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Stop Chasing People for Decisions They'd Make in Seconds

ApproveThis removes the friction between the request and the decision. Approvers click Approve or Deny in email or Slack — no login, no account, no separate tool. Every decision is timestamped and logged.

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THE APPROVER'S EXPERIENCE

One Click in Their Inbox. Decision Logged, Audit Trail Complete.

The approval itself takes ninety seconds. Everything around it takes a week — the login, the dashboard, the ‘what’s the URL again?’ ApproveThis removes the wall between request and response.

How One-Click Email Approvals Work

The approval lands in the inbox with everything embedded — request details, file previews, context. The approver clicks Approve, Deny, or Request Changes without leaving email. The decision is captured with timestamp, IP, and authentication status.
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External Approvers: No Account, No Barrier

External approvers (clients, vendors, reviewers) respond the same way as internal team. Signed URL access gives a secure 7-day link, single-use. Every action logged to the same immutable record. Your client VP has never heard of your approval tool — and doesn’t need to.
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Security: Every One-Click Decision Is Fully Audited

One-click doesn’t mean uncontrolled. Every email approval uses a single-use token that expires after 24 hours. The audit trail captures who acted, when, how they authenticated, and from where.
Approval Activity Log

Set the Rules Once. The System Follows Up for You.

Steve responds to the first reminder. Janet needs three. David has been on vacation in Portugal — nobody told you. You are managing people’s attention manually, from memory, one reminder at a time.

Your team reclaims 10-20 hours per week.
  1. Day 0 Request sent

    Original approver notified by email.

  2. Day 2 Reminder 1

    First automated follow-up on the cadence you set.

  3. Day 4 Reminder 2

    Second automated follow-up -- still no response.

  4. Day 5 Escalated

    Request reroutes to the backup approver. Original approver notified.

  5. Day 5 Approved

    Backup approver responds in one click. Full audit trail preserved.

No reminders sent by hand. The system escalates automatically.

Vacation? Handled.

When an approver sets vacation dates, pending and incoming requests route to their designated delegate automatically. Same one-click experience, same record. When they return, delegation ends.

Configurable Reminders

Set reminder cadence once per workflow — frequency, timing, escalation thresholds. The system handles follow-up. Approvers who respond on the first try never see a reminder. Approvers who miss it get a follow-up on schedule, each one logged.

Escalation Rules

Unanswered requests escalate automatically — to a backup approver, a manager, or the next person in the chain. You define the trigger: missed reminders, elapsed time, or both. The original approver is notified. Every step recorded.

MEET APPROVERS WHERE THEY ARE

One Approval Request. Every Channel They Actually Use.

The client VP doesn’t check Slack. The designer never reads email past noon. The contractor wants a text. You blast everything through email and hope — and you can’t tell whether they saw it.

Email: One-Click Approvals with Full Context
Slack: Approve Directly from the Conversation
SMS: Critical Alerts That Cut Through the Noise
Webhooks: Push Approval Events to External Systems
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Email: One-Click Approvals with Full Context

The approval request arrives with everything the approver needs embedded directly in the email -- request details, file thumbnails, spreadsheet previews, PDF first pages. They click Approve, Deny, or Request Changes without leaving their inbox. Every one-click decision is timestamped and recorded.

Slack: Approve Directly from the Conversation

The native Slack app delivers approval requests with interactive Approve and Deny buttons right in the Slack message. Approvers respond without switching tools, without opening a browser, without breaking their flow. The decision is logged to the same record as every other channel.

SMS: Critical Alerts That Cut Through the Noise

Text alerts for critical approval events -- configurable by event type and priority level. When an approval is urgent and the approver is away from their desk, SMS reaches them where email and Slack cannot. Non-urgent notifications stay in the channels that handle volume. Urgent ones go straight to their phone.

Webhooks: Push Approval Events to External Systems

For teams that integrate approval workflows into larger operational systems, outbound webhooks push approval events -- created, approved, denied, cancelled -- to any external endpoint. Conditional logic controls which events fire. Retries handle failures automatically.

Every channel feeds the same approval record. Same audit trail, same status, same one-click decision.

You Control the Volume

Toggle notification types per event. Role-based defaults set new approvers up sensibly; individuals override for their own preferences. Every approver gets reached through the channel that works for them.

Notification settings

CONTEXT THAT STAYS WITH THE DECISION

Every Question and Rationale -- Attached to the Approval, Not Your Inbox.

The approval isn’t always one-click. Sometimes the approver has a question. Sometimes the client says ‘love it, but make the headline bigger.’ When discussion happens outside the approval, it fragments — nine emails across four inboxes, a Slack DM nobody saved.

Threaded Comments on Any Approval

Add comments at any stage — before, during, or after the decision. Rich text and @mentions tag the right people. Every stakeholder is notified.

The Audit Record Includes the Reasoning

Every comment is timestamped, attributed, and preserved in the immutable audit trail. When compliance reviews six months later, the rationale is there — who asked what, who answered, what informed the decision.

Client Feedback Stays Attached

For client approvals, threads eliminate feedback fragmentation. The revision request, internal discussion, updated deliverable, and final sign-off all live in the same approval. When a client says ‘that’s not what I asked for,’ the history shows what was discussed and approved.

An ApproveThis approval request for a vendor contract showing a threaded comment discussion between Legal and Procurement team members. Sarah Chen from Legal asks about an indemnification clause and @mentions David Park, who responds with confirmation. Sarah then acknowledges and approves. An Approved status badge connects the discussion to the final decision.

STAKEHOLDER VISIBILITY

Stay Informed Without Becoming a Bottleneck.

Maria walks into a leadership meeting and her CEO asks about the vendor contract. She doesn’t know — she wasn’t in the approval chain. Carl needs to see what’s being approved without becoming an approver. Oversight shouldn’t require a signature.

Watchers: Visibility Without Authority

Add watchers to any workflow — people who receive status updates without being in the approval chain. Watchers see when requests are submitted, approved, denied, or escalated. Up to 10 watchers per workflow.

Settings for Watchers

Watchers Can Contribute Without Blocking

Watchers can add comments without blocking the decision. Maria checks her dashboard Monday morning and walks into the meeting informed. Carl broadens oversight without slowing anything down.

Watcher Notification Customization

Approvals Close While You Focus on the Work That Matters.

Every feature you just read about is included on every plan.

ApproveThis starts at $19/mo with every feature included on every plan. No feature gates. Every capability available the moment you sign up.

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