Beehiiv

The beehiiv MCP is now available to all users with no waitlist or paid plan required.

Key Updates:

• MCP v2 Expansion: AI now has access to entire beehiiv ecosystem including podcasts, automations, segments, products, monetization data, and more
• Advanced Segmentation: Create segments with natural language prompts (e.g., "Find free subscribers who've opened 5+ emails in the last 30 days but haven't upgraded")
• Write-Enabled Workflows: Segment creation now available; drafting, publishing posts, automations, and surveys coming soon
• Podcast Pages: Auto-generated pages for every episode with distribution to Apple, Spotify, Overcast, full transcripts, playlists, dynamic timestamps, SEO/AEO optimization, and video embeds
• Subscribe Forms v3: New layouts (inline, slide left/right, popup, sticky top/bottom), triggers (immediately, after delay, on exit intent, after scroll), and frequency settings (every visit or after X days)
• Audience Templates: Templates now remember their intended audience, automatically selecting the correct list when opened

Setup takes less than 2 minutes. The MCP enables AI to analyze data in real-time and provide deeper insights across your entire business.

Major upgrades to beehiiv's digital product suite. Webinars is the newest addition, allowing creators to:

• Host live events with up to 1,000 attendees
• Sell tickets at any price in 10 different currencies
• Stream directly from beehiiv with native video, screen sharing, and chat
• Send up to 5 automated reminders before the event
• Record every session and sell the replay as a standalone product

Webinars integrate seamlessly with newsletters, websites, and paid subscriptions. Attendees automatically receive calendar invites with join links. beehiiv takes zero cut of webinar revenue—creators keep everything after Stripe processing fees.

Also includes Podcast MCP (native AI support for podcast analytics via Claude), and new Paid Subscriptions features (Metered Paywalls and Paid Trials).

Host, distribute, and monetize your podcast directly on beehiiv. Launch, host, and monetize your podcast entirely on beehiiv with automatic distribution to Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Castro, and beyond. Features include:

• Episode Publishing & Distribution: Upload episodes directly to beehiiv with automatic distribution to major podcast platforms. Supports MP3, M4A, and WAV with automatic audio normalization and full transcripts.
• Website Integration: Each episode gets its own SEO-optimized webpage with interactive transcripts, keeping your audience in your ecosystem.
• Analytics: IAB-standard podcast analytics with breakdowns by country, listening app, device, and operating system. Advanced bot filtering to separate real listeners from noise.
• Unified Monetization: Bundle podcasts with existing subscriptions and offer private feeds to paying subscribers. No third-party tools or payment flows required.
• Platform Integration: Unified platform combining podcast listeners, newsletter readers, and website visitors for cohesive audience experience.
• Pricing: Podcasts included on every beehiiv plan with no download-based pricing, per-episode fees, or storage caps.

Also includes updated platform navigation reorganized around Publish, Audience, Monetize, Grow, and new sleeker email templates with editable headers, footers, and flexible layouts.

The first newsletter platform you can run directly from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, or Perplexity. Introducing the beehiiv MCP — a native integration that connects your beehiiv account to Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and any AI client that supports the Model Context Protocol.

With the beehiiv MCP, you get more than a dashboard — you get an AI that actually understands your business and can act on it. MCP is an open standard that lets AI tools connect directly to software like beehiiv without copying and pasting data.

beehiiv MCP v1 features read-only access, allowing you to ask questions like:

• Who are my most engaged free subscribers who haven't upgraded?
• Audit my website and give me a prioritized list of SEO fixes
• Are there any unusual churn or unsubscribe spikes in the last 90 days?

The real unlock is putting beehiiv insights to work across tools you already use (Slack, HubSpot, Gmail, Google Calendar).

What's next: v2 will include write access, enabling automations like pulling last 5 posts for a roundup, building subscriber automations, generating landing pages, and creating segments with targeted campaigns.

Available to paid plan users on a rolling basis for early access.

Our most powerful automation suite yet. Introducing Automations v4 with major new features:

New Branching & Testing:

• A/B Test Email: Create up to four email variants within a single automation step to compare performance
• Multi-Split Branch: Route subscribers across up to four paths based on conditions (previously limited to True/False)
• Random Cohort Branch: Evenly distribute subscribers across multiple paths to test entire journeys side-by-side
• Reconnect Branches: Seamlessly reconnect branches to keep flows clean and structured

New Actions & UX:

• Early Exit Action: Remove specific subscribers from a journey branch while others continue
• Drag and Drop: Redesigned drag-and-drop experience for moving steps and restructuring journeys
• Bulk Actions: Update, deactivate, or delete multiple steps at once
• More triggers for launching journeys based on subscriber behavior
• Expanded automation analytics for end-to-end visibility

Also Introducing:

• Recurring Email Series: Schedule newsletters on a set cadence with automatic RSS feed refresh at send time (Enterprise-only)
• Free Digital Products: Create $0 digital products as lead magnets without Stripe account
• Paid Digital Products: Sell files, links, or time with 0% platform fees, featuring beautifully designed product pages, native reviews, automated workflows, international currency support, Apple Pay/Google Pay, discount codes, refunds, and full newsletter integration

Introduced On-Demand Ads — the next evolution of the beehiiv Ad Network. Premium sponsorships are now available whenever you want them with no waiting or scheduling weeks in advance.

