How to Capture Emails

Looking to capture email addresses or create an email opt-in to grow your mailing list? You're in the right place!

Overview

There are a few ways you can collect email addresses on your Thinkific site:

Using a Lead Capture section
Through course sign-ups
Via third-party apps
Create an embed form with your email marketing platform
Add a pop-up form with your email marketing platform

Check out each of the sections below to learn more about the various ways you can capture user email addresses, and expand your mailing list!

Using a Lead Capture Section Type

We have recently introduced a Lead Capture section type that can be added to any of the following Site pages in Site Builder:

For more details, read our articles about how to create a Coming Soon page with a Leads Capture section and Managing Leads.

If you prefer to add this to section to a different page on your site, see Add a Site Builder Section.

Course Sign Ups

When a student signs up on your Thinkific site, their email address is added to your list of Users and is easily accessible in your Admin Dashboard. If you have integrated with an Email Marketing platform, these new students can also be added automatically to your desired mailing list! For more information, check out our overview article on Email Automation Apps.

If you don't have content ready just yet, but still want to use a course to capture emails, check out our Pre-Order option!

You can also consider creating a lead magnet that is included in a free mini-course or in a Free Preview lesson of your paid course!

Third-Party Apps

The Thinkific App Store contains a number of third-party solutions that can help you engage your visitors' attention and capture those all-important emails.

Hello Bar

Hello Bar is designed to help you optimize your Thinkific site and engage your students, so that you can continue selling to students and driving them to the course content that you want them to see.

Poptin

Poptin is a great option for users who want to gather more leads, promote sales or highlight the latest content through pop ups on their Thinkific site.

Popups

Popups and Tabs (Call To Action) is one of the most powerful and advanced popup solutions on the market. With this app, you can convert more traffic, collect more emails, and get more sales.

Popup and Popup Forms (by Smartarget)

Popup and Popup Forms are straightforward options to create popups on your site. Uses popups to create announcements, add promotions, show calls to action, or share new blog posts.

Sumo

Sumo makes a lot of free apps to help you with marketing your online content! For email capture, check out:

To set this up on your Thinkific site, see Installing the Sumo App.

Create an Embed Form With Your Email Marketing Platform

If you’re using an Email Marketing solution like MailChimp, you can easily create and embed an opt-in form for your mailing list on a Thinkific page.

To embed a form on your site:

Create your form and generate your embed code (here's a MailChimp example).
Copy the embed code
From your Admin Dashboard, select Design Your Site
In Site Pages, select a page to open in Site builder by clicking the pencil icon
Add a Text & Media section
Open the Text & Media section to view details
Delete any unwanted default text
Click the code () view in the Text Editor
Paste your embed code
Click the code () view button
Click Save

Add a Pop-Up Form with Your Email Marketing Platform

If you'd prefer to use a 'pop-up' form to collect emails, the set up will be slightly different.

To embed a pop-up form on your Course or Bundle landing page:

Create your form and generate your embed code (here's a MailChimp example).
Copy the embed code
In Thinkific, go to Manage Learning Products
Select Courses
Choose the course you'd like to add your pop-up email form to, and click on it to open it
Select the Settings tab
Select Page Code
Paste your embed code
Click Save

To embed a pop-up form on Bundle landing page:

Create your form and generate your embed code (here's a MailChimp example).
Copy the embed code
In Thinkific, go to Manage Learning Products
Select Bundles
Choose the bundle you'd like to add your pop-up email form to, and click on it to open it
Select the Settings tab
Select SEO & Page Code
Paste your embed code
Click Save

In this article: