diff --git a/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/notification/admin/notification.spec.ts b/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/notification/admin/notification.spec.ts
index a2f1975f29..a379d3cc2b 100644
--- a/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/notification/admin/notification.spec.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/notification/admin/notification.spec.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
             trigger_type: "order-created",
             resource_id: "order-id",
             resource_type: "order",
+            content: {
+              subject: "We received you order",
+              html: "<p>Thank you<p>",
+            },
           } as CreateNotificationDTO
 
           const result = await service.createNotifications(notification)
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
             })
           )
 
+          expect(result).toHaveProperty("content")
+
           expect(fromDB).toEqual(
             expect.objectContaining({
               to: "test@medusajs.com",
@@ -83,6 +89,8 @@ medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
             })
           )
 
+          expect(fromDB).not.toHaveProperty("content")
+
           expect(logSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
             `Attempting to send a notification to: 'test@medusajs.com' on the channel: 'email' with template: 'order-created' and data: '{\"username\":\"john-doe\"}'`
           )
diff --git a/packages/core/types/src/notification/common.ts b/packages/core/types/src/notification/common.ts
index 963eb85347..0c975d9d62 100644
--- a/packages/core/types/src/notification/common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/types/src/notification/common.ts
@@ -176,3 +176,23 @@ export interface FilterableNotificationProps
    */
   created_at?: OperatorMap<string>
 }
+
+/**
+ * @interface
+ *
+ * The structure for content passed to the notification provider.
+ */
+export interface NotificationContent {
+  /**
+   * the subject of the notification
+   */
+  subject?: string
+  /**
+   * the text content of the notification
+   */
+  text?: string
+  /**
+   * the html content of the notification
+   */
+  html?: string
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/types/src/notification/mutations.ts b/packages/core/types/src/notification/mutations.ts
index 7501f941cf..004fdc4f53 100644
--- a/packages/core/types/src/notification/mutations.ts
+++ b/packages/core/types/src/notification/mutations.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { NotificationContent } from "./common"
+
 /**
  * @interface
  *
@@ -21,6 +23,10 @@ export interface CreateNotificationDTO {
    * The data that gets passed over to the provider for rendering the notification.
    */
   data?: Record<string, unknown> | null
+  /**
+   * The content that gets passed over to the provider.
+   */
+  content?: NotificationContent | null
   /**
    * The event name, the workflow, or anything else that can help to identify what triggered the notification.
    */
diff --git a/packages/core/types/src/notification/provider.ts b/packages/core/types/src/notification/provider.ts
index 1ba8207c39..ff98475376 100644
--- a/packages/core/types/src/notification/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/core/types/src/notification/provider.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Attachment } from "./common"
+import { Attachment, NotificationContent } from "./common"
 
 /**
  * @interface
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ export type ProviderSendNotificationDTO = {
    * The data that gets passed over to the provider for rendering the notification.
    */
   data?: Record<string, unknown> | null
+  /**
+   * The content that gets passed to the provider.
+   */
+  content?: NotificationContent | null
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/modules/notification/integration-tests/__tests__/notification-module-service/index.spec.ts b/packages/modules/notification/integration-tests/__tests__/notification-module-service/index.spec.ts
index d459436a2d..7865e45559 100644
--- a/packages/modules/notification/integration-tests/__tests__/notification-module-service/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/notification/integration-tests/__tests__/notification-module-service/index.spec.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,30 @@ moduleIntegrationTestRunner<INotificationModuleService>({
         )
       })
 
