---
title: "Welcome card email template"
description: "A compact welcome in a card, with one button back into the product."
url: "https://openemail.uk/templates/welcome-card"
---

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# Welcome card email template

A compact welcome in a card, with one button back into the product.

[Use this template](https://openemail.uk/mail/templates?starter=welcome-card) [Use this template](https://openemail.uk/signup.md?next=%2Fmail%2Ftemplates%3Fstarter%3Dwelcome-card)[All templates](https://openemail.uk/templates.md) 4 values to fill Plain-text part included

- **From**
  Northwind <hello@example.com>
- **Subject**
  Welcome to Northwind
- **Preview text**
  Your Northwind account is ready

![Preview of the Welcome card template](https://openemail.uk/email-templates/previews/welcome-card-desktop.webp?v=c0e1333fb3f4)

welcome-card.txt

```
Your {{productName}} account is ready

Welcome, {{firstName}}

Your {{productName}} account is ready. There is nothing left to set up. Open it whenever you like and pick up where the tour left off.

Open {{productName}} [{{actionUrl}}]

If the button does not work, paste this into your browser: {{actionUrl}}

{{footerNote}}
```

Shown with sample values. The HTML and plain-text tabs keep the placeholders.

About

## When to send it

A shorter welcome for products where the account is ready straight away. It greets the person by name, says there is nothing left to set up, and gives one button back into the product with the link repeated underneath.

Values

## What each send fills in

Required values have to come with every send. The rest fall back to the default shown here.

| Placeholder | Kind | Required | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `{{firstName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{productName}}` | Text | Required | None |
| `{{actionUrl}}` | Link | Required | None |
| `{{footerNote}}` | Text | Optional | You are receiving this because you created an account. |

API

## Send it from your code

Create a template from this design once, then send it with the values for each message.

send-welcome-card.ts

```
import { init, openemail } from '@openemail/sdk' init({ apiKey: process.env.OPENEMAIL_API_KEY }) const template = await openemail.templates.create({  name: 'Welcome card',  starter: 'welcome-card',  publish: true,}) const sent = await openemail.templates.send(template.slug, {  from: 'Northwind <hello@example.com>',  to: 'maya@example.com',  props: {    firstName: 'Maya',    productName: 'Northwind',    actionUrl: 'https://example.com/start',  },}) console.log(sent.id, sent.status)
```

Accounts and access

## More templates like this

![Preview of the Welcome template](https://openemail.uk/email-templates/previews/welcome-card.webp?v=d019166ec823)

### Welcome

A sign-up welcome with a short greeting, one button to get started and the link written out underneath.

![Preview of the Verification code template](https://openemail.uk/email-templates/previews/verify-code-card.webp?v=b83bbba1232b)

### Verification code

A one-time code set large enough to read from another screen.

![Preview of the Magic link template](https://openemail.uk/email-templates/previews/magic-link-card.webp?v=349060a0f7ee)

### Magic link

Passwordless sign-in with one button and the link printed as text.

![Preview of the Password reset template](https://openemail.uk/email-templates/previews/password-reset-card.webp?v=b79c43c60f5e)

### Password reset

A reset email with one button, a link to paste and a clear expiry.

![Preview of the Password reset card template](https://openemail.uk/email-templates/previews/reset-password-card.webp?v=94296577c23b)

### Password reset card

A reset email that names the account and says plainly that nothing has changed yet.

![Preview of the Team invitation template](https://openemail.uk/email-templates/previews/invite-teammate-card.webp?v=858c4d99fba0)

### Team invitation

An invitation that names the person inviting, the workspace and the role on offer.

![Preview of the New sign-in alert template](https://openemail.uk/email-templates/previews/security-alert-card.webp?v=0902bb0e63a7)

### New sign-in alert

A sign-in notice with the time, device and place, so people can recognise themselves.

Start from one

## Pick a design, change anything, and send it from your code.

Every template opens in the editor as blocks you can move, restyle or delete, and sends through the API with the values filled in.

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