Marketplace Welcome Video email template
A welcome letter for a B2B safety tool: a plain greeting, a product video with a play button, quick start link, a blue dashboard button and a market photo.
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<div class="ete-preheader" style="display:none;font-size:1px;line-height:1px;max-height:0;max-width:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;mso-hide:all;">Watch the two minute tour and connect your messaging tools. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ </div>
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<tr><td align="left" class="ete-px" style="padding:28px 32px 20px;"><span class="ete-heading" style="font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:20px;line-height:25px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:-0.3px;color:#242424;">Tradeguard</span></td></tr>
<tr><td class="ete-px" style="padding:8px 32px;"><p class="ete-text" style="margin:0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;color:#242424;text-align:left;">Hi {{first_name}},</p></td></tr>
<tr><td class="ete-px" style="padding:8px 32px;"><p class="ete-text" style="margin:0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;color:#242424;text-align:left;">Welcome to Tradeguard! Tradeguard helps teams in fast growing marketplaces watch conversations, <a class="ete-link" style="color:#0079cc;text-decoration:underline;" href="https://example.com/features/off-platform">stop off-platform deals</a>, spot problem users and keep their community safe.</p></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="ete-px" style="padding:8px 32px;"><p class="ete-text" style="margin:0;font-family:'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22px;color:#242424;text-align:left;">We also recommend starting with our <a class="ete-link" style="color:#0079cc;text-decoration:underline;" href="https://example.com/quick-start">quick start guide</a>.</p></td></tr>
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Adapted from Waypoint responsive transactional email templates (saas welcome) by usewaypoint, MIT license.
About this template
A welcome email for a business software product that is easier to show than to explain. It reads like a letter from the team, with a short video in the middle.
A dark wordmark opens the email, followed by a greeting and a paragraph that explains what the product does in one sentence, with a link to the key feature. A second line says setup takes minutes.
The video block shows a photo of a team at work with a round play button that links to the product tour. After the video come a link to the quick start guide, an offer to reply for help and a blue button to the dashboard.
A wide photo of a street market closes the email and hints at the marketplaces the product serves. Record a two minute tour and link it from the video block.
Use it in your email tool
- Click Copy HTML, or download the .html file.
- In Mailchimp, Brevo, HubSpot or Klaviyo, start a new email with the custom HTML or code editor and paste it in.
- Change the text, links and images. Map merge tags such as {{first_name}} and {{unsubscribe_url}} to the tags of your tool.
- Send a test to yourself on desktop and phone before you send it to your list.
Sections in this email
- Wordmark
- Greeting and product line
- Video with play button
- Quick start link
- Help line
- Dashboard button
- Market photo
- Footer
Subject line ideas
- Welcome to Tradeguard, {{first_name}}
- Watch the two minute tour
- Your Tradeguard account is ready
Preview text idea
Watch the two minute tour and connect your messaging tools.