Notification Preferences

What Are Notification Preferences?

MakerVera sends email notifications on behalf of your makerspace — booking confirmations, event reminders, membership notices, and announcements. You can control which of these emails you receive from your Profile Settings tab.

Managing Your Preferences

1. Go to your Profile (click your name or avatar in the top right)
2. Select the Settings tab
3. Scroll to the Notification Preferences card

You’ll see a list of notification categories, each with an email toggle:

Category	What it includes	Can you turn it off?
Account & Transactional	Booking confirmations, payment receipts, password resets, security notices	No — these are required
Event Reminders	Reminders before and after events you’re registered for, and “attendance recorded” emails. If you teach, also your class emails (new signups, members leaving, your roster before each session, attendance reminders, cancelled sessions). If you can edit events, also any registration and cancellation alerts your makerspace has switched on.	Yes
Membership Notices	Membership expiry and renewal reminders	Yes
Announcements	Broadcast messages and other emails your makerspace writes itself (its own email templates)	Yes
Store Alerts	Low-stock and sold-out alerts for store managers. You only see this row, and only get these emails, if you can manage your makerspace’s store.	Yes

How Toggles Work

• Toggle off = you are opting out of that category. You will no longer receive those emails.
• Toggle on = you are opted in (the default). You will receive emails for that category.
• Changes take effect immediately — there is no save button. The toggle updates your preference as soon as you click it.

Required Notifications

Account & Transactional emails cannot be turned off. These include critical messages like payment receipts, booking confirmations, and security notices that are necessary for your account to function properly.

The toggle for this category appears locked with an explanation below it.

Unsubscribe Links in Emails

Every optional email has an Unsubscribe link at the bottom. It turns off that type of email only (for example, Event Reminders), and only for the makerspace that sent it. Your other email types and your other makerspaces are not changed.

1. Click Unsubscribe in the email. A MakerVera page opens showing the makerspace and the type of email. You don’t need to log in.
2. Press Confirm. Nothing is saved until you do, so opening the link by mistake changes nothing.
3. The page confirms you’re unsubscribed. The matching toggle in Profile → Settings is now off.

To get those emails again, turn the toggle back on in Profile → Settings (the page’s Manage email preferences link takes you there, through login if needed).

• Some mail apps, such as Gmail and Yahoo Mail, also show their own Unsubscribe button next to the sender’s name. It turns off the same type of email for the same makerspace, straight away, with no page to confirm. Turn it back on in Profile → Settings the same way.
• A link works for 90 days after the email was sent. After that, or for links in emails sent before this feature, the page says This link no longer works; use your Settings tab instead.
• Required emails (receipts, password resets, security notices) have no Unsubscribe link, and mail apps show no Unsubscribe button for them.
• If the page says an email type can’t be turned off, your makerspace now requires it.

What Happens When You Opt Out

When you opt out of a category:

• The system records your preference and stops sending you emails in that category.
• You can opt back in at any time by toggling the switch back on.
• Opting out does not affect transactional emails (receipts, security notices, etc.).
• Your preference applies only to the current makerspace. If you’re a member of multiple makerspaces, each has its own preferences.

Frequently Asked Questions

I opted out but still received an email?

Transactional emails (receipts, confirmations, security notices) are always sent regardless of your preferences. If the email you received falls into one of those categories, that’s expected. For optional categories, your opt-out takes effect immediately — including for any notifications that were already scheduled but haven’t been sent yet. Preferences are checked at the moment of sending, so even queued emails will be suppressed.

Can my makerspace admin override my preferences?

No. Your notification preferences are entirely under your control. Makerspace administrators cannot change your opt-out choices.

Can I opt out of all emails?

You can opt out of all optional categories (event reminders, membership notices, announcements and, for store managers, store alerts). Account & transactional emails are required and cannot be turned off.

I’m not receiving any emails at all

This may be a delivery issue rather than a preference issue. Check your spam folder first. If the problem persists, contact your makerspace administrator — they can check the delivery logs to see if emails to your address are being blocked or bouncing.