Long-term projects require careful planning of time and resources. Building promotional holiday signup forms or running time-sensitive sales or events can benefit significantly from the well-planned scheduling of your signup forms.
Before You Begin
Scheduling allows you to make your signup form live starting from a specific date, during particular timeframes, or ending at a specific date;
You can schedule landing pages, flyouts, and popup signup forms in Omnisend;
To make the form live, you need more than just to schedule it; you need to turn it on, and only then will the scheduling act as set up in Form Builder. Read more in the FAQ section.
Scheduled forms are enabled at 12 AM based on the timezone set in your Contact information (My profile icon in the bottom right corner → Store Settings → Contact information and scroll down to the end of the page)
Setup Process
Step 1. From the Forms tab, create a new signup form (landing page, flyout, or popup), use the one you already have, and click edit.
Step 2. Style your form. You can make changes to the title, description, or image with little effort. In addition, collecting additional information from your customers, such as their phone number, birthday, or even a custom field, is easy.
Step 3. To schedule your forms once the design is ready, go to → Behaviour settings → Scheduling.
You can choose when to start showing the form and when to turn it off. The options include always selecting a start date and selecting an end date. You can select either of the options or both. Continue reading to learn how scheduling works.
Select Start Date:
Click the Select start date button to choose the date and time when the form will begin appearing on your website.
The selected start time is displayed in your account's timezone (e.g., GMT +02:00).
Select End Date:
Click the Select end date button to set the date and time when the form will stop being displayed.
This ensures the form automatically turns off after the specified time.
If you select both Start and End Dates:
If you already know when your marketing campaign starts and ends, simply select the start date and end date.
The form will only be visible during the specified time frame.
The form will automatically appear on your site at the start date and disappear after the end date.
Review the Schedule:
Once the start and end dates are set, you'll see them displayed in the format
Dec 12, 2024, 12:02:00 PMfor clarity.Double-check the dates and times to ensure they align with your campaign goals.
Step 4. Once you're happy with everything, including the design and the scheduling, you can turn it on by clicking Enable.
Not Available Message
Since Landing pages are accessed by clicking the link, we developed a feature that would display a message stating that the page could not be accessed if a user clicked the link before your promotion was scheduled.
By clicking Not Available at the bottom menu, you can edit the not available message so that your customers know if the offer has expired or not started yet when you set up the scheduling.
FAQ
Will it still work if I only schedule the form and save it but forget to turn it on?
No, the form won't work if it's only saved but not enabled. Even if scheduling is set, you must enable the form since scheduling starts working only after the form is enabled. Once enabled, you will see the form live in the Forms tab; however, it will only work according to its scheduling rules. It will not be live if it is scheduled for the future. The same applies to expired forms. The form will no longer be shown after clicking on the link because the scheduling date has ended, but the form will be shown as active in the Forms tab because it's enabled.
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