Key features:

• Ad opportunities refresh every hour, giving constant access to premium sponsors
• Simple workflow: type /ads in the editor, browse opportunities, select creative, and add to post
• 5-day window (120 hours) to send selected ads
• Move ads between drafts for flexible scheduling
• Automatic campaign data collection and aggregated reporting
• Detailed performance reports 96 hours after send
• Monthly earnings deposits on the 20th
• Ad Network Dashboard for browsing offers, tracking performance metrics, earnings, and upcoming payouts

Newsletters on beehiiv now collectively earn more than $1M every month from brands like Netflix, Roku, HubSpot, Nike, and AG1.

Introducing the brand new Media Library — a single home for all of your assets and creative. You can now create and edit assets directly inside beehiiv.

Key Features:

• Global Access: Seamlessly share assets across multiple publications
• Folders: Create folders to organize and group assets
• Search and Filter: Improved search with filtering by upload date, file type, publication, web page, post, and file dimensions
• Bulk Actions: Edit, copy, move, or delete multiple assets at once
• Image Editor: Crop, rotate, resize, add filters, adjust colors, and annotate directly in the Media Library
• AI Image Generation: Generate new creative on demand by describing what you want

Launched Very Good Downloads — a curated gallery of real digital product pages built entirely on beehiiv. Filter by category, browse by creator, and click through to view every page live.

Also shipped Digital Products v2 with major upgrades:

• Product Reviews: Let customers leave reviews and build social proof directly on product pages
• Image Carousels: Showcase products with multiple images in a sleek, swipeable carousel
• 0% Platform Fees: Keep every dollar earned
• International Currency Support: Sell to a global audience with support for multiple currencies
• Apple Pay + Google Pay: Let customers check out in seconds
• Discount Codes: Run promotions and reward your audience
• Full and Partial Refunds: Handle refunds directly from dashboard
• Improved Notifications: Better alerts for new purchases, reviews, and more

Digital Products are available to users on Scale, Max, and Enterprise plans.

Build once. Sell everywhere. Introducing Digital Products v2 with beautifully designed product pages, native product reviews, international currency support, Apple Pay + Google Pay, discount codes, full and partial refunds, and improved notifications.

Key Features:

• Customizable product pages optimized for sales and design
• Product reviews system with approval controls
• Support for 10 major currencies
• Apple Pay and Google Pay payment options
• Discount codes with full customization
• Full and partial refund capabilities
• Sell files (guides, templates, eBooks), links (memberships, exclusive access), or time (coaching, consulting)
• 0% revenue fee from beehiiv
• Seamless newsletter integration with backslash editor command
• Product Purchase Trigger for automations
• beehiiv Wallet for revenue management and insights
• Integration with Ad Network, Paid Subscriptions, and Boosts

Digital Products are available to users on paid plans.

Dynamic Content is here to make every send feel 1:1. Personalize your emails by showing different content to different readers, all within a single send. No code, no custom templating, no extra complexity.

Features:

• Show different sponsors to different reader cohorts
• Promote events only to readers in specific regions
• Nudge readers who haven't completed your onboarding survey
• Set visibility conditions (e.g., "has not purchased this playbook") to control who sees specific content

Note: Dynamic Content is only available to users on Max or Enterprise plans.

Add multiple images within a single image element to create a fully customizable carousel. Showcase products, portfolio work, or testimonials with more visual impact without cluttering your page.

Features:

• Customizable layouts
• Multiple pagination styles (dots, numbers, or thumbnails)
• Adjustable arrow design, colors, sizing, and spacing
• Full brand customization

Personalize newsletters by showing different content to different readers within a single send. No code or custom templating required. Features include visibility settings to control which readers see specific content blocks, enabling use cases like showing different sponsors to different cohorts, promoting events to specific regions, and nudging readers based on their actions. Available on Max plan and above.

You can now insert elements directly from the Layers tab, giving you more precision and control over your website structure. Right-click any layer or use the insert options to add new elements exactly where you want them in your page hierarchy.

Key features:

• Insert Above: Add an element directly above the selected layer.
• Insert Below: Add an element directly below the selected layer.
• Insert Inside: Nest an element within a container or section.

A faster way to build, with pixel-perfect placement every time.

Manage your content library at scale with bulk actions across multiple posts. Select posts and choose from a range of actions: add or remove tags, add or remove authors, hide posts from your feed, or archive, unarchive, or delete posts. Perfect for cleaning up old content, reorganizing by topic, or preparing for a rebrand.

