5dayemail
Publish a five-to-ten day email course — every reader gets one lesson a day, in order, in their own timezone.
A small tool for one job: you write five to ten emails once and publish them as a course. Anyone who joins receives one lesson a day, in the order you wrote them, starting when they confirm. No automation canvas, no sequences, no branching — and a Free plan with no card.
The problem
An email course is the simplest thing an email tool can send — a short, finite sequence — and it is usually built inside software designed for everything else: automation graphs, triggers, segments, a sending domain to verify before the first word is written. The setup outlasts the motivation, and the course never goes out.
Who it's for
Someone who knows a subject well enough to teach it in a week — a consultant, a coach, a writer, a maker — and wants a list of people who have actually finished something of theirs, rather than a newsletter with no end.
How it works
Sign in with Google and write between five and ten days: a subject line, a preview line and a body for each. Publishing gives you a hosted sign-up page and a form to embed on your own site. Every reader confirms their address first, then receives day one right away and each following day on the next calendar day, at the hour you chose, in their own timezone.
What it does
One day, one email
Each day is a subject, a preview line and a body written in a plain rich-text editor, with a live preview of exactly what the reader receives — as an email, as plain text and as it sits in an inbox list.
A sign-up page the moment you publish
A hosted page with your headline, what the reader gets, and the whole course laid out day by day — plus an embeddable form, a button and a QR code. No domain to verify, no sending account to set up.
Delivered in the reader's timezone
Day one follows the confirmation; every later day arrives on the next calendar day at the hour you picked, local to the reader. A course can be paused and resumed without anyone losing their place.
Confirmed opt-in, with no switch
An address that has not clicked its confirmation link receives exactly one message, ever. Every creator sends from the same domain, so the rule protects everyone — and it is enforced by the database, not by a setting.
No open tracking
Apple Mail fetches tracking pixels whether or not anyone read anything, so opens are not counted at all. The numbers shown are the ones that mean something: signed up, confirmed, delivered, bounced, finished.
Edits never rewrite what was sent
Every save is a new version. A day that already went out keeps the version it was sent with; readers who have not reached it yet get the new one.
When to reach for it
- You keep explaining the same thing to every new client and want to hand them a five-morning course instead.
- You want to start a list, but a weekly newsletter with no end is a commitment neither you nor a stranger is ready to make.
- You have a lead magnet PDF nobody finishes and want to deliver the same material one small lesson a day.
- You already have a list somewhere else and want to find out who on it still wants to hear from you — imports arrive as a re-permission step, never a silent transfer.
Who it's not for
- A newsletter or broadcast tool — it sends a finite course to each reader, not an ongoing series or a one-off blast to the whole list.
- Courses longer than ten emails, or ones that need branching — the length is capped on every plan and the order is fixed.
- Anyone who needs open rates or single opt-in — neither exists here, and neither has a setting.
Pricing
Free: 3 courses, up to 2,000 readers each, no card. Paid: $49 a month, tax-inclusive, for 50 courses and up to 50,000 readers each. Nothing is charged per subscriber or per email, and nothing is taken from what you sell to your readers.
Frequently asked questions
What is 5dayemail?
5dayemail is a web app for publishing a short email course. A creator writes five to ten emails once; everyone who joins the list receives one lesson a day, in order, in their own timezone, starting when they confirm their address.
How long can a 5dayemail course be?
Between five and ten emails. That is a fixed ceiling, not a limit that lifts on a larger plan — a course that ends is a course people finish.
What does 5dayemail cost?
Nothing on the Free plan, which runs 3 courses for up to 2,000 readers each with no card. The paid plan is $49 a month, tax-inclusive, for 50 courses and up to 50,000 readers each. Nothing is charged per subscriber or per email.
Is confirmed opt-in optional in 5dayemail?
No. Every address confirms before it receives anything but the confirmation email, on every path onto a list — including an imported list — and there is no setting that changes that.
Does 5dayemail track opens?
No, and there is no switch for it. Apple Mail Privacy Protection loads tracking pixels for readers who never opened anything, so an open rate looks like information without being any.
How is 5dayemail different from a newsletter tool?
A newsletter tool sends an open-ended series to everyone at once. 5dayemail sends a finite course to each reader on their own clock: day one when they confirm, then one a day until the last. There are no sequences, triggers or branches to configure, because a course that goes out one day at a time does not need them.