Terms.
The honest version of "Terms of Service." Read it; it's short.
01What honeyletter is
honeyletter is a daily good-news email, Monday through Friday at 7am ET. Five short stories, three minutes of reading. The base newsletter is free, supported by readers who choose to upgrade to honeyletter+.
honeyletter+ is the paid tier. Founding rate: $4.99/month or $49.99/year, available through Sunday, September 27, 2026. After that the standard rate is $7.99/month or $69.99/year. Founding members keep their rate for as long as their subscription stays active. There is no free trial: the founding rate is the introductory offer.
02Subscribing (free)
- Give us your email, click the confirmation link, and your first letter arrives the next weekday at 7am ET.
- Unsubscribe anytime with one click in any email. Takes effect immediately.
- No card required, no trial conversion, no catch.
03honeyletter+ subscriptions
- Pricing, founding rate $4.99/month or $49.99/year through Sunday, September 27, 2026, held for as long as your subscription stays active; standard rate $7.99/month or $69.99/year after that.
- Billing, payments on the web are processed by Stripe. Monthly subscribers are charged each month on the same day; annual subscribers are charged once a year. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled.
- Purchases through the app, subscriptions bought in the iOS app are processed by Apple and governed by Apple's terms. Manage or cancel those through your App Store account.
- Cancellation, cancel anytime through the Stripe customer portal, linked from your account. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period, and you keep access until then. No retention guilt-trip, no questions.
- Refunds, at our discretion. If something feels off, email hello@honeyletter.app, we'd rather make it right than have you stuck. Purchases made through the app are refunded by Apple under Apple's policy.
04Comp policy
If you can't afford it right now, email hello@honeyletter.app and you're comped. No proof needed, no questions asked, for as long as you need it. Paying subscribers quietly fund this, it's how honeyletter stays available to the people who need it most.
05What you can expect from us
- We try to ship a letter every weekday at 7am ET.
- We may miss days for holidays, illness, technical issues, or the occasional human screw-up. We don't owe you make-up letters.
- We won't run ads in the letter. We won't sell your email. We won't get sneaky.
06Content and ownership
- Stories featured in the letter are sourced from third-party publishers and credited with a link to the original.
- The editorial commentary, the curation, the original framing, that's © honeyletter.
- Forward letters freely to friends. Don't repost full letters publicly without permission.
- If you write to us and we want to quote you in a future letter, we'll ask first.
07What we ask of you
- Don't scrape the site or the archive.
- Don't impersonate honeyletter or its editor.
- Don't try to break the unsubscribe link in a way that floods the inbox.
- Be honest with us: about refund requests, comp requests, anything else. We'll be honest with you.
08The boring legal part
honeyletter is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We do our best, but we can't guarantee the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available at any particular moment.
Our maximum liability to you, for any claim arising out of these terms or the service, is the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim. For free subscribers, that's zero. We are not liable for indirect or consequential damages.
09Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York. Any disputes that can't be resolved by emailing us first will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in New York, NY, or, if both parties agree, through mediation.
10Changes
We may update these terms. If we make a material change, we'll email you at least 14 days before it takes effect. Continued use of honeyletter after the change means you accept the new terms; you can also unsubscribe and you'll never hear from us again.
11Contact
Questions, refund requests, comp requests, complaints: hello@honeyletter.app. Real human, real reply.