Hi,

My name is Ben Chestnut and I’m the co-founder and CEO of MailChimp, the company behind TinyLetter.

I recently mentioned that TinyLetter would eventually become part of MailChimp instead of a stand-alone product. I wanted to write you directly about what we do—and don’t—have planned to address some of the premature eulogies and questions we’ve seen.

We have no plans to make changes to TinyLetter in 2018. And we’ll let you know what to expect before we make any changes in the future.

In the long term, we do intend to integrate TinyLetter into MailChimp. Doing this will better enable us to support the product and its users. But we’re taking it slow because we want to get it right.

MailChimp acquired TinyLetter in 2011 and relaunched it in 2014. Over the years, we’ve enjoyed watching it take on a life of its own. We know you feel strongly about the messages you send through TinyLetter, the relationships you have with your readers, and the experience of using the platform. Many of you feel a deep, personal connection with it—and we don’t take that lightly. We’ve always said that TinyLetter is for people what MailChimp is for businesses. That’s still true, and any changes will bear it in mind.

When we have a roadmap for the integration, you’ll hear it from us first, well in advance. We’ll make it as seamless as possible, and you won’t lose your subscriber list or your archives.

In the meantime, TinyLetter isn’t going anywhere.

Write on,

-Ben