Email & Notifications | ShipSaaS Documentation | ShipSaaS

The boilerplate provides a comprehensive email and notification system that automatically handles user communications, from authentication emails to subscription updates and custom notifications.

Perfect for: Transactional emails, user notifications, authentication flows, subscription communications, and organization invites.

System Overview

The email and notification system consists of three integrated components:

Resend Integration

13 specialized email functions
Development/production mode handling
Automatic email template rendering
Multi-language support

Core service: src/services/email-service.ts

Environment Setup

Required environment variables for the email system:

# Resend Configuration
RESEND_API_KEY="your-resend-api-key"
EMAIL_FROM="noreply@yourdomain.com"

# App Configuration
NEXT_PUBLIC_APP_URL="https://yourdomain.com"

How It Works

The system automatically handles emails through three main flows:

Better Auth Integration - Authentication emails (reset, verification, magic link, OTP)
Notification Service - User notifications with optional email sending
Direct Email Service - Custom transactional emails (subscriptions, invites)

Email & Notifications Topics

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Resend Setup

Configure Resend API and basic email service functions

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React Email Templates

Professional email templates with Tailwind CSS styling

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Notification System

Smart notifications with user preferences and email integration

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Email Workflows

Complete email flows for auth, subscriptions, and organizations

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Customization

Create custom templates and extend the notification system

Email system ready! Your application has professional transactional emails, smart notifications, and seamless Better Auth integration.