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Answers about the Early Free Letter Guide, one-time Demo, Ongoing Private Threads, recipients, Codes, payments, refunds, and privacy.

What is SLOWKEPT?

SLOWKEPT helps adults prepare physical letters and, when useful, keep a private timeline of deliberately chosen updates around the letter. It is not a chat or social network.

What should I do first?

Start with the Early Free Letter Guide and write your letter privately. Create a Private Thread only when the physical letter is ready to be sent. Anyone who already has a Code can go directly to Enter a Code.

Is SLOWKEPT an AI letter writer?

No. SLOWKEPT provides prompts, structure, boundaries, and printable checks, but the writer chooses every word and keeps the complete letter outside the website.

Does SLOWKEPT store the full letter?

No. Do not upload the full text, scan, or photograph. The letter stays on paper or in a private tool you control.

What is the Early Free Letter Guide?

The Early Free Letter Guide offers gentle prompts to help you prepare a physical letter in your own words. It is free to use and does not require a Code. The Early Free Letter Guide is available in early access. Its prompts, order, and wording may continue to evolve as we refine it.

What is the First Private Thread Demo?

Each verified account can successfully create one First Private Thread Demo, once. The sender and recipient can each add up to two shared updates in the Demo's single round. An Ongoing Private Thread is a separate one-time purchase. A completed Demo remains available as a read-only record with its original Code, while the paid Thread receives its own active Code.

When is my Demo used?

Your one-time Demo is used only after the Demo Thread and its Code are successfully created. Opening the Start page or experiencing a failed creation does not use it.

Can I delete the Demo and start another one?

No. Deleting, archiving, abandoning, upgrading, refunding, or disputing a related paid product does not restore a used Demo. A verified technical failure may qualify for one audited administrator replacement.

Does replying to someone else's Demo use my Demo?

No. Participating as a recipient does not use your own account's Demo eligibility.

What is an Ongoing Private Thread?

An Ongoing Private Thread is a separate one-time purchase for continuing physical correspondence. A and B take turns. The person whose turn it is may add zero, one, or two optional shared updates before sending the next physical letter. Marking that letter as sent passes the Thread to the other person. The same active Thread and Code can continue across future letter rounds.

What does the shared timeline keep?

It keeps selected dates, physical-letter events, and shared updates deliberately submitted by a sender or recipient. It does not keep the full letter.

What is a private note?

A private note is attached to a timeline event for the account that created it. It is not shown to the other participant and is not a shared update.

What is a Private Thread Code?

A Private Thread Code is a private credential that opens one Thread. Share it only with the intended participant and do not post it publicly.

Does each physical letter need a new Code?

No. The same active paid Ongoing Private Thread Code continues across later physical-letter rounds. A completed Demo remains separate and read-only with its own Code.

Does the recipient need an account?

Not for the first entry. A recipient can enter a valid Code and submit a permitted update without creating an account. Saving the Thread to an account is optional.

Does the recipient have to pay?

No. A recipient is not charged to enter an existing Thread or submit a permitted recipient update.

Will the sender know that the recipient opened the page?

No. SLOWKEPT has no passive open tracking or read receipt. The sender sees only a shared update the recipient deliberately submits.

Does SLOWKEPT promise a reply?

No. The recipient may leave an update, need time, leave without acting, or never reply. SLOWKEPT does not pressure or guarantee a response.

What happens after a confirmed full refund?

The refunded order's unused paid access may be revoked. A paid Thread already created from that order becomes read-only, while existing shared history and each participant's existing private notes remain available. Unrelated valid purchases are not affected.

What happens during a payment dispute?

Related paid access may be temporarily suspended and an existing paid Thread may become read-only. If the provider resolves the dispute in SLOWKEPT's favor, eligible access is restored without resetting limits or creating duplicate credits.

Why might SLOWKEPT automatically refund a payment?

A verified payment-provider security warning, including an actionable Stripe early fraud warning, may trigger a full refund of the remaining refundable balance. This protects the payment system and is not an accusation that the account holder committed fraud.

Is SLOWKEPT a subscription?

No. Current paid products are designed as one-time digital purchases. The exact price, currency, taxes, and included access appear before checkout.

Can I use SLOWKEPT for an unsent letter?

Yes. Waiting or keeping the letter privately can be a complete outcome. A Private Thread is optional and should be created only when needed.

Is SLOWKEPT therapy, legal advice, or emergency support?

No. SLOWKEPT is a letter-preparation and private-timeline service, not professional care, legal advice, crisis support, or an emergency service.

How quickly does support reply?

We typically reply within 1–2 business days. Requests involving payment providers, identity checks, or complex account review may take longer.

What should I include in a support message?

Include the account email, order reference, and only the minimum Code detail needed, such as the last two characters. Do not send the full letter, complete Code, password, complete card number, or card security code.

Start with the Early Free Letter Guide.

Create a Private Thread only when the physical letter is ready, or enter a Code you already received.

What is free, printable, and paid

Three separate layers, compared by what is available today.

The Early Free Letter Guide, Starter Printables, and Complete Guides are separate products. Access to one does not automatically unlock another.

Available now · Free

Early Free Letter Guide

  • One early-access web guide that can be printed from the browser
  • Three core checks with six private note prompts
  • Three sample opening frames to adapt in your own voice
  • No Complete Guide PDF or Ongoing Private Thread is included

Free window or paid access

Starter printables

  • One verified account may activate one 60-minute free window
  • The free window covers pages 1, 3, 4, and 5 only
  • Paid printable access adds the complete seven-page kit and four separate PDFs
  • Printable access is separate from Complete Guides

Planned paid products

Complete Guides

  • Five planned, letter-specific Complete Guide PDFs
  • $9.90: choose one of the five Complete Guide PDFs and receive one Ongoing Private Thread
  • $19.90: receive all five Complete Guide PDFs and three Ongoing Private Threads
  • Paid checkout remains closed until every guide's title, page count, chapter list, prompt count, and included files are published

Only confirmed quantities are shown. SLOWKEPT will publish each Complete Guide's final title, page count, chapter list, prompt count, and included files before paid checkout opens.