In December 2024, Flodesk Checkout will begin using Stripe Standard Connect.

What this means for you:

• Existing Flodesk Checkout merchants will be notified to update their Stripe account from Stripe Express to Stripe Standard.
• Once connected, all existing checkouts will begin processing with Stripe Standard account - no additional action is needed.
• New to checkout? No problem! All new Flodesk Checkout merchants will be setup on a Stripe Standard Connect account.
• The best part - by migrating to this version of Stripe, you’ll have access to payout flexibility and exciting new features coming in 2025 (like sales tax, payment plans and more!)

To migrate to Stripe Standard (for existing Checkout users):

• Click the “Update Now” button on the banner notification OR go to Checkout setup in the top right menu of Flodesk
• Follow the on-screen prompts

Learn more

To learn more about Stripe, visit our Stripe FAQs.

On December 4, 2024, Meta will stop supporting the Instagram Basic Display API, which powers many online services, including our Instagram feed block in Flodesk.

What this means for you:

• After Dec. 4, only public Business and Creator accounts on Instagram will be able to display an Instagram feed in Flodesk emails
• Business and Creator accounts will need to reauthorize their Instagram accounts within Flodesk
• Personal Instagram accounts will no longer be supported for feed display and need to be reauthorized with a Business or Creator account

To continue displaying your feed in Flodesk emails

• Reauthorize your Instagram account in Flodesk here 

Learn more

To learn more about this update, please visit our help center.

You asked, we delivered - now you can easily preview a workflow in one click and preview an email in a workflow without pausing it!

Here's what's new

• On your workflows page, you can find a new preview option in the menu. Just click on the three dots to see it! This allows you to easily review your workflow without pausing it.

• Once in the workflow, you will see a “preview” button when you hover over an email. This allows you to review the full email without pausing the workflow!

Learn more

To learn more about workflows, visit Workflow emails 101.

Set up successful workflows in minutes with our five new workflow templates! These templates keep you connected with subscribers at crucial points—just plug in your brand details, sit back and watch the magic happen.

Here's what's new

• Five new workflow templates are available: including a multi-day sale, a follow-up sequence, registration confirmation, referral program sequence, and a subscriber re-engagement sequence.

• Access the new templates by clicking “+ New Workflow”

• One you’ve added the workflow - customize the emails and steps to accomplish your automation goals!

Learn more

To learn more about how to create workflows, click here!

Have an offer with limited availability? You’re in luck—product limits in checkout are here!

Here's what's new

• “Limit quantity,” “end date” and “allow waitlist” toggles are available in the product settings tab in checkout
• Limit how much of your main product or service you can sell, either by quantity and/or by date
• Sold out? No problem! You can introduce a waitlist once your product limit has been reached. Buyers who missed your offer can join your waitlist segment.
• Freely add or remove limitations to existing checkouts at any time
• Receive email alerts notifying you of low inventory or an approaching end date

Learn more

To learn more, visit How to set up product limits in checkout 

Big news: Polls are now available in the email builder! Engage subscribers and refine segments with one of our most-requested features.

Here's what's new

• Polls are now available in the email builder
• Add up to 12 options for responses
• Customize the poll’s colors, fonts and style
• When a subscriber clicks an answer, the current poll results will appear in a new window
• Connect poll answers to a segment or custom field
• Poll results can be found and exported into a csv file in your email analytics

Learn More

To learn more, visit How to add a poll block to an email 

We love giving you new ways to interact with your audience and in turn, increase subscriber growth. For our second new type of forms, we’d like to introduce: spinner forms!

Here's what's new

• Spinner forms are available as a pop-up form type.
• You can customize your spinner by choosing a spinner layout and adjusting the style, colors and results of each of the three slice options.
• You choose which reward is the winning offer, and your visitors will land on that reward every time..
• Your audience will opt-in to spin the wheel. After they’ve successfully opted-in, the wheel will spin and the code will be displayed..

Learn more

To learn more, check out the article: all about spinner forms 

Say hello to shareable forms!

Here's what's new

• Paid Flodesk members are now able to share a form as a template with other Flodesk members via a unique template link
• The shareable template link can be created from the menu of the form card
• Shareable links can be disabled at any time
• A new template preview page will allow receivers to preview the template and then copy it into their Flodesk account, which will open up the form in the builder as a new form
• If the receiver is not a Flodesk member, they’ll be taken to the affiliate sign up page of the sharer and be required to sign up to copy the template as an form draft

Learn More

To learn more, visit How to share opt-in form templates with other Flodesk members.

Need to quickly create a Full page form or modify your link in bio on the go? You’re in luck—Flodesk’s mobile form builder is here!

What's new

Now with Full page forms or Link in bio forms on mobile, you can:

• Create new forms
• Preview, copy link, and share forms
• Edit your form—change colors, fonts, upload logo, change text, and more
• Adjust segments for form preferences
• Edit links in link in bio
• Upload an image to form

Learn more

To learn more about the mobile form builder, visit the Mobile Form Builder help article.  

Content creators - rejoice! Our direct integration with Grow by Mediavine is here.

Here's what's new

• Grow by Mediavine users will now be able to send subscribers they collect in Grow forms directly into Flodesk.
• These users will also see the option to toggle on "Convert to a Grow Link" under the link tab/hyperlink bar in the email builder. This will convert the url they enter into a grow.me link, which provides automated Mediavine tracking (including subscriber email address)

Learn more

To learn more, visit How to Connect Grow by Mediavine and Flodesk