Organization	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	Note 1: Organization The Company was originally incorporated in Massachusetts on October 14, 1998 as EMUmail, Inc. and changed our name on April 1, 2010 to SMTP.com, Inc. On November 23, 2010, the Company formed a Delaware corporation, SMTP, Inc. for the purpose of changing the structure of the Company from a Massachusetts corporation to a Delaware corporation and to increase the number of authorized shares outstanding. Also on November 23, 2010, the Company entered into a Merger agreement between SMTP, Inc. and SMTP.com, Inc. whereby the surviving corporation would be SMTP, Inc. (the “Surviving Corporation”), the newly formed Delaware corporation. The Surviving Corporation has an authorized capital structure of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. Under the terms of the Merger agreement, the Company’s existing 100 shares of ownership (which are held by a sole shareholder) were exchanged for 13,440,000 shares of common stock in the Surviving Corporation. On December 26, 2013, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”), with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, to effect a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of the its common stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every five shares of the Company’s pre-Reverse Stock Split common stock was combined and reclassified into one share of its common stock. All data for common stock, options and warrants have been adjusted to reflect the 1-for-5 reverse stock split for all periods presented. In addition, all common stock prices, and per share data for all periods presented have been adjusted to reflect the 1-for-5 reverse stock split. On August 15, 2014, the Company acquired substantially all the assets and assumed the liabilities of SharpSpring LLC. On October 17, 2014, the Company acquired substantially all of the outstanding equity of the GraphicMail, group companies. See Note 3 for details of these acquisitions. On December 1, 2015, the Company changed its parent company name from SMTP, Inc. to SharpSpring, Inc. and changed the name of its SharpSpring U.S. operating subsidiary from SharpSpring, Inc. to SharpSpring Technologies, Inc. The Company focuses on providing cloud-based marketing automation solutions and email services to its customers. The Company’s SharpSpring marketing automation solution is designed to increase the rate businesses generate leads and convert more leads to sales by improving the way businesses communicate with customers and prospects. The Company’s email relay product is designed to improve the rate at which high volumes of emails are delivered to the desired recipient. The Company’s services are marketed directly by the Company and through reseller partners.

Organization

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Note 1: Organization

The Company was originally incorporated in Massachusetts on October 14, 1998 as EMUmail, Inc. and changed our name on April 1, 2010 to SMTP.com, Inc. On November 23, 2010, the Company formed a Delaware corporation, SMTP, Inc. for the purpose of changing the structure of the Company from a Massachusetts corporation to a Delaware corporation and to increase the number of authorized shares outstanding. Also on November 23, 2010, the Company entered into a Merger agreement between SMTP, Inc. and SMTP.com, Inc. whereby the surviving corporation would be SMTP, Inc. (the “Surviving Corporation”), the newly formed Delaware corporation. The Surviving Corporation has an authorized capital structure of 50,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. Under the terms of the Merger agreement, the Company’s existing 100 shares of ownership (which are held by a sole shareholder) were exchanged for 13,440,000 shares of common stock in the Surviving Corporation.

On December 26, 2013, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment to its Certificate of Incorporation (the “Certificate of Amendment”), with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, to effect a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of the its common stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, every five shares of the Company’s pre-Reverse Stock Split common stock was combined and reclassified into one share of its common stock. All data for common stock, options and warrants have been adjusted to reflect the 1-for-5 reverse stock split for all periods presented. In addition, all common stock prices, and per share data for all periods presented have been adjusted to reflect the 1-for-5 reverse stock split.

On August 15, 2014, the Company acquired substantially all the assets and assumed the liabilities of SharpSpring LLC. On October 17, 2014, the Company acquired substantially all of the outstanding equity of the GraphicMail, group companies. See Note 3 for details of these acquisitions.

On December 1, 2015, the Company changed its parent company name from SMTP, Inc. to SharpSpring, Inc. and changed the name of its SharpSpring U.S. operating subsidiary from SharpSpring, Inc. to SharpSpring Technologies, Inc.

The Company focuses on providing cloud-based marketing automation solutions and email services to its customers. The Company’s SharpSpring marketing automation solution is designed to increase the rate businesses generate leads and convert more leads to sales by improving the way businesses communicate with customers and prospects. The Company’s email relay product is designed to improve the rate at which high volumes of emails are delivered to the desired recipient. The Company’s services are marketed directly by the Company and through reseller partners.