Release notes

Features and improvements we've recently shipped.

November 09, 2021

New visual automations templates

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We are super excited to bring you new visual automation templates that you can set up in minutes. These pre-built visual automation templates are designed to achieve a specific goal—to welcome new subscribers, to run a paid newsletter, to thank your customers, and more.

To learn more about how you can utilize these visual automation templates, check out this new blog article.

To learn more about how to use this feature, here’s the support documentation.

Visual automation templates library redesign

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We’ve redesigned our visual automation templates library! Visual automations is one of our premium features you can use to build custom paths for your funnels by connecting landing pages, sequences, actions, and conditions. This redesign brings you new filters to browse the different visual automation templates available to you and more information on how each template can benefit you.

Check out the new visual automation template library here.

November 02, 2021

New feature: Start earning with Tip Jar

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You can now create a Tip Jar directly in ConvertKit to receive tips or donations from your super fans. Build and customize your Tip Jar to fit your brand just like any other ConvertKit product with preset tip amounts to make supporting you and your work quick and easy. This is a low barrier of entry for creators who haven’t yet started monetizing their audience and is a great new revenue channel for creators who have. 

To learn more about how you can integrate this feature with your email marketing, checkout our creator resources.

To learn more about how to use this feature, check out the support documentation here.

October 20, 2021

Duplicate your email templates

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To make it easier for you to make updates to your emails, you can now duplicate your email templates.

October 15, 2021

Paid newsletter: Gated paid posts

Feature


We just rolled out our new paid posts feature so you can tease the content you curate in your paid newsletter and convert more readers into paying subscribers.

You can do this creating a public newsletter feed, so you can showcase both your free and paid email content all in one place. By doing so, potential readers can get a taste of what you’re offering before they subscribe. To learn more about how to set up paid posts, check out the support documentation here.

September 30, 2021

New integration: Pico

Feature


Pico just launched a native ConvertKit integration. If you currently use Pico and sync between two platforms through Zapier, you can now switch to the native integration via the Apps page of the Pico Dashboard. To set it up, all you'll need is your ConvertKit API key, which you can find under Settings > Advanced.

August 30, 2021

Commerce is now available in Brazil!

Feature

Our Commerce product is now available in Brazil! This is the latest addition to the list of countries that are eligible to use ConvertKit Commerce—our product that lets you sell digital products directly through our platform and earn an income online.

Here is the full list of countries that we currently support:

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia , Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

August 24, 2021

New dashboard

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We’ve rolled out a new dashboard to make insights more digestible and accessible to all of you. This new dashboard is personalized to your account which displays snapshots of insights, including subscriber growth, email and landing page performance, deliverability report, and more.

August 12, 2021

New Email Editor: H2 and H3

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We know how important text formatting is to you. For creators using the new email editor, you will now have the ability to change text to H2 and H3 in our new email editor directly from the menu.

July 14, 2021

Link triggers now available on buttons

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You can now connect link triggers to buttons in sequences, broadcasts, and content snippets. This is in addition to being able to do so to hyperlink texts in emails. To learn more about how to set up link triggers, check out the support documentation here.