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# Collect Newsletter Sign-ups on Your Website

> Add a sign-up form to your site with the builder AI, and see each sign-up arrive with the visitor's consent to your emails

A sign-up form on your site turns visitors into people you can email. With Hiveku, each sign-up is saved as a form submission and a contact, and when the visitor ticks the box to get your emails, Hiveku records that consent.

This guide adds a "Get roast news" sign-up to Northwind's Pearl District site and signs up once as a test visitor.

## Ask the builder AI for the form

Open the website in the builder and tell the AI what you want in the chat: where the form goes, its heading, an email field, a box for consent to your emails (unticked, so visitors choose), and a button. Ask for each sign-up to be saved in Hiveku so it becomes a contact.

![The chat message: Add a newsletter sign-up to the bottom of the home page, just above the footer: a heading Get roast news, an email field, an unticked box Email me roast news and offers, and a Sign up button. Save each sign-up as a form submission in Hiveku so it becomes a contact. Outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/paR3MXw459r7UoVj/images/how-tos/email-marketing/nl-01-ask-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=paR3MXw459r7UoVj\&q=85\&s=c11bba7aa0acf67e757af4105fd62782)

The request

The AI adds the section and connects it to Hiveku's form capture. Check it in the preview.

![The section Get roast news, with the Email address field, the Sign up button and the unticked box Email me roast news and offers](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/paR3MXw459r7UoVj/images/how-tos/email-marketing/nl-02-the-form-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=paR3MXw459r7UoVj\&q=85\&s=c388525e48782edf6372340c5dc73797)

The new sign-up section

## Publish, then try it

Sign-ups are saved from your published site, not from the preview inside the builder. Publish the site, or first publish it to **Development** to test it there: click **Deploy**, then **Deploy** on the environment you want (see [Publish Your Changes](/how-tos/site-builder/publish.md)).

**1. Sign up as a visitor**

Open the published site, type an email address, tick the consent box, and click **Sign up**. Use your own address or a test one.

![The Email address field with rosa.lindqvist@example.com, the ticked box Email me roast news and offers, and the Sign up button, each outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/paR3MXw459r7UoVj/images/how-tos/email-marketing/nl-03-sign-up-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=paR3MXw459r7UoVj\&q=85\&s=40c99d2f40ddb7c2a9e31a03e3db6852)

A test sign-up, with consent

**2. See what the visitor sees**

The form thanks them in place.

![Get roast news, with Thanks for signing up. Keep an eye on your inbox for notes from the roastery, outlined](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/paR3MXw459r7UoVj/images/how-tos/email-marketing/nl-04-thanks-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=paR3MXw459r7UoVj\&q=85\&s=08d7d40227f1b57cc6921fb7653609cb)

The thank-you message

## See the sign-up arrive

In the builder, click your site's name at the top left, then **Forms**. The sign-up is under **Submissions**. Click it to see what was sent: the email address and **Marketing consent: yes**. **Who was told** shows the team members who got an email about it.

![The submission from rosa.lindqvist@example.com on newsletter-form, with Email rosa.lindqvist@example.com and Marketing consent yes, outlined, and Who was told, Emailed](https://mintcdn.com/locusdigital/paR3MXw459r7UoVj/images/how-tos/email-marketing/nl-05-submission-closeup.webp?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=paR3MXw459r7UoVj\&q=85\&s=b82ded70be50cf7f1f1721dfe97d0e2c)

The sign-up, with the visitor's consent

The visitor is also added to **CRM**, **Contacts**, as a lead, with the form submission in their activity. See [See Who Filled In Your Forms](/how-tos/site-builder/form-submissions.md) for more on the Forms page.

## Good to know

* **Consent is recorded.** When the box is ticked, Hiveku records that the person agreed to your marketing emails, so they can be included when you [build an audience to email](/how-tos/email-marketing/build-an-audience.md).
* **Keep the box unticked by default.** The visitor should choose to get your emails.
* **Test on the published site.** A sign-up in the builder's preview is not saved.
* **Next:** [Create, Test and Send an Email Campaign](/how-tos/email-marketing/send-a-campaign.md).


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