Collecting subscribers with lists and forms

Lists are the groups of people that receive your newsletters and campaigns in Newsletter & Campaign. People join a list through a form or popup on your website, through an import, or when you add them by hand. This article shows how to create a list and how to fill it from your website.

Create a list

1. Open Newsletter & Campaign from the product switcher.
2. Click Lists in the left menu.
3. Click Create new list.
4. Enter a Name, for example "Website signups".
5. Add a Description if you want to remember what the list is for.
6. Choose the Type and set the Status to Active.
7. Click Save.

Tip: if you clicked Set it up for me on the overview, a list for website signups already exists.

Let a website form fill the list

A form on your website can add everyone who submits it to a list. You connect the list in the settings of the form.

1. Open Forms from the product switcher.
2. Open the settings of the form you want to use.
3. Go to the Newsletter section.
4. Under Add people who submit to a newsletter list, choose your list.
5. Choose who joins: Everyone who submits (a signup form), or Only add people who tick this box for a form that is also for something else, like a contact form.
6. Save the form.

For the checkbox option, add the checkbox to the form in the form builder first. People who submit get an email to confirm their address. Once they confirm, the campaigns on that list start for them, such as a welcome series.

Open a list to check how people join it. The How people join this list card shows the connected website form, and Campaigns sent to this list shows which campaigns use it. If no form is connected yet, click Open Forms to connect one.

Add people to a list by hand

1. Open Lists and click Edit next to the list.
2. Click Add Subscriber.
3. Search for an existing contact by email or name, or enter a new email address and click Add Email.
4. Click Add Selected.

To add many people at once, import a CSV file. See Adding and importing contacts.

Remind people who did not confirm

A new subscriber stays Waiting to confirm until they click the link in the confirmation email. WEMASY sends reminders on the days you choose.

1. Open Project settings.
2. Go to the Newsletter tab.
3. Under Set Reminder Days for Unverified Contacts, set the number of days after signup for each reminder.
4. Click Add Reminder to add another reminder.
5. Save your settings.

The Schedule Preview shows on which days the reminders go out. At least one reminder is required. People who do not confirm in time get the status Not confirmed and receive nothing.

Frequently asked questions

Related: Creating a form and Getting started with Popups.