Email & notifications
Brand your emails and control notifications.
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Customise the enrolment email
Edit the enrolment email template — from-name, subject, title, message and footer — then preview it in light and dark mode before students see it.
Read article → How-toCustomise emails for each course
Give each course its own welcome message and optional Zoom button, while keeping your shop's branding.
Read article → Setup walkthroughSend from your own domain
Send course emails from your own verified domain instead of alvaapps.com, with DNS verification so they land reliably.
Read article → How-toSet up comment notifications
Get notified when students comment on a lesson, and set the address those notifications are sent to.
Read article → How-toEdit your email templates
Edit the enrollment, completion and digest emails on one tabbed page, insert merge variables, and preview the result before you save.
Read article → ConceptThe course completion email
Sent from the server when you pass an evaluation, with different copy depending on the grade you award.
Read article → How-toThe monthly progress digest
One email a month summarising each student's progress. Set the send day and time zone, and see how students unsubscribe.
Read article → How-toSuggest courses in the digest
Hand-pick up to six courses to promote inside the digest — shown only to students who accepted your email marketing.
Read article → ConceptEmail bounces and suppression
How permanently undeliverable addresses are recorded, what they stop, and where bounce coverage ends.
Read article →Ready to teach on Shopify?
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