Tools that run in the browser
Small things that do one job in the browser, with no account.
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The generator
Make a countdown timer for your email, free
Set the deadline, pick a style, and take the code. No watermark, and deadlines up to 90 days out. A timer from the free generator works for 500 opens without an account, and for 1,000 once you sign in and claim it.
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The render test
Check a timer image before you send it
Paste a timer image address. It reads the parts, loads the picture the way a mail client does, and lists what each client is documented to do with it.
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5 min read
Download an animated countdown GIF
Make an animated countdown GIF and download it, with no account and no watermark. Why a saved file stops being right, and what counts from the open.
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5 min read
Put a countdown timer in a Gmail message
Gmail compose takes no pasted HTML, so a timer goes in as an image URL. What that means for sending from Gmail, and what the proxy does to a re-open.
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4 min read
Make a Klaviyo countdown timer
Make a countdown timer for a Klaviyo campaign or flow, free and with no account. What the HTML block takes, and why flows can do what campaigns cannot.
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4 min read
Make a Mailchimp countdown timer
Make a countdown timer for a Mailchimp campaign, free and with no account. Where the Code block lives in each builder, and how merge tags behave near it.
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5 min read
Put a countdown timer in an Outlook email
Classic Outlook draws the first frame of a GIF and stops. Design for that still, pick units that stay true, and know the Windows setting that decides.
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4 min read
Is your GIF email-safe?
Four things decide whether an animated GIF survives an inbox: file size, frame count, whether frame one stands alone, and whether it loops.
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5 min read
Build an evergreen countdown timer for email
See an evergreen email countdown without an account, then publish one on the free plan. Why the free tool will not save one, and what Apple Mail changes.
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7 min read
What every free email timer plan actually gives you
Every free email countdown timer tier side by side, with the view allowance, the watermark rule and the signup gate, each read off the vendor's own page.
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Put a countdown in the campaign you are writing now
The free plan covers 5,000 opens a month with no card. Starter is $19 a month for 250,000.