20 days ago, we shipped the most requested CardClan update since day one: cards that can finally speak.

For 14 months, customers kept asking for one thing. “Let me send something that feels like a real moment, not another block of text.” So we built it properly.

Video Cards are now live in CardClan.

 You can upload your own video, or embed from YouTube and Vimeo. It’s perfect for thank you notes, birthdays, team milestones, onboarding, and the kind of outreach that gets a reply because it feels real.

We also pushed two upgrades that matter more than they sound:

Higher image upload limits.

 Better visuals, cleaner branding, fewer workarounds.

Custom GIF uploads.

 Because sometimes a reaction does more than a paragraph.

And yes, this pairs with CardClan’s built-in AI features so teams can set up workflows that trigger cards at the right moments, draft the message, and keep the human touch without turning it into manual busywork.

If you have CardClan already, open a new card and try this combo: a short video, one strong image, and a GIF that matches the moment. Send it to yourself first, then to someone you actually want to hear back from.

This is what CardClan was meant to be: digital cards that people feel, not just read.

Hello Sumo-lings! CardClan returns to AppSumo with a major AI upgrade built after three years of real-world use by 2,000+ solopreneurs and businesses for their email engagements. The team spent the past month heads-down to ship AI message generation, AI cover generation, and context-aware AI personalization that automate email card workflows at scale. A limited run of a few thousand lifetime licenses is reserved exclusively for the AppSumo community—this momentum wouldn’t be possible without the support of Sumo-lings reading this.

Why we're back: to give the community a faster, more personal alternative to generic mass emails.

What changed since the previous campaign: prompt-driven covers, AI copy, and personalization that reads like 1:1 notes—now for hundreds at once.

What this campaign aims to achieve: put human-feeling outreach on autopilot, gather feedback from Sumo-lings, and co-build the next wave of features together.

Welcome Back, Sumo-Lings! Introducing CardClan: Personalized Engagement Made Easy

Exciting news for the AppSumo community! After a phenomenal response over the last two years with thousands of requests for our Lifetime Deal, CardClan is back, and it's better than ever!

Who's Loving CardClan?

Our platform has become a favorite tool among email marketers, personal brands, and team managers. They've found immense value in our unique approach to enhancing client relationships and team engagement. Don't miss out on their success stories, now featured on our website!

What's CardClan All About?

With decade-long expertise in client relations across seven successful businesses, I've crafted CardClan to fill a critical gap in personalized communication. It's not just about what you communicate; it's how you make your clients and employees feel valued and part of your success story.

Why Choose CardClan?

• For Business Owners: Go beyond the usual. Our bulk card-sending feature allows you to create meaningful touchpoints for every occasion - from meeting agendas to business reviews. And on top of it all you can fully white label CardClan.
• For Your Team: Celebrate their milestones digitally. Personalize cards for their professional or personal achievements and make them feel truly special.

How to use CardClan?

1. Choose a Design: Pick a pre-made card cover from our extensive library or create your own with Canva integration.
2. Personalize: Use our graphic editor to craft your message and enhance it with images from Pixabay, Imgur, or Pexels and canva.
3. Schedule and Send: Plan when your cards get delivered via email, you can do it automatically to a million users/team members by using CSV upload.
4. Collaborate: Share the digital card with colleagues or partners for collective message additions.
5. Automate: Set up automations to send cards on key triggers via Zapier and integrate with thousands of platforms that you use already and engage in a unique way .

Hey Sumo-Family - Nice to meet you after 4 long years, we previously had a successful launch when I was at ContentStudio, and now it’s leading SaaS in the social media marketing industry.

This is Adil - Co-Founder and CMO at CardClan, which I, along with 13 full-time people, found in October 2020. We have 110 customers already using the platform for their employees and customer-facing teams. ABSOLUTELY love the feedback we are receiving.

