Mailpiece vs HEY World
Say hey to the world, straight from your @hey.com inbox.
We think writing to readers should feel as easy as writing an email, and HEY World proved it can: you send one, and it's published, with nobody tracked. It lives inside HEY, which is lovely if you do too. Mailpiece keeps that calm and gives you the rest: your own domain, your own server, and a newsletter that works whatever mail app you use.
With HEY World
An email, made public
- Write an email to HEY World from your HEY account
- It's posted on a page at HEY's address
- Share it with subscribers if you choose
- Comes with a paid HEY account
With Mailpiece
A post, on your own domain
- Ask your agent to write it, or write it yourself
- The post lives on your domain, with a feed
- Send yourself a test, then mail it to everyone
- Welcome new readers, say goodbye to old ones
A week with each
write an email from HEY and send it to be published
tell your agent what this week's issue is about
publish on HEY's address
publish on your own domain
write from the HEY account you already use
write from your agent, whatever mail app you use
share each post with subscribers when you choose
mail it now, or schedule it for Tuesday morning
Side by side
- HEY World comes with your paid HEY account, so publishing is as easy as sending an email. In Mailpiece, your writing has a home of its own, whatever mail app you use.
- On HEY World, you write by emailing from HEY. In Mailpiece, you ask your agent.
- On HEY World, your list lives on HEY. In Mailpiece, it lives on your server.
- On HEY World, your readers are left alone. In Mailpiece, they are too.
- As your list grows, your HEY bill stays the same. In Mailpiece, nothing changes.
- On HEY World, you write, then share. In Mailpiece, you write, test and send.
Moving from HEY World
Install Mailpiece, export your subscribers from HEY World and import them, then connect the mail provider you want to send with. Your next issue goes out from Mailpiece. Your old posts stay on HEY World, at their HEY address.
Who should stay on HEY World?
Someone who already lives in HEY and writes now and then. HEY World asks nothing of you but an email: no server, no setup, no list to look after. If that's all you want, it's a wonderful place to be.
HEY World doesn't track anyone either. What's different?
Nothing about the respect: neither of us watches your readers. The difference is where it lives and who it's for: Mailpiece runs on your own server and your own domain, works with any mail app, sends welcome and goodbye emails, and lets readers tell you whether they liked an issue.
Move your newsletter this afternoon
Install Mailpiece on a server, import your list, connect your sender, and send your next issue from it.