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Export images from your newsletter

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Button alignment options

New alignment options for custom buttons

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Using Typora as a custom Buttondown front-end

In this special guest post, Jon Sully shares how he uses Typora as a front-end for his newsletter.

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Homepage call-to-action test

Testing different call-to-action variants in the hero section

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Zapier v2.0

New Zapier integration with easier login flow and new subscriber management actions.

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How email came to be

Online conversations among the inventors of network mail are more fun and interesting than they have any right to be.

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Pageviews by referrer

New analytic pageviews by referrer

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Redesigned subscriber detail pane

A visual refresh of the subscriber detail view with streamlined activity feed.

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Self-serve referral settings

Set your own PayPal or Venmo username for affiliate payouts instead of waiting for us to ask.

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Write newsletters like an email

Write in your email app to ensure your newsletter is something you would send your friend

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Esoteric API features

Two small, esoteric API features

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Mail merge started on a $10,000 IBM typewriter

The first word processor invented the way we personalize email newsletters

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We've removed legacy teasers

Legacy teasers are replaced by the more flexible paywall component for gating premium content.

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Your email list needs an inner circle

Creating a cabinet of beta readers leads to more interesting content and engaged subscribers.

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Security

We value your data and are committed to keeping it safe and secure.

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Related emails linking

Link related emails from the editor

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AA test

Simple AA test on index page to test end-to-end flag logic

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The double opt-in story

How confirming your email subscriptions was standardized, before spam got its name.

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A good publishing workflow is an escape hatch

Automate what you hate, write what you enjoy, and promote your work sustainably.

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Developer marketing is show and tell

Tell them what you're going to ship. Tell them what you've shipped. Tell them what others have shipped with your tool.

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Header/footer variables

Template variables in headers and footers

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New analytic MRR

View monthly recurring revenue alongside your other analytics within Buttondown.

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How Clive Thompson uses Buttondown to grow his linkblog's audience

OG blogger, journalist, and musician Clive Thompson uses Buttondown to share his thoughts and scale his old-school linkblog newsletter, LinkFest.

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2025 pricing update

We've updated our pricing to better reflect the value we provide.

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Transactional naked mode

Naked mode for transactional emails

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What happens when you move your newsletter

Everything you've wondered about DKIM, SPF, sender reputation, and more.

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Changes to our stack in 2025

Some recent updates to our downstream services.

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Short boughs, long vintage, and email

Newsletters will continue to outlive trendy upstarts in part because email has outlasted so many already.

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