+      it("should send a notification and don't store the content in the database", async () => {
+        const notification = {
+          to: "admin@medusa.com",
+          template: "signup-template",
+          channel: "email",
+          data: {},
+          content: {
+            html: "<p>Welcome to medusa</p>",
+          },
+        }
+
+        const result = await service.createNotifications(notification)
+        const dbEntry = await service.retrieveNotification(result.id)
+
+        expect(dbEntry).toEqual(
+          expect.objectContaining({
+            provider_id: "test-provider",
+            external_id: "external_id",
+            status: NotificationStatus.SUCCESS,
+          })
+        )
+        expect(dbEntry).not.toHaveProperty("content")
+      })
+
       it("should emit an event when a notification is created", async () => {
         const notification = {
           to: "admin@medusa.com",
diff --git a/packages/modules/providers/notification-sendgrid/integration-tests/__tests__/services.spec.ts b/packages/modules/providers/notification-sendgrid/integration-tests/__tests__/services.spec.ts
index e312be4447..40ee377b0b 100644
--- a/packages/modules/providers/notification-sendgrid/integration-tests/__tests__/services.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/providers/notification-sendgrid/integration-tests/__tests__/services.spec.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ jest.setTimeout(100000)
 describe.skip("Sendgrid notification provider", () => {
   let sendgridService: SendgridNotificationService
   let emailTemplate = ""
+  let emailContent = ""
   let to = ""
   beforeAll(() => {
     sendgridService = new SendgridNotificationService(
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ describe.skip("Sendgrid notification provider", () => {
     )
 
     emailTemplate = process.env.SENDGRID_TEST_TEMPLATE ?? ""
+    emailContent = `<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html dir="ltr" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><meta charset="UTF-8"></head><body>Welcome to medusa</body></html>`
     to = process.env.SENDGRID_TEST_TO ?? ""
   })
 
@@ -35,6 +37,41 @@ describe.skip("Sendgrid notification provider", () => {
     expect(resp).toEqual({})
   })
 
+  it("sends an email with the specified email body", async () => {
+    const resp = await sendgridService.send({
+      to,
+      channel: "email",
+      template: "signup-template",
+      content: {
+        subject: "It's a test",
+        html: emailContent,
+      },
+      data: {
+        username: "john-doe",
+      },
+    })
+
+    expect(resp).toEqual({})
+  })
+
+  it("throws an exception if the subject is not present for html content", async () => {
+    const error = await sendgridService
+      .send({
+        to,
+        template: "signup-template",
+        channel: "email",
+        content: { html: emailContent },
+        data: {
+          username: "john-doe",
+        },
+      })
+      .catch((e) => e)
+
+    expect(error.message).toEqual(
+      "Failed to send email: 400 - The subject is required. You can get around this requirement if you use a template with a subject defined or if every personalization has a subject defined."
+    )
+  })
+
   it("throws an exception if the template does not exist", async () => {
     const error = await sendgridService
       .send({
diff --git a/packages/modules/providers/notification-sendgrid/src/services/sendgrid.ts b/packages/modules/providers/notification-sendgrid/src/services/sendgrid.ts
index 987977c89f..23b80d2994 100644
--- a/packages/modules/providers/notification-sendgrid/src/services/sendgrid.ts
+++ b/packages/modules/providers/notification-sendgrid/src/services/sendgrid.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ type InjectedDependencies = {
   logger: Logger
 }
 
+type MailContent = Required<Omit<NotificationTypes.NotificationContent, "text">>
+
 interface SendgridServiceConfig {
   apiKey: string
   from: string
@@ -59,14 +61,32 @@ export class SendgridNotificationService extends AbstractNotificationProviderSer
 
     const from = notification.from?.trim() || this.config_.from
 
+    let mailContent:
+      | MailContent
+      | {
+          templateId: string
+        }
+
+    if ("content" in notification && !!notification.content) {
+      mailContent = {
+        subject: notification.content?.subject,
+        html: notification.content?.html,
+      } as MailContent
+    } else {
+      // we can't mix html and templates for sendgrid
+      mailContent = {
+        templateId: notification.template,
+      }
+    }
+
     const message: sendgrid.MailDataRequired = {
       to: notification.to,
       from: from,
-      templateId: notification.template,
       dynamicTemplateData: notification.data as
         | { [key: string]: any }
         | undefined,
       attachments: attachments,
+      ...mailContent,
     }
 
     try {