Organization	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization	Note 1: Organization We were incorporated in Massachusetts in October 1998 as EMUmail, Inc. and we changed our name in April 2010 to SMTP.com, Inc. In November 2010, we reincorporated in the State of Delaware and changed our name to SMTP, Inc. In December 2013, we effected a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of our common stock whereby every five shares of our pre-reverse stock split common stock was combined and reclassified into one share of post-reverse stock split common stock. On August 15, 2014, we acquired substantially all the assets and assumed the liabilities of SharpSpring LLC, and on October 17, 2014, we acquired all of the outstanding equity of the GraphicMail group companies. See Note 3 for details of these acquisitions. On December 1, 2015, our Company changed its parent company name from SMTP, Inc. to SharpSpring, Inc. and changed the name of its SharpSpring product U.S. operating subsidiary from SharpSpring, Inc. to SharpSpring Technologies, Inc. On June 27, 2016, we sold the assets related to our SMTP email relay product to the Electric Mail Company, a Nova Scotia company. See Note 5 for details of this disposition. Our Company focuses on providing cloud-based marketing automation solutions and email marketing solutions to its customers. Our SharpSpring marketing automation solution is designed to increase the rates at which businesses generate leads and convert leads to sales opportunities by improving the way businesses communicate with customers and prospects. Our products are marketed directly by us and through a small group of reseller partners. Prior to June 27, 2016, our Company also provided cloud-based email relay delivery services to its customers.

Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Note 1: Organization

We were incorporated in Massachusetts in October 1998 as EMUmail, Inc. and we changed our name in April 2010 to SMTP.com, Inc. In November 2010, we reincorporated in the State of Delaware and changed our name to SMTP, Inc. In December 2013, we effected a 1-for-5 reverse stock split of our common stock whereby every five shares of our pre-reverse stock split common stock was combined and reclassified into one share of post-reverse stock split common stock.

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

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

On June 27, 2016, we sold the assets related to our SMTP email relay product to the Electric Mail Company, a Nova Scotia company. See Note 5 for details of this disposition.

Our Company focuses on providing cloud-based marketing automation solutions and email marketing solutions to its customers. Our SharpSpring marketing automation solution is designed to increase the rates at which businesses generate leads and convert leads to sales opportunities by improving the way businesses communicate with customers and prospects. Our products are marketed directly by us and through a small group of reseller partners. Prior to June 27, 2016, our Company also provided cloud-based email relay delivery services to its customers.