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Tools to collect email addresses

Do you know any free tool to collect email addresses from my landing page website or any technique to collect emails?

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    I've used Typeform in the past and really loved it. It has a great UI and a free tier. You can embed it on your landing page and use it to ask a few cursory questions along with asking for an email address:

    ConvertKit also has some nice features for landing pages and forms if you're willing to look at a paid option:

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      Thank you, this is what i was seeking. Typeform is perfect to collect email addresses.

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    You can add forms to a landing page with netlify. I've tried this a few times now, it works exactly as described and free upto 100/subs/month. Not sure how many subs you expect to get? You do not need a server. You can also add webhooks using zappier.

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      I don't know exactly how many subs to expect but i need email contacts for a new product for mobile developers.

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        What is your product? I am a mobile developer. I might be in your target audience.

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          Templates for mobile developers. Check the website in under construction megageneral.com

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        Probably, you can try https://hashforms.com

        You can collect some complex data as well easily. Plus 5000 subs/month is free in the free plan. Let me know if you need any help.

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    HubSpot is another one offering form functionality, although it does come with their branding unless you pay.

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    Consider a simple DIY single-field form + send to yourself via email

    *** Paste the following into your web page code: ***

    <form action="contactengineZ.php" method="post"> <div class="fields"> <div class="field halfcentered"> <input name="one_email_notice" id="one_email_notice" value="" placeholder="Email" type="email" /> </div> </div> <ul class="actions special"> <li><button class="button next" type="submit">Yes, Send <u>One</u> Email Notice</button></li> </ul> </form>

    *** AND, create and post another file on your website named contactengineZ.php with this code (change email and website to yours): ***

    `<?php

    $EmailFrom = “[email protected]";
    $EmailTo = "[email protected]";
    $Subject = “Email Signup from YourWebsite.com”;

    $One_email_notice = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['one_email_notice']));
    $Sendersubject = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['sendersubject']));
    $Message = Trim(stripslashes($_POST['message']));

    // validation
    $validationOK=true;
    if (!$validationOK) {
    print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=error.htm\">";
    exit;
    }

    // prepare email body text
    $Body = "";
    $Body .= "Subject: ";
    $Body .= $Subject;

    $Body .= "one_email_notice: ";
    $Body .= $One_email_notice;
    $Body .= "\n";

    // send email
    $success = mail($EmailTo, $Subject, $Body, "From: <$EmailFrom>");

    // redirect to success page
    if ($success){
    print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=http://yourwebsite.com/thank-you.html\">";
    }
    else{
    print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;URL=http://yourwebsite.com/index.html\">";
    }
    ?>`

    *** NOTE: I am a novice and this is hacked-together from code on StackOverflow, etc, so I'm sure there's a TON of room for improvement. Good luck! ***

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      I use firebase for this, thank you.

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    I use netlify. Before that I was using https://formspree.io

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    I have also tried mailchimp. You can hack it with your own custom css. The experience of designing it is not that good for me as a developer but you can do other things with it like send auto-responses etc.

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    Ton of stuff out there... most ESPs already offer up forms and popups and stuff you can embed. AddThis tends to be my go to, as well as Mailchimp's stuff (thought I'm moving from them soon since they've been raising my rates every single month).

    As a former Sumo, I have to mention Sumo.com as well. They offer a wide range of tools for collecting emails as well as an ESP component so it's a one stop shop for that kind of stuff.

    I thought I saw a list recently with a bunch of tools built by fellow IHers that probably has some similar tools, I'd do some searches and see.

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    If you are looking for a tool that will collect your E-mail addresses try this app ' emails-extractor ' this tool extract email addresses from both online and offline sources.

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      I use Firebase to store the addresses into a database and then export to Mailchimp.

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          Hey, I think it's a good idea and I think I would have used it to collect email and user data.
          Let me explain. To collect emails from potential users i had to create a website, a domain, code it and then promote it. It takes to much time for something I didn't know would work or not. And i was searching on the web some services, like typeform, google spreadsheet etc but not the right solution for me.

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