Creating a Signup Form

With a signup form on your website, you give visitors the option to subscribe to your newsletters. New signups are added directly to your contact list.

New signup form

Go to Lists in the navigation menu and find the list you want to create a form for.

Then click the More icon more_horiz and select Signup forms. You will now see an overview of all available forms. Click New form to create a new one.

Settings

Give your form a clear name and optionally add tags. Tags are automatically applied to everyone who signs up via this form, helping you segment your contacts later on.

Confirmation email

Signup forms use double opt-in by default. This means new subscribers first receive a confirmation email with a link to complete their subscription. This ensures the email address is valid and the signup was intentional.

Under Confirmation email you can:

  • Select the language of the confirmation email.
  • Set up a custom confirmation email via Automations > Confirmations if you want to use your own template.

Design

Once all details are filled in, click Save and go to designer to open the form designer.

In the form designer, choose the fields you want to use, drag them onto your form, and adjust the styling to match your brand.

Embed on your website

When your form is ready, go back to its properties. Under Embed on your website, choose how you want to place the form on your site. There are three options:

  1. Direct link
  2. iFrame
  3. Without styling

Each method is explained below.

Direct link

The easiest method is to use a direct link. Copy the generated code and paste it into your website’s source code. This creates a link that directs to your generated signup form.

iFrame

If you select iFrame as the type, code will be generated that references a JavaScript file. Paste this code into your website’s source code to display the signup form in an iFrame. The form will look exactly as you designed it in the form wizard.

Without styling

If you want the form to fully match your website’s style, you can choose the embed code without styling. This generates the form without any default design, so you can style it yourself with CSS. For example:

#Inboxify label {float: left; margin-right: 15px; width: 100px;}
#Inboxify ul { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#Inboxify li { margin: .2em 0; }

Share

Under Share, you’ll find several options to share your signup form.

If you use a content management system like WordPress or want to share the link through your own email program, you can insert a link without using HTML code. Simply copy the form URL and paste it where needed.

To share your signup form on social media, click one of the social media icons. You can choose Facebook, Twitter (X), or LinkedIn.

Do you use other social media? No problem — just copy the form URL and share it on any other platform you like.