Send Videos/GIFs/Links on First Touch (Without Hurting Deliverability)

By Ashley King5 min readAugust 18, 2025

🚀 Finally Possible: Rich First Touch Emails

After years of being forced to send boring text-only first emails, you can now open with videos, GIFs, and links without hurting deliverability. This changes everything about cold outreach.

The Problem with First Touch Emails

Every sales professional knows the harsh reality: first touch emails are the most critical, yet also the most restricted. For years, we've been told to keep them simple, text-only, and boring to avoid spam filters.

What You Couldn't Do Before

  • Include video links without triggering spam filters
  • Embed GIFs or images that actually get delivered
  • Add calendar booking links in your opening email
  • Share product demos or case studies immediately
  • Open with visual content that grabs attention

Introducing Global Custom Domain Tracking

Ghostbracket's Global Custom Domain Tracking technology revolutionizes first touch outreach by making your links completely invisible to spam filters. Here's how it works:

Link Replacement

Your original links are automatically replaced with safe, deliverability-friendly alternatives

Invisible to Filters

Spam filters can't detect video, image, or booking links because they're masked

Perfect Tracking

Full analytics and click tracking without compromising deliverability

What This Means for Your First Touch Emails

With Global Custom Domain Tracking, you can transform your cold outreach strategy:

Open with a Video or GIF

Start your email with engaging visual content that immediately grabs attention

Instant Meeting Booking

Include calendar links directly in your first email without deliverability concerns

Product Demo Sharing

Link to Loom videos, product demos, and case studies from day one

Visual Proof Elements

Add screenshots, charts, testimonials, and reviews immediately

Interactive Content

Include interactive elements that prospects can engage with right away

Rich Media Experience

Transform boring text emails into engaging multimedia experiences

Real-World Impact

"Being able to send personalized videos on first touch completely changed our outreach game. Our reply rates jumped from 0.7% to 7% with the same list! The Global Custom Domain Tracking means we never worry about deliverability."
Jake Dold
Jake Dold
Senior SDR, GRINE

Technical Deep Dive

The Global Custom Domain Tracking system works by:

  1. 1

    Link Analysis

    Scanning your email content for videos, images, calendar links, and other media

  2. 2

    Safe Domain Mapping

    Replacing original URLs with deliverability-optimized alternatives

  3. 3

    Intelligent Routing

    Seamlessly redirecting clicks to the original content while maintaining tracking

  4. 4

    Full Analytics

    Providing complete click tracking and engagement metrics

Why This Changes Everything

Global Custom Domain Tracking doesn't just solve a technical problem - it fundamentally changes what's possible in cold outreach:

❌ Before: Limited First Touch

  • • Plain text only to avoid spam filters
  • • No visual elements allowed
  • • Multiple follow-ups needed to share content
  • • Lower engagement and response rates
  • • Longer sales cycles

✅ After: Rich First Touch

  • • Videos and GIFs from first contact
  • • Immediate booking and demo sharing
  • • Visual proof elements included
  • • 10x higher engagement rates
  • • Faster qualification and conversion

Getting Started

Global Custom Domain Tracking is available exclusively on Ghostbracket's Pro plan ($129/month). The feature is automatically enabled for all Pro users and works seamlessly with your existing email tools.

Ready to Transform Your First Touch Emails?

Join the companies already seeing 10x improvement in reply rates with rich first-touch outreach.