2024-10-29

Notion Mail has been announced!

We’re getting Notion Mail 😍

First things first here:

  • Notion Mail IS NOT yet available. It’s in closed alpha but you can sign up to the waitlist here
  • Notion Mail is a standalone app, similar to Notion Calendar
  • It will generally be free to use (with maybe some advanced features requiring a paid Notion plan)
  • You can expect it to launch publicly early 2025

For a first look, I highly recommend you check out my update video below – but I’ll try my best to give you a quick overview:

Notion Mail feels very much like Notion.

You get your familiar visuals, a sidebar and even slash commands when composing an email.

(and yes, you can use pretty much all Notion blocks to write one, so… callouts & quote blocks, anyone? 😎)

Power Users can navigate it mostly through shortcuts, you have rules and built-in AI processing and a ton of other thoughtful features that will make Notion Mail a great email app.

BUT, the most exciting thing is Notion’s approach to your inbox (and how to organise your emails).

Put simply, they’re bringing databases to your inbox 😍

That means:

  • You can create properties like Assignee or Type to build workflows right in your inbox
  • You can create views based on these properties and group emails together
  • Just like with Notion, Notion Mail will be a big canvas that you can customise to fit exactly your workflow

But of course, it’s still early.

Many things might change before the public release, but one thing is for sure: this is a really exciting first step.

2024-10-29

Notion releases Marketplace

Marketplace is replacing the current template gallery and it comes with a range of features that will turn Notion into a proper… well, market place 😅

First, template creators will be able to take payments directly through Notion. For these payments, you’ll pay a flat 10% fee and you’ll receive your payouts bi-weekly via stripe (at no additional cost).

Second, if you buy a template through Marketplace, you have up to 14 days to claim a refund. But if you do so, the template will be de-activated in your workspace.

What’s more, creators can choose to lock a template, which means you won’t be able to move it between workspaces – making pirating a template much, much harder.

This is a huge change and will turn Notion Templates into even more of a proper product category.

2024-10-29

Major Upgrade for Notion Database Automations

Notion Database Automations get variables and access to dynamic data, which makes them A LOT more powerful than before.

This unlocks a whole new range of possibilities – here are a few examples:

  • Set a project to “In Progress” when you start working on the first task
  • Set all tasks to “Done” when you close a project
  • Build proper native recurring tasks in Notion