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Buttondown
A simple, privacy-first newsletter tool, free for your first 100 subscribers.
Built with love by Shushant Lakhyani. Building bestproductivityresources.com
What is Buttondown?
Buttondown is a newsletter platform for writers, with a rich text or Markdown editor, sending from your own domain and hosted archives. It is free for your first 100 subscribers, and you add paid features such as paid subscriptions, analytics, RSS-to-email and automations as you need them.
Pros
- Free for the first 100 subscribers
- Clean Markdown editor and custom-domain sending
- Pay only for the features you add
Cons
- Free plan only covers 100 subscribers
- Fewer marketing automations than big platforms
Who should use Buttondown
Writers and developers starting a simple, privacy-friendly newsletter.
Who may not need it
Businesses running complex marketing campaigns.
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