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# Buttondown Email Newsletters

Buttondown is a simple email newsletter service: https://buttondown.email/ that allows the use of Markdown to create newsletters.

The service is free up to 100 subscribers. From 100 to 1000 subscribers, it will cost $9.00/mo., etc. as shown below:

![](https://i.imgur.com/TW5d7mE.png)

## Features

### Markdown

All email are created using standard Markdown for simple formatting. See: https://buttondown.email/features/markdown


### Transactional Email
There are four "transactional" email that you can set the body content for on Buttondown. A transactional email is one that is send based on some action by a subscriber. These email are:

- Welcome Email
- Confirmation Email
- Confirmed Email
- Reminder Email

### API

https://buttondown.email/features/api

There is an API key that can be used for integrations such as the Obsidian Buttondown plugin to automate or run newletter functions outside of the Buttondown website.

### Domains
You are able to set the domain from which the email will be sent, as well as the hosting domain for people to go to for subscribing, unsubscribing, etc.

### Embedding and sharing

The newsletter subscription can be shared in several ways:

- As a link (click on the link to subscribe)
- As a form
![](https://i.imgur.com/j1PLXKz.png)
- As an iFrame

### Paid Subscriptions
![](https://i.imgur.com/nF1MJ0d.png)

### Engagement Tracking
![](https://i.imgur.com/EaK8xSA.png)


## Obsidian Integration

Installing the ButtonDown plugin

API Key can be found here: https://buttondown.email/settings#api

Unfortunately, this plugin does not seem to be maintained, and it does not work on my install of Obsidian 1.0, there is an error in the console. Looking on the github page, this code has not been updated in 8 months, so this is not a valid path. 

However, copying Obsidian Markdown to Buttondown works great.

## Sharing the newsletter

After sending an email, you have options offered to promote the newsletter on social email or share the link.
![](https://i.imgur.com/tZfIhBV.png)
