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Customizable list views
Customize your subscriber and email list views!
How Max Voltar turned a side gig into a trusted keyboard resource
MVKB (aka Tim Van Damme) used Buttondown to launch and then grow his side hustle into a treasured resource for keyboard enthusiasts
Made-for-you share images
Auto-generated share image templates based on your newsletter name and email subject.
How we built made-for-you og:images
We recently added pre-filled templates for your archived emails share images, using Vercel's @vercel/og and Satori libraries.
How Nick Disabato runs two newsletters from one design consultancy
Nick Disabato uses Buttondown to grow his design firm and consulting practice
Automation improvements
A handful of new automation niceties!
End-of-email surveys
Close out every email with a survey!
What to charge for sponsorships on your newsletter
We looked at 170 newsletters' sticker rates for sponcon. Here's what we found.
Filter by date
You can now filter your subscribers by date!
Survey-triggered automations
Trigger automations based on survey responses!
More automation functionality
Trigger automations on link clicks and add or remove tags automatically.
New webhooks
New webhooks for email status changes and subscriber link clicks.
Email as primary key
Use subscriber emails as a PK!
How France Insider built a news service with paid subscribers
France Insider uses Buttondown to run a news service with thousands of paid subscribers.
Automations
Supercharge your newsletter with automations!
How John Willshire unites two businesses in one newsletter
Strategic design practitioner John Willshire uses Buttondown to unite his work across Smithery and Artefact Cards into a single newsletter.
Buttondown's username retention policy
Maintaining a digital life is hard, so we're committed to making it easier.
Confirmation reminders
Subscribers are now automatically reminded to confirm their subscription!
Email churned subscribers
Send emails directly to churned subscribers.
Email-to-draft
Create drafts and emails from your email
Subscriber metadata columns
Metadata in your subscriber lists!
Email length doesn't affect click rate
Write as much as you need to, but no more and no less.
Automatic image upload with Buttondown + Typora
How to use Buttondown's image API to easily draft beautiful Markdown newsletters in Typora
ChatGPT integration
Let ChatGPT generate your newsletter...
Speeding up a Django view
Here's how we cut the email view's TTFB by 70%
Faster web archives
Web archives are much faster
Referral program
Get paid for referring users to Buttondown
Better search results
Less terrible search results page
TikTok embeds
Embed Tiktok clips in your Buttondown emails