Getting started

Quick start

From sign-up to your first issue in about fifteen minutes.

The Overview page keeps a checklist of these steps until they're done.

#1. Sign up

Go to percymail.com and choose Start free. Enter your email address. Percy sends you an email with a sign-in link and a 6-digit code; use either one. There's no password to remember. Signing in with a new address creates your account.

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Signing in

#2. Describe your newsletter

In Settings → Newsletter, add:

  • the name;
  • a one-line description;
  • Audience: who it's for;
  • Writing style: how you write;
  • your website;
  • your time zone.

Schedules and reports use the time zone. The rest shows on your website, and AI assistants use it to write in your voice.

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Newsletter settings

#3. Connect your sending domain

In Settings → Sender & domain, enter the domain you send from (for example yourname.com), your sender name and address, and a postal address. Then add the DNS records Percy shows you at your domain provider. Verification usually takes a few minutes. See Sending domain.

#4. Create a signup form

In Forms, choose New form. Each form gets a page you can share, plus a snippet to embed on your site. See Signup forms.

#5. Pick a plan

In Settings → Plan & billing, pick how many emails you send a month and pay on Stripe's secure page. Until then your forms keep collecting subscribers, but nothing is sent. See Plans and billing.

#6. Send your first issue

In Emails, choose New campaign, write your issue, and use Send test to see it in your inbox. When it looks right, Send now shows a final review before anything goes out. See Campaigns.

#That's it

Once the checklist on Overview is done, Percy says so and gets out of the way. Coming from another tool? Switching to Percy covers bringing your list.

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