{"id":5813,"date":"2021-12-13T10:25:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helptest.mainbrainer.com\/knowledge-base\/double-opt-in-email-signups\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T04:47:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T04:47:57","slug":"double-opt-in-email-signups","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/crm\/signup-form\/double-opt-in-email\/","title":{"rendered":"Double Opt-In Email Signups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"aricle_container\">\n<p>In <a href=\"\/hc\/en_GB\/a-z-guide\/double-opt-in-signups\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">double opt-in Email signups<\/a>, customers need to additionally verify their Email address by clicking on a verification link sent to their Email address.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3319\" title=\"Double opt-in process explained\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/double-optin-process-explained.png\" alt=\"The double opt-in process explained \" width=\"640\" height=\"1047\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 24px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h2>How to Create a Double Opt-In Signup Form for Email Signups<\/h2>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Step 1<\/h3>\n<h3>Create a Landing page (Thank You page for successful Signups)<\/h3>\n<p>As per your design preferences, create a landing page that you would like to auto-send to successful signups. You could design this landing page as a thank you or a welcome page, or to send discount coupons, etc.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Step 2<\/h3>\n<h3>Create an Email with a Confirmed Opt-in verification button<\/h3>\n<p>Next, create an Email that you would like to auto-send to new signups for verifying their Email addresses.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1648 size-full\" title=\"Email main menu\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/create-email-start-menu.png\" alt=\"Double opt in email signups, create menu. Email is highlighted\" width=\"488\" height=\"634\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>Make sure that you add a button to this Email and select <strong>Confirmed opt-in verification<\/strong> as the button action <em>(highlighted in the screenshot below).<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3327\" title=\"Email opt-in button action\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-opt-in-verification-button.png\" alt=\"Double opt in email signups, button settings. Button action field highlighted\" width=\"640\" height=\"516\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>Use the next field <strong>Select thank you page*<\/strong> to select the landing page that you would like to auto-send to people who click the <strong>Confirm Signup<\/strong> button <em>(As created in Step 1).<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3336 size-full\" title=\"Email opt-in button verification thank you page\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/email-opt-in-verification-select-thank-you-page.png\" alt=\"Double opt in email signups, submission. Thank you page selection field highlighted\" width=\"567\" height=\"368\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Step 3<\/h3>\n<h3>Create an Email Double Opt-In Template (the Verification Email)<\/h3>\n<p>Create an Email Double Opt-in Template to create the Email you would like to send as the second step of signup verification. When creating the <a href=\"\/hc\/en_GB\/a-z-guide\/email-double-opt-in-template\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Email Double Opt-In template<\/a>, use the field highlighted in the screenshot below to select the relevant Email campaign with a confirmed opt-in verification button<em>&nbsp;(As created in Step 2 above).<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1650\" title=\"Double opt-in process email campaign\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/select-email-design-distribution.png\" alt=\"Double opt in email signups, select email campaign\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 24px 0;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Step 4<\/h3>\n<h3>Create a Landing page with a Signup widget<\/h3>\n<p>Create a landing page with a <a href=\"\/hc\/en_GB\/landing-pages\/builder\/signupform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Signup Form widget<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1651\" title=\"Landing page workspace\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/landing-page-signup-form-email.png\" alt=\"Double opt in email signups, landing page workspace. Insert signup form widget\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p>Subsequently, select the Opt-in type and relevant Double Opt-in Template. Here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<p>Use the <strong>Fields<\/strong> sub-tab under the <strong>Settings<\/strong> tab to add the <strong>Email<\/strong> field to your signup widget. Toggle the button highlighted as 1 to enable a <strong>Double Opt-In<\/strong> process for the customers who sign up using this form.<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1652\" title=\"Double Opt-In process for the customers \" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/landingpage-signup-double-optin.png\" alt=\"Double optin email signups settings. Alternative double opt-in confirmation, email highlighted\" width=\"640\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Then, use the field highlighted in the screenshot below to select the <strong>Email Double Opt-In Template<\/strong> that you would like to auto-send to the successful signups <em>(As created in Step 3 above).<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 14px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1653 size-full\" title=\"Email Double Opt-In Template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/landingpage-double-optin-email.png\" alt=\"Double opt-in email signup settings. Select email trigger double opt-in template\" width=\"544\" height=\"219\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 20px 0;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">And that\u2019s it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Add other design elements to your landing page as per your preferences, and <a href=\"\/hc\/en_GB\/landing-pages\/send-lp\/sms-landing-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">send it to your target audience<\/a>!<\/p>\n<style>\n  .aricle_container p,.aricle_container li{color: rgba(0,0,0,.8)!important}<br \/>\n  .aricle_container span{color:#0070ba!important}<br \/>\n  .aricle_container li,.aricle_container blockquote{font-size:18px!important;font-weight: 400;}<br \/>\n  .aricle_container a{font-size:18px!important;color: #0070BA!important; text-decoration:none!important;background-image:none!important}<br \/>\n<\/style>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating Email sign-up forms for signing up customers&#8217; Emails via a double opt-in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[355],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-5813","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-add-contacts-via-signup-forms-en_gb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5813"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9782,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/5813\/revisions\/9782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=5813"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mainbrainer.com\/hc\/en_GB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=5813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}