Newsletter platform Beehiv announced a major expansion on the platform on Thursday, including offering real-time website Analytics and real-time website AI, among others.
In a video announcing the release, Tyler Denk, co-founder and CEO of Beans, said that what makes the newsletter platform powerful is ownership.
“It has the audience, the distribution, the brand, and also the revenue potential,” he said. “In the age of Ai and algorithms. Ownership isn’t just good, it’s important.”
The hope is that it gives creators (and journalists) more control – and opportunities – to expand and grow their businesses on the platform.
The full product expansion includes:
- Allows creators to sell digital products, such as eBooks, without receiving commissions. Next, creators will soon be able to sell courses and merchandise.
- A feature that enables creators to build websites using AI without using sophisticated code or developers. The actual version of the product was launched a few months ago and is following the bees AI Website Capture Acquisition Typedream last year.
Thursday’s announcement revealed the product now allows users to build a complete website by simply talking to an AI — or, the website’s Vibe Code website. However, users don’t have to have a verbal conversation with the AI; They can also drag and drop images, for example, upload images or other people’s website images to the AI, and have to recreate them.
- The ability to host and release podcasts on the creator bee platform. This allows creators to put their podcast, newsletter, and website on one platform, instead of having three separate ones.
- Real-time analytics to track engagement and traffic, in addition to the breakdown of channels that drive users
- It offers “Link in bio,” so creators can link to other digital platforms, as well as their own bee creations, without having to use a third-party link in the company’s bio.
- It offers professionally designed website templates, so that your website and newsletter look more quality. It also releases newsletter templates so websites and newsletters can have a cohesive brand look.
- Ability to segment your audience – Meaning tombs can create custom content for specific segments of your audience. Creators can now group followers by location, age, or even gender.
- Automated workflows, for example, user subscriptions, creators can set so that a welcome email is automatically sent to them. bee started releasing automated workflow features a few weeks ago.
- Improved advertising tools, including easier ad browsing and paid viewing. Denk said creators can upload assets, set budgets, and launch campaigns on the platform. Teihiv also has a new ad dashboard, allowing creators to track campaign performance and build their own custom reports, he continued.
- Paid subscription, without the fees taken by the bee (said to be the only platform that does not take the profit of paid subscriptions). These features come with subscription rules and analytics.
BEEhiIV NOW considers itself the first platform to encling the entire workflow of content creation, because users on the platform can “create, publish,” without fees, plugins, code, code, code, or effort code.
In the video, Denk said that teihiv is not just a newsletter platform, but an operating system for the creator economy. With this expansion, expect to compete with the likes of WordPress and Patreon.
The company was founded in 2021 and says that, it has sent more than 35 billion emails, with more than 55,000 Creators on the platform, including Olli Oliver with status.
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