Launch a newsletter
Own your audience instead of renting it. Send emails people actually open.
Categories: newsletter, email, subscribers, marketing, content, growth
Tools that power the Launch a newsletter stack
Beehiiv — Newsletter platform
Build, send, and monetize your newsletter with built-in growth tools
Zapier — Automation
Auto-add new subscribers from your site, Gumroad, or Stripe
ConvertKit — Segmentation
Kit, formerly ConvertKit: manage newsletter subscribers, tags and email sequences
Setup guide
- Beehiiv: Choose Beehiiv if its current plans fit. Configure the publication, sender identity and signup form, then preview and send a test email to yourself. Draft links can return 404 until publication, and test emails omit the unsubscribe header. Before inviting readers, publish a controlled edition only to an internal test audience and check its real links and unsubscribe behavior; confirm the recipient selection before sending. (Read official instructions)
- Zapier: Use Zapier to sync only contacts who have permission to receive the destination newsletter. Map subscription state, preserve unsubscribes and suppressions, and prevent duplicate enrollments. A purchase alone is not a universal newsletter opt-in. Test a new subscriber, an existing subscriber and an unsubscribed address before enabling the automation. (Open Zapier instructions)
- ConvertKit: Use Kit, formerly ConvertKit, as an alternative or for a distinct, justified workflow. If moving a list, export consent/subscription status with the contacts and exclude suppressed or unsubscribed recipients. Confirm current subscriber-volume pricing and test the welcome sequence before importing an eligible audience. (Read official instructions)
Check: A permitted test subscriber receives the expected edition; duplicate signup creates no extra subscription, and an unsubscribed address remains suppressed.