2.1%
After
3.0%
Revenue per send+47%
Before
$2.63
After
$3.87
Incremental revenue+$48,156
Primary placement78%
Domain healthGood

Easy-to-measure results.

Every campaign gets a report inside Tie: sends, engagement, and revenue.

Lift, measured

opens · clicks · revenue

Compare campaigns before and after Priority, or run an A/B split like Buffy did.

Read the Buffy story →

Link directly to Klaviyo

primary % · promotions %

Validate the performance of every campaign with direct links to Klaviyo.

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Reputation watch

domain health

Catch a dip before it becomes a Postmaster problem, like Twillory did.

Read the Twillory story →

The questions marketers ask

Straight answers on what Priority changes, what it leaves alone and how fast it works.

All questions →
Do I need to switch ESPs?
No. Tie Priority runs inside your existing Klaviyo account, with Bloomreach and Braze coming soon. Your flows, templates and data stay where they are.
Is this a new product or part of Tie?
It's available on every Tie plan and is the entry point for new customers. Start with the free self-serve proof, or activate Tie Priority on your current plan.
How long until I see results?
Most brands hit Primary-tab placement within 24 hours. Domain warming can take a few days to a few weeks, depending on your domain's health.
Does it change my creative or my flows?
No. Priority works on the sender signals Gmail weighs, not on your content. Subject lines, templates and flow logic stay exactly as you built them.
How does it help deliverability?
Yes. Consistent opens and clicks in Primary reinforce domain reputation. Twillory recovered a tanked Postmaster score in weeks.
What if I'm not a Tie customer yet?
Start the free self-serve proof: an inbox audit plus a two-campaign test on your own sends. Or book a demo and we'll show you where your sends land today.Start the free proof →
Maya K. identified · score 9Jordan R. synced to KlaviyoSana P. landed in PrimaryDani N. ready to buy

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