Mailpiece vs Pagecord
A lovely blog, with a letter for your 250 closest friends.
We think the best blogs and the best newsletters are both just writing, and Pagecord gets that right: it is quiet, private and made for words. It is a blog that can email its posts. Mailpiece is the other way round: a newsletter whose issues also live on the web, for a list that may grow past a few friends.
With Pagecord
A blog, with email on the side
- Write in the editor, email a post in, or use its API
- Followers get a weekly digest, or posts one by one
- On its cloud, a small list included, more for a fee
- Page views counted without trackers
With Mailpiece
A newsletter, also on the web
- Ask your agent to write it, or write it yourself
- Send a test, then mail it to everyone
- Welcome new readers, say goodbye to old ones
- As many readers as you like, on your own server
A week with each
write a post in its editor, by email or through its API, and let it go out to followers
tell your agent what this week's issue is about, on any install, for free
send followers a weekly digest, or your posts one by one
write each issue as an issue, send yourself a test, then mail it to everyone who asked
on its cloud, ask for a bigger list when you outgrow the one included
keep the list on your own server, however long it gets
keep a blog with pages, themes and comments
keep a newsletter on your own domain, with a feed
Side by side
- Pagecord is built for a lovely blog first, with email on the side. In Mailpiece, the letter comes first, with room for every reader who asks.
- On Pagecord, you write in its editor, by email or through its API. In Mailpiece, your agent does all you can do on screen, on every install, for free.
- On Pagecord, your list lives in its cloud or in yours. In Mailpiece, it lives on your server.
- On Pagecord, page views are counted privately, with no trackers. In Mailpiece, they're left alone.
- On Pagecord's cloud, a small list comes included, and a bigger one is there for a fee. In Mailpiece, nothing changes.
- On Pagecord, you write, then post. In Mailpiece, you write, test and send.
Moving from Pagecord
Install Mailpiece, export your email subscribers from Pagecord and import them, then connect the mail provider you want to send with. Your next issue goes out from Mailpiece. Your blog, its pages and its old posts stay on Pagecord, so keep it up for as long as you want them read there.
Who should stay on Pagecord?
A writer whose blog is the point and whose email list is a handful of friends. Pagecord is a lovely place for that, and a newsletter app would be more than you need.
Can't I just run Pagecord on my own server?
You can: its licence lets you host it for your own blog. It is still, happily, a blog that emails its posts. Mailpiece is built around the email: tests before anything goes out, welcome and goodbye emails, readers rating each issue, and your agent writing with you.
Move your newsletter this afternoon
Install Mailpiece on a server, import your list, connect your sender, and send your next issue from it.