Starting Point Email Templates

What Starting Point Templates Are

Starting Point Templates are admin-managed email templates that appear as suggested starting points when users create broadcasts, sequence emails, or reusable email templates. They help new users begin with a good structure instead of a blank email.

These are different from workspace email templates. Workspace templates belong to user workspaces. Starting point templates are product-level templates managed by admins and offered across the product as built-in options.

Manage Starting Points

Admins can create, edit, duplicate, reorder, enable, disable, and delete starting point templates. Each action affects what users see in template pickers.

1. Click Starting Point Templates in the Admin section of the left sidebar.
2. Click Create Starting Point or duplicate a similar existing one.
3. Give it a clear use-case name, such as "Weekly Newsletter" or "Product Launch".
4. Write a short description so users know when to choose it.
5. Build the content in the Email Editor with obvious placeholder copy.
6. Preview mobile and desktop layout.
7. Enable the starting point only after the structure, placeholder text, and links are safe for users to copy.
8. Reorder templates so the most useful starting points appear first in pickers.

• Create: add a new built-in starting point.
• Edit: update the name, description, enabled state, and email content.
• Duplicate: copy a starting point when you want a new template to share the same structure.
• Reorder: change the order users see in selectors.
• Disable: hide a starting point without deleting it.
• Delete: permanently remove a starting point from the admin library.

Visibility in Email Pickers

Only enabled starting points appear to users. When an admin disables a starting point, it disappears from the picker for new emails. Existing broadcasts, sequence emails, or templates that were already created from that starting point are not removed.

In broadcast creation, saved workspace templates appear separately from starting points. This helps users tell the difference between their team's own reusable templates and Mailrith-provided starting points.

Quality Checklist for Starting Points

• Give each template a name that describes the use case, such as "Product Launch" or "Weekly Newsletter."
• Use placeholder copy that tells users what to replace.
• Keep the design simple enough to work across many brands.
• Include a clear primary call-to-action area when the use case needs one.
• Preview on mobile before enabling the template.
• Disable outdated templates before deleting them if you want time to observe whether anyone still expects them.