TinyLetter's been around for a long time, but lets be honest — the tool has lots of bugs and is missing the features you need to easily create a great newsletter.
I feel comfortable saying that because I literally created Buttondown because I was fed up with TinyLetter. Simple tasks like cleaning up Markdown, checking links, resizing images, and making sure the email looked right was a huge hassle. It took me away from doing the fun part: writing a great newsletter.
Buttondown solves those pain points – and more.
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Free for your first thousand subscribers |
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Free archives |
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Embeddable widget |
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Analytics |
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Markdown support |
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Drag and drop image uploading |
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Email scheduling |
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Free RSS support |
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Clean, usable design |
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Smart embeds |
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Autosaving |
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First-party API |
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Paid subscriptions |
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Third-party integrations |
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Privacy-first |
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Multiple newsletters |
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