---
title: "Welcome email template"
description: "A sign-up welcome with a short greeting, one button to get started and the link written out underneath."
url: "https://openemail.uk/templates/welcome"
---

[Templates](https://openemail.uk/templates.md)[Accounts and access](https://openemail.uk/templates.md#account)

# Welcome email template

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

[Use this template](https://openemail.uk/mail/templates?starter=welcome) [Use this template](https://openemail.uk/signup.md?next=%2Fmail%2Ftemplates%3Fstarter%3Dwelcome)[All templates](https://openemail.uk/templates.md) 3 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 template](https://openemail.uk/email-templates/previews/welcome-desktop.webp?v=d019166ec823)

welcome.txt

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

{{productName}}

Welcome to {{productName}}

Hey {{firstName}},

Your account is set up. One step left: confirm this address, and your workspace is ready to use.

Get started [{{getStartedUrl}}]

Or paste this link into your browser:

{{getStartedUrl}}

If you did not sign up, you can ignore this message and nothing further happens.

The {{productName}} team

You are getting this because this address was used to create a {{productName}} account.
```

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

About

## When to send it

Send it as soon as someone creates an account. It greets them by first name, points at the single next step, and repeats the link as text in case the button does not work. The footer says why the email arrived.

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 | Optional | there |
| `{{getStartedUrl}}` | Link | Required | None |
| `{{productName}}` | Text | Optional | OpenEmail |

API

## Send it from your code

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

send-welcome.ts

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

Accounts and access

## More templates like this

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

### Welcome card

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

![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.

[Open mail](https://openemail.uk/mail/inbox) [Get Started](https://openemail.uk/signup.md)[How templates work](https://openemail.uk/features/templates.md)