Select all blocks of the same type with one click. We've added a new Select All Blocks of Same Type feature to the Website Builder — so you can select multiple elements of the same type at once instead of clicking through them one by one.

• Select in bulk. Click the new multi-select icon in the toolbar to instantly highlight every block of the same type on your page.
• Edit once, update everywhere. Change styles and layout across all selected blocks simultaneously.

Whether you're cleaning up your page or reorganizing sections, this small update saves you serious time.

New search and sorting for multi-publication users.

PUBLICATION SEARCH & SORTING

Managing multiple newsletters just got a whole lot easier ✨

We've added a new search bar to your publication dropdown, so you can instantly find the newsletter you're looking for — no more endless scrolling.

• Instant search: Just start typing and watch the list filter in real-time.
• Sorted A-Z: Publications are now alphabetically organized for easy scanning.
• Grouped by workspace: If you're part of multiple teams, you'll see each workspace clearly labeled with its publications displayed beneath.

Whether you're running two newsletters or twenty, switching between them has never been faster 🚀.

Note: Publication limits vary by plan — Launch and Scale include up to 3 publications, Max includes up to 10, and Enterprise offers custom limits.

Introducing the latest and most powerful automation suite yet. Features include:

Automations v3: New triggers, deeper analytics, and end-to-end visibility into how users move through every journey. The all-new Workflow Builder lets you design custom journeys, monitor progress across each step, remove subscribers at any point, and track performance across the entire funnel. Redesigned automation dashboards with Journey Overview and Performance Overview metrics.

Discount Codes: Major upgrade to Digital Products with customizable discount codes. Control which products qualify, how much customers save, when promotions end, and how often codes can be used.

Daily AI Credits: If you hit your plan's daily limit for AI Website Builder, you can pick back up where you left off the following day.

Custom robots.txt: Support for custom robots.txt in Website Builder, giving control over how AI systems crawl, index, and train on content. Accessible in improved Search Engine Optimization settings.

Custom Fonts: Support for custom fonts in Website Builder. Use Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts, or upload your own to keep your site on-brand.

Text Editor Updates: Add images via URL with automatic optimization. Vertical alignment controls for content within columns, giving more control and flexibility when designing layouts.

Recapping the first-ever Winter Release Event with major new features:

Digital Products - Sell links, files, and time-based services (coaching, consulting) directly on beehiiv with 0% revenue cut. Includes order tracking, scheduling, refunds, and earnings dashboards coming soon.

AI Website Builder - Build fully interactive websites through AI chat. Describe what you want and watch it build webpages in real-time. Includes AI Custom Elements for creating widgets like stock tickers and scoreboards. Available on all plans with varying credit limits.

Native Podcast Functionality - Sync podcasts to automatically publish episodes as webpages with native audio player, transcripts, timestamps, and integrations with YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Max plan only.

Website Analytics - Native analytics with real-time visitor tracking, traffic source breakdown, and filtering by location, device, OS, and referral source. No third-party pixels needed. Basic analytics on all plans; advanced metrics on paid plans.

Link in Bio - Fully integrated link-in-bio tool matching your website theme. Build from templates or from scratch with complete 360° view of traffic, engagement, and revenue.

Dynamic Content - Personalize emails by showing different content to different readers within a single send. Group sections and use visibility settings to tailor ads, events, and recommendations. Enterprise plan only.

Automation Suite Upgrade - Enhanced automation builder with new triggers, richer analytics, deeper subscriber journey visibility, ability to view subscribers moving through steps, remove specific subscribers, and track performance across entire funnel.

Limited Time Offer - 20% off any annual plan through November 21st with code WRE2025.

Introducing quarterly subscription payments for flexible billing options alongside monthly, annual, lifetime, and donation tiers. New native integrations with Discord enable private communities with automated role assignment and invitations based on subscription tiers. YouTube integration allows embedding videos directly into websites with automatic updates. Website redirects feature enables unlimited custom redirects with wildcard pattern support and built-in testing tools.

Introducing the all-new beehiiv Ad Network with complete redesign for easier, faster, and more rewarding monetization.

Key Features:

• Weekly Ad Opportunities email every Sunday with curated offers
• 7-day window to accept, schedule, or reject ad placements
• All-new Ad Network Dashboard for managing placements, tracking earnings, and payouts
• Inbox hub for browsing pending, accepted, rejected, published, expired, or missed ad opportunities
• Simple acceptance workflow: accept offer → pick ad copy → choose run date
• /ads command in editor to insert ads with automatic newsletter styling
• Detailed performance and earnings reports within 96 hours of publishing
• Monthly payouts on the 20th for campaigns run the previous month
• Option to reinvest earnings through Boosts network or transfer to bank account

Also Introduced:

• Recommendation Invites: Share unique invite links to help others add your newsletter to their Top 4
• Boosts Marketplace: Browse hundreds of offers and passively earn revenue for referred subscribers

Note: Available only to users on paid plans.