A quick brief on our background, I’ve led/worked with the customer-facing teams since 2009 and have spoken to over 10k businesses for different products and services, was kinda tired of communicating via automated closed-ended emails hence I tried CardClan idea using Canva back in the years when I was running my agency and my responses went drastically up and my customers and team members treated it as a wholly unique experience. That moment made me hire a team to build a SaaS model.

Here’s what CardClan has become now.

- A tool that can replace email communication via digital cards ( CRM Integration will be out soon)

- A platform where you can integrate your customer-facing teams to have a segregated list of clients to send engaging card messages.

- A dashboard where you can see how people are reacting to your cards and to the messages you added inside ( Will be out soon) https://cardclan.io/roadmap/

- A way to send soft meeting reminders, followups using Cards

- A Robust workspace where you can schedule overwhelming cards to recognize your employees and make them feel included, can be used by all team members

- A tactic to mitigate the risk of non-payment and billing-due scenarios, for sales teams

- An Ecosystem where you have top-tier customers, best teams to communicate and track (analytics will be there shortly) outcomes.

Taking the great relationship with the AppSumo team, we are willing to give this away as one-off price points with all features we are working on, Included,

We are going to be next Lemlist and ContentStdio soon, but Sumo-lings will always be closer to our hearts,

See you all inside! And let’s grow together! Sending blessings your way!

Hey, Sumo-lings! 👋

Thanks a lot for showing us massive support in the past 3 weeks. This has motivated the team a lot and the dev team is now operating at a swift pace. We have deployed 30 releases in the past couple of weeks targeting improvements and fixes:

These are the most exciting new features that we have added since the launch:

✅ (🚨JUST LIVE TODAY) Clickable CTAs in cards. Now you can add links to your landing pages or lead collection forms inside the card pages 🚀🚀

✅(🚨JUST LIVE TODAY) Now you can add GIFs to cards.

✅Smart crop to make the background of your card pages look amazing.

✅Added an option to upload custom cover designs.

✅6 new categories and 50+ card covers for businesses looking to reach out to more prospects, retain customers and collect some feedback.

✅A better mobile experience for recipients. Now they can view cards by swiping through pages.

What is on the horizon now?

✅ Now we are working to quickly release the bulk CSV upload and merge tags to make personalization at scale easier. SNEAK PEAK: https://www.loom.com/share/12d2fceeea3b4e9abb44eeedc6ce2bba

✅ Better analytics ( Card opens, replies, reactions)

✅ Automations ( Pabbly, Zapier, and custom webhooks. Also, native automation for different use cases)

🚨🚨Our plan is to make sure we can add maximum value to our customers. We are building this platform to rival unicorns in this space that focus on customer engagement and relationship management through personalized messaging and gifting. So, get in early and be a part of a movement that is going to redefine how we engage our customers.🚨🚨

**Important Note**

⭐On massive demand, we have increased the total number of custom email accounts allowed in the tier-7 plan to 50. Just to show our support to people that have put their trust in us.⭐

⭐DO YOU WANT TO SEND A TEST CARD AND SEE HOW IT LOOKS?

Go to this link: https://cardclan.io/send-demo-card/, and test it out.

FAQs

📍 Are the limits for cards and recipients renewed monthly?

Yes, the limits will be automatically renewed every month.

📍 Do you have a knowledge base?

Please see the link to the knowledgebase: https://intercom.help/cardclan-62cce5442c94/en

We are continuously adding more docs to make it easier for you guys to use CardClan.

Also, please subscribe to our youtube channel where we will be adding videos on how to use all the features: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmNkAUw0gOEE09arhMNU1rg

📍 How do we reach support?

You can contact us at [email protected] or click on the Intercom icon while using the app. Our world-class support team has a reply time of under 5 minutes.

📍 What kind of categories for pre-built designs do you have in CardClan?

You can find all the templates here: https://cardclan.io/design-categories/

📍 What is the maximum number of sub-accounts or workspaces I can have with CardClan?

Right now, the maximum number of workspaces is 30 in Tier-7. Grab them as soon as possible because after this launch there won’t