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Portability is optionality
Don't worry about which platforms to use as much as about how portable your data is.
Webhooks for exports
New webhook types notify you when exports are created, completed, or failed.
How James Whatley uses Buttondown to engage with his readers
James Whatley uses Buttondown to answer questions from his community and share five (or more) interesting facts he's found each week.
Free/paid content blocks
Carve out free- and paid-only blocks in your emails
Bluesky profile embeds
Embed Bluesky profiles in your Buttondown emails
One topic, for a limited time: the pop-up email newsletter
Limited edition emails are the best emails
Bluesky post embeds
Embed Bluesky posts in your Buttondown emails
Pausing your subscription
Pause your Buttondown subscription to take a break without being billed.
Discord webhook integration
Easily set up Discord webhooks to get notified about newsletter events in your server.
Filter by survey response
Filtering subscribers by survey responses
How Organization for Transformative Works uses Buttondown
OTW uses Buttondown's RSS-to-email functionality to send their newsletter in sixteen languages, stretching the limits of what's possible.
Filtered exports
Export only filtered lists of subscribers or emails instead of everything at once.
Umami integration
Embed Umami privacy-focused analytics on your newsletter with just a website ID.
Per-email paid subscriptions
Paid subscribers can now be charged per premium email sent instead of monthly or yearly.
The principle of LII
Developers want news from your product (sparingly).
Multi-event webhooks
Multiple event types for webhooks
API idempotency keys
Idempotency keys in the API
Internal links
Fancy editor now autocompletes internal links to other emails you've written.
Compliment your complements
The best developer marketing might be to show how they, too, could build what you did.
Custom buttons
Create custom CTA buttons in Fancy Mode to link subscribers to Discord, products, or any URL.
Framer component
A brand new Framer component
What's your newsletter's North Star?
A lodestar makes it easier for people to find you, follow you, and share your work.
Send permission
New permission for sending emails
Our new Open Source Funding Pledge
Investing in the software that makes Buttondown possible
Zapier v1.8
New Zapier triggers for tag changes, plus actions to find, update subscribers, and create tags.
How Patricia Elzie-Tuttle uses Buttondown to share resources
Patricia uses her librarian superpowers to cultivate an inclusive community and support system through her newsletter, Enthusiastic Encouragement & Dubious Advice, and podcast of the same name.
Where to start with newsletter automations
Welcome, segment, and unsubscribe readers with email sequences personalized to subscriber actions
Cross-post to Bluesky
Automatically cross-post your newsletter to Bluesky directly from Buttondown.
Your first fifty subscribers
Provide more opportunities to sign up, more details for people who want them, and reminders for folks who aren't ready to sign up