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Send a digital letter that opens like the real thing.

Write it online, as long as it needs to be, on paper you choose. It arrives as one link in their messages, in an envelope with their name on it, and they open it by breaking the seal.

Your first envelope of letters and photos is free. Nothing to install, for you or for them.

Step by step

How to send a digital letter

About five minutes, most of it the writing.

  1. Write it

    On your phone or computer. Choose the paper (white, kraft or lined) and the type, Handwritten included, with bold and italics where you need them.

  2. Choose the envelope

    Parchment and wax, airmail stripes, a library card, a time capsule. Their name goes on the front.

  3. Seal it, if you like

    Set the day and time it opens, to the minute, or add a passphrase only they would know. Until then they see the sealed envelope.

  4. Send the link

    By text, WhatsApp or email, or we’ll email it to them for you. They tap the seal and read it on any phone or computer.

What they get

About five minutes for you to write. For them, one link that opens like the real thing.

  1. A link, in their messages

    Send it by text, WhatsApp or email, or we’ll email it to them for you.

  2. They tap the seal

    It opens in their browser. No app, no account, no password.

  3. Then each piece, one by one

    Your letter, a postcard of your photo, and a film of you saying it.

See one open 

A digital letter, a paper letter, or an email?

Paper still wins on the doormat. A digital letter wins whenever it has to get there tonight, or wait for a date.

A digital letterA paper letterAn email
Gets thereTonight, or the day you chooseIn a few days, if the post is kindStraight away
Arrives asAn envelope with their name on itThe real thingOne more email in the inbox
Photos and a filmUp to ten pieces, in the order you setPrints, if you have themAttachments
Waits for a dateSealed until the minute you setOnly if they’re patientNot once it’s sent
Writing backAn envelope already addressed to youA stamp and a trip to the post boxReply
What it costs$1.29 for the whole envelopeA card and a stampNothing
Ideas

What people send a digital letter for

Each one starts on the envelope that suits it, with ideas for what to put inside.

Dear Them,
Love letterThe one you’ve been composing in your head for weeks.
Dear Them,
Open when…Open when you can’t sleep. Open when you miss me. One envelope each.
Dear Them,
open me
open me
Thank youRoom to say why, which a card never has.
Dear Them,
Missing youTonight, not three days from now.
Dear Them,
Letter to future selfWritten now, sealed until a date years from today.
Dear Them,
Letter to a childFor them to open on their eighteenth.

Your first one’s free

After that, one price for the whole envelope, by what’s inside. Paid once. No subscription.

Letters and postcards$1.29Your first one free
Most popularWith a film$5Half price on your first

Taken off automatically at checkout. For a first envelope, once per email address.

Digital letter questions

How do I send a digital letter?

Start an envelope here, write your letter and choose the envelope it comes in. Pay once and you get one link to send by text, WhatsApp or email, or we’ll email it to them for you.

How much does it cost to send a letter online?

$1.29 for the whole envelope: the letter, and postcards of your photos too, up to ten pieces. $5 with a film. Paid once by card through Stripe, with no subscription.

Is the letter printed and posted?

No. Nothing is printed: it arrives as a link and opens on their screen, which is how it gets there tonight. If it has to be paper through the door, you need a print-and-post service instead.

Can I make it look handwritten?

Choose Handwritten for the type and it reads like a pen on paper. Or photograph a page you wrote by hand and put it in as a postcard.

Can I schedule a letter to open on a certain date?

Yes. Set the day and time it opens, in your timezone. Until then they see the sealed envelope and a countdown, and it opens on the minute, even years from now.

Do they need an app or an account?

No. One link, opened in the browser on any phone, tablet or computer. No app, no account, no password.

Can they write back?

Yes. Once they’ve read it, they can write back in an envelope that’s already addressed to you.

Can I change it after I’ve paid?

Until they open it, yes. Sign in with the email you paid with and change what’s inside; the link stays the same. Once they’ve opened it, it stays as it is.

How long does it last?

For good. They can open it as many times as they like. A film is kept for a year after it’s first opened, and they can save their own copy.

Say it in a letter. Send it tonight.

First one free

Pick an envelope

Envelopes that suit a digital letter

Each piece inside gets its own paper and type, and you can change the envelope any time before you pay.

Or send

One envelope holds all three

A letter, postcards and a film, any mix, up to ten pieces, revealed one at a time in the order you set.

Send a digital postcardYour photo on the front, a line or two on the back.Send a video messageUp to 1 GB straight off your phone, playing inside the envelope.