Ship the site before
you ship the product.
Launch page, changelog, Stripe checkout, and a launch email list — all on one stack. No Carrd plus Substack plus ConvertKit plus Zapier. One subscription. Your domain.
Atelier
Atelier
Apple-inspired light theme for indie makers.
Live Preview →Everything a solo SaaS founder needs on launch day
Launch page, changelog, launch email list, Stripe — one stack, one subscription.
A clean headline-and-buttons hero, ready to edit
Atelier is a light theme whose home page opens with a large headline, a tagline and two buttons, followed by a featured-post grid and a call-to-action card. For social proof, add the Testimonial block on a page. Swap the copy and publish.
Changelog post type with RSS + IndexNow
Every micro-SaaS needs a changelog and nobody wants to maintain one. Pick Changelog as the post type when you write one — VeloCMS auto-tags it, and you note the version number and category in your title or tags by hand (there's no dedicated version/badge field yet). Changelog posts appear on your /changelog page and, like every post, in your site's RSS feed; there is no changelog-only feed. An IndexNow ping tells Bing and Yandex about the update when you publish.
AI copy assist in the editor
A one-person team writes copy the same week it writes code. The editor's AI assist can rewrite headlines, expand bullet points into body paragraphs, and generate SEO meta, using your own AI key (Gemini, Anthropic or OpenAI) or the platform default. Requests are routed through VeloCMS to the provider. Your key, your prompts, your budget.
Stripe checkout for one-time purchases and subscriptions
Sell a $49 lifetime licence, a $9 monthly plan, or both. VeloCMS uses your Stripe account directly, so refunds, disputes, and tax handling live in one dashboard you already check. Checkout supports Apple Pay, Google Pay, Link, and every regional method Stripe ships out of the box.
Launch email list with double opt-in
Add the Newsletter Subscribe block to your launch page, collect emails into your subscriber list, optionally require a double-opt-in confirmation email, then export the list as CSV the minute you are ready to launch. No Mailchimp tax for storing a pre-launch list that has not hit a thousand addresses yet.
Light pages with a script budget
VeloCMS renders pages on the server, and the marketing pages on velocms.org are held to a 150 KB script budget in CI. A small script footprint helps LCP and the Lighthouse score.
VeloCMS vs Carrd vs Framer
| Feature | VeloCMS | Carrd | Framer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Changelog post type + site RSS | Yes | No | No |
| IndexNow ping on publish | Yes | No | No |
| Stripe one-time + subscription | 0% fee | Paid plan | Add-on |
| Newsletter signup block + CSV export | Yes | Paid plan | Yes |
| AI copy assist (BYOK) | Yes | No | Limited |
| Custom domain included | Yes | Paid plan | Paid plan |
| Full data export | Yes | HTML only | Paid plan |
Frequently asked questions
Can VeloCMS replace my Carrd landing page and Notion changelog?
Yes, and it consolidates them under one domain. Your launch landing page lives as a static page, your changelog posts as a tagged blog feed, and your Stripe checkout as a product page you link to — all on the same site without a redirect maze. Carrd caps you at a single page with no blog feed; VeloCMS gives you a full publishing platform where the changelog, launch page, and email capture coexist.
Can my changelog update automatically from GitHub releases?
Not out of the box: VeloCMS does not read GitHub releases. Write the changelog post yourself, pick Changelog as the post type, and publish; each publish pings IndexNow, which Bing and Yandex use. To automate part of it, a script or GitHub Action can create posts through the REST API (POST /api/v1/posts, with a posts:write API key, on Pro and above), and an outbound webhook on publish can notify your own tools.
Does the trial include a custom domain?
Yes. The trial runs on the paid plan you pick, and custom domains (your own .com or .io) are available on Pro at $9/month and above, trial included. Until you connect one, your blog publishes to a yourname.velocms.org subdomain. Add your domain in Admin → Settings → Branding, point a CNAME at the target it shows, and the platform handles SSL provisioning automatically.
How does BYOK Stripe work for selling a SaaS product?
In Admin → Settings → Membership, you connect your own Stripe account by pasting your Stripe secret key. You keep 100% of revenue minus Stripe's standard 2.9% + 30¢ per transaction — VeloCMS charges 0% platform fee. You create products in Admin → Products and link to the product page from any post or page. For a $19/mo SaaS tool, that's about $18.15 per subscriber per month reaching your Stripe account directly.
Which theme is recommended for indie makers?
Atelier — Apple-inspired light palette, generous whitespace, and product-screenshot-forward layout. It communicates 'design-led product' without the complexity of a full web app. Paired with a monospace code block for technical snippets and a clean table block for feature comparison, it covers every surface an indie maker needs: launch page hero, changelog feed, and a pricing section. Ships free on every plan.
Can I run a paid newsletter for my product users alongside the blog?
Yes. Set up the newsletter in Admin → Newsletter. You can send a campaign to all subscribers, free members, paid members, or a tag — free subscribers get your public launch updates, paid subscribers get early access posts and behind-the-scenes product notes. Each newsletter goes out via Resend. The same TipTap editor you use for blog posts handles newsletter composition — no separate tool.
Is there a built-in SEO scorer for product launch posts?
The SEO panel runs in the editor sidebar while you write. It checks title length, meta description, heading hierarchy, word count, image alt text, link count, paragraph length, whether the title's keywords appear in the first paragraph, and readability, and the AI-readability tab scores answer-first writing, FAQ structure, headings and list use. For a launch post targeting 'open-source Notion alternative', the panel tells you which of those checks fail so you can fix them before publishing — no plugin, no Yoast, no separate audit tool.
Can I migrate from Framer or Webflow to VeloCMS?
Yes. Your existing copy and images paste directly into the TipTap editor — no HTML stripping or reformatting needed. For Webflow CMS content, export your collection to CSV, then use Admin → Import → Webflow to bring it in. For Framer sites, there's no native export, but copying the page text section by section is straightforward for a typical launch page. VeloCMS preserves your slugs if you enter them manually, so your existing URLs can stay the same.
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