What is it?
Buildfast is a powerful tool that transforms your Notion pages into a polished, professional blog within minutes, without needing any coding skills. It’s designed to make blogging as simple as copying, pasting, and publishing, and it offers a streamlined experience for creating a lifetime deal blog.
Buildfast Features
Buildfast provides a set of features designed to streamline your blogging workflow and ensure your content looks great. These capabilities enhance both the aesthetic appeal and the functionality of your blog.
Launch in Minutes
Quickly establish your blog with Buildfast’s swift setup and adaptable customization features. Its straightforward process lets you start publishing your content in mere minutes.
Host on Your Domain
Showcase your blog on your own domain for a smooth and branded experience, offering a professional look and enhancing credibility.
SEO-Friendly Setup
Improve your online visibility using built-in Google-friendly SEO settings, crafted to help your content rank higher in search results.
Integrated Newsletter
Expand your audience through an embedded newsletter and notification system, making it simple to engage with your readers and keep them updated on your latest posts.
AI Content Helper
Utilize the AI helper to improve your content creation process. It provides rapid outlines and evaluates your blog posts, offering suggestions for improvement.
Complete Brand Control
Adjust every element, from fonts and colors to calls-to-action (CTAs) and layouts, ensuring your blog precisely aligns with your brand.
Lightning Fast
Achieve superior PageSpeed scores due to an optimized infrastructure, resulting in quicker loading times and enhanced user experience.
Responsive Design
Your blog will look impeccable across various devices, guaranteeing a great user experience whether on mobile, tablet, or desktop.
Multi-Author Support
Create authority through dedicated author pages and collaborative team articles, improving your blog’s visibility and credibility.
Buildfast FAQ
What Notion blocks are supported?
Buildfast supports a variety of Notion blocks. You can find the detailed list of supported and unsupported blocks in our help articles: Notion Blocks Supported.
Can Buildfast include other templates like wikis or help centers?
Currently, Buildfast is focused on blog functionality. For other types of templates, you can explore our other product: synced.so.
Why don’t my Notion blocks show up when I publish through Buildfast?
Make sure to refer to the list of supported blocks to verify if the blocks you’re using are supported. A list of supported blocks can be found here: Notion Blocks Supported.
Are there dedicated pages for blog categories?
Yes, there are built-in category pages, each featuring a description and all blogs under that specific category. You can view these pages by clicking on a category link within a blog.
Can I monetize my blog with paid articles or memberships?
Currently, Buildfast does not offer paywall features. However, if there is significant demand, this capability may be explored in the future.
Can I connect Google Sheets to Buildfast?
You can use Google Sheets with Notion, and since Buildfast picks up content from Notion, that workflow will work too.
If I reach my article limit, can I continue to publish?
Yes, you can still publish after reaching the article limit. The newest articles will replace the oldest ones.
What does unlimited blogs on sub-domains and SSL mean with article limits?
You can create an unlimited number of blogs on different subdomains, designs, domains, and hosting, but the number of articles is limited as it incurs a cost on our side.
Does Buildfast host the data or is it just a theme?
We extract your content from Notion and host it on our infrastructure for optimal performance. It’s not simply a theme; it’s a full hosting solution.
Does Buildfast support multiple languages?
You can create content in any language and your blog will be displayed in that language. Support for customizing UI elements for multi-language blogs is coming soon.
Can different blogs have content from different Notion users?
Yes, each blog can pull content from different Notion users or workspaces. You are not limited to a single Notion source for all your blogs.
Why no templates?
Buildfast is designed specifically for blog creation with customization options instead of templates. This allows you to design your blog directly from your Notion content.
What does the AI do?
The AI provides tools like blog analyzers and outline generators to enhance your content and improve blog structure.
Can Buildfast be embedded into my custom website?
Buildfast is a blog and should ideally run on a sub domain or under the /blog path of your website.
Can I add RSS feeds?
Yes, the ability to add RSS feeds to your blog pages is on our roadmap and will be rolled out.
Can I use Buildfast without a custom domain?
Yes, your blog will exist by default on [blogname].buildfastblog.com.
How can I sync Notion changes?
Go to your blogs dashboard and click “Regenerate All Pages”. This updates all pages from Notion.
Can I create custom pages?
While not available currently, the option to create custom pages is on our roadmap. It will allow you to create extra pages like a Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions page.
Can I use Buildfast to build Landing Pages?
Currently Buildfast is designed specifically for blogs. For creating landing pages you would need to use a specific landing page builder.
Can I add custom javascript widgets?
Yes, any widget using custom Javascript script, it’s up to the script how it can be displayed on the site.
Conclusion
Buildfast is a great tool for individuals and businesses looking to quickly create a professional blog using their existing Notion content. Its user-friendly interface and SEO-optimized structure make it particularly suitable for those who want to bypass the complexities of traditional platforms like WordPress. While it may not be the right choice for those needing to create a full-fledged website, its focus on blogging and integrated features make it a strong contender for anyone looking for a simple and effective way to manage their content and audience. Buildfast is certainly a tool for those who want a lifetime deal without the hassle of managing complex web systems. It is ideal for those who are already in the Notion ecosystem.
