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Did you see our fall launch giveaway that we announced on Instagram this week? 👀

This launch of these new features for sellers has been something that the team has been working on for a while, and it’s been really exciting to see it come to life. 🥹

I genuinely loved the conversations I had with our featured creators: Pat, Keegan, Ariel, Brooke, and Cam. ❤️ I got to have long chats with each of them—I can't thank them enough for the time and energy they put into being a part of this!

Behind the scenes of my interview with Keegan!

Maybe it's obvious, but it never stops being inspiring to hear from cool creators how they’re actually building their businesses on Beacons—making their first dollar, getting ideas day to day, setting long term goals.

If you haven’t yet, check out the full page for the campaign here: Beacons for Sellers.

And of course, don't forget to enter the giveaway to win Beacons merch & a year of Beacons Seller Pro! 🥰 If you already sell a digital product on Beacons, this is your chance to share it. If you don't have a product set up yet, this is your sign to get started today!

Check out the full instructions on how to enter here. (Side note—didn't Ivan really kill it with all of the cinematic IG videos for this launch?)

Show the video some love, share your products, and join the conversation on IG! And reply to this email to let me know what features you want to see next.

Most of these new features came from feedback we've received, so we're all ears 👂

And lastly, on a personal note, wish me luck next week when I face my fears and go to Nashville Nightmare with the entire Beacons team.

The company is going to Nashville to co-work in person together for a week, and Nashville Nightmare haunted house is an allegedly fun bonding activity. I tried to get out of it and it didn't go over well.

I'll send photos in next week's newsletter... if I make it.

Now—on to the new features!

This week is all about the new features for sellers on Beacons! 🎉

As Ivan put it—Beacons isn't just evolving, we're becoming the only creator platform you'll ever need to monetize your content.

Here is the FULL list of new features that we've perfected over the last few months to help you market and sell your digital products and monetize your content:

🔗 Shareable affiliate links to drive even more sales, and earn commission on Beacons affiliate products
💬 Smart Reply to automatically DM your Beacons product link when anyone comments on your IG post
🎟️ Discount codes to incentivize sales and drive urgency
⬆️ Order bumps to offer additional products or services to customers right before they complete their purchase
💵 Native payment plans to help customers checkout for larger value products
🔄 Automate sales funnels to end email flows when a customer makes a purchase
🙌 Collect reviews from happy customers to display on your product pages
🧾 Customize email receipts when a customer makes a purchase
💌 Create, share, & sell email templates with fellow Beacons creators
🤯 Built-in AI to generate product descriptions & sales emails with one click

Check out the new features and fuel your own growth with tips from our Beacons Super Sellers—read more below!

👉 Share your own digital product that you've made on Beacons to enter the giveaway! Full details here 🫶

One of the most exciting features on Beacons—instant payouts—has the potential to be polarizing.

After all, how "instant" is instant?

Sometimes, due to a very high transaction volume, our typical super-fast commission cash-outs were running a little behind the usual 1-3 day processing time.

On the one hand, it’s great that our team has gotten a reputation for being super-fast!

On the other, I can understand that if you see your payouts are "processing," it can lead to anxiety about where your money is.

Rest assured that in these situations we work very hard behind the scenes to get your payouts processed ASAP. And I think the key to easing any anxiety is transparency about what exactly goes on to get those payouts processed so fast: witchcraft.

Kidding! I just love Practical Magic and wanted to include Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock somewhere in here.

Anywhere, here's exactly "instant" means when you hit that cash out button!

First, a quick clarification:

"Direct sales" = transactions made between you (the seller) and your customer (the buyer). That money is transacted directly from them into your connected Stripe or Paypal account.

We never touch this money or hold it at all—it's instantly yours at the time of the sale. So when we say “instant payouts” at Beacons, it’s this type of sale we’re referring to!

"Affiliate commissions" = earnings on the sale of a product that’s owned by another creator. We make it possible for creators to set up an affiliate split where they keep a percent of sales and an authorized re-seller gets a percent as well.

In these types of sales, Beacons manages that split, and the affiliate re-seller’s portion of the sale gets placed in their Beacons account.

We offer “instant cash out” on these sales UNLESS the affiliate product owner has implemented a hold. Some product owners offer a refund period, or want to prevent affiliates from cashing out for a few days to protect against chargebacks.

If you are an affiliate re-seller, the original creator of your product will let you know if they’ve implemented such a hold with us (there aren’t many, tbh.)

Otherwise, your commission is available for “instant cash out” which means that as soon as the sale is made, you can hit that cash out button and get your money to your PayPal account.

This is the part that takes a bit of time, and unfortunately due to bank processing time cannot ever be truly instantaneous.

Trust me, our team wishes just as much as you did that it didn’t take so long to do ~banking things~, but we’re subject to their regulations just as you are.

I know it’s so hard to wait when everything else moves quickly and you just want the security of having that money in hand, but I promise your money is safely on its way to you during this time.

Sometimes we don’t accurately predict transaction volume, which is what can lead to a day or two longer in processing time. But your money is always safe at Beacons and you are NEVER at risk of not getting paid, even if it takes a day or two longer.

We're still committed to a 3-5 day window for cashed out commissions and have taken steps make sure longer delays don't happen.

I hope that having a little more transparency into what’s happening behind the scenes puts your mind at ease! ❤️

We have a new favorite refrain here at Beacons and it goes something like this:

"Where the f*** is my sale, Jacob?"

This is the Jacob in question:

Recently on a call with our Head of Product Management Jacob, Beacons creator @thefacelessfounder explained that she finds it confusing to find her sales data in her account after she gets an exciting email about making a sale.

To which we said... honestly, fair!

Actually, we appreciated this feedback so much that we're kind of obsessed with it. We made it into a Slack emoji.

There's nothing we appreciate more than a creator who takes the time to give us thoughtful feedback and cares about making Beacons better for all creators. So to @thefacelessfounder—thank you! We appreciate you, we hear you, and you're kind of an icon to us now.

"Where the f*** is my sale, Jacob?" is our new motto because we love our users and we're obsessed with getting things right for you. We want to constantly update Beacons to make it better and easier to use, and this reminds us of who we're doing it for.

Should we put it on t-shirts? 🧐

Today I'll be at Day 2 of ZCON in Brooklyn, hosted by UTA's Next Gen!

Here's a picture of our CEO Neal & me from Day 1 yesterday. Check out that view of the Manhattan skyline in the background 🤩

If you'll be at Day 2 today, reply and let me know—I'd love to meet up!

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