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Automatic Aweber Signup After Buy -- How?

by zapseo
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I see that some folks manage to automatically sign people up to their email list after purchasing a product.

How does this work?

How can I make it happen?

Thanks!

Judy
#automatic #aweber #buy #signup
  • Profile picture of the author dwooding
    Hi Judy,

    Assuming the customer's information (like email, first and last name) is passed over from the payment processor, one way to automatically sign people up to your mailing list is to use a script that grabs the information passed over. Something like the following would be inserted in your php enabled thank you page and grab the customer's info and silently sign them up to your autoresponseplus 3 account.

    Probably would be best to have your thank you page prepopulate a email signup page for the customer who then clicks on a submit button if you are using a service like aweber or getresponse.

    Dave

    P.S. - replace "dollar_" with the actual dollar sign and the URL/ POSTFIELDS with the information appropriate to your autoresponder

    PHP: cURL - Manual

    dollar_first_name = dollar_POST['dollar_last_name'];
    dollar_last_name = dollar_POST['dollar_first_name'];
    dollar_email = dollar_POST['dollar_email'];
    dollar_ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt(, CURLOPT_URL,"http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/arp3/arp3-formcapture.pl");
    curl_setopt(, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
    curl_setopt(, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "first_name=".dollar_first_name."&last_name=".doll ar_last_name."&email=".dollar_email);
    curl_setopt(, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
    dollar_results = curl_exec (dollar_ch);
    curl_close (dollar_ch);
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  • Profile picture of the author ClickMonkey
    Originally Posted by zapseo View Post

    I see that some folks manage to automatically sign people up to
    their email list after purchasing a product. How does this work?
    How can I make it happen? Thanks!
    Hello! :-) Just a quick follow-up to the responses that have
    already been provided. It's my understanding that GetResponse
    integrates seamlessly with a sales management script called
    DL Guard. So when someone makes a purchase, their information
    is passed along to GetResponse automatically. This would not
    be allowed in Aweber. So part of the solution to what you're
    seeking could come from making sure you use a third-party
    e-mail services provider that permits the practice. I hope this
    is a helpful response. Oh, and keep in mind that if you use the
    Aweber parser, that the buyer will get an e-mail that they have
    to open and click on a special link to be added to your list.
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  • Profile picture of the author MemberWing
    Here's integration script with Aweber

    <? mail ('your_list@aweber.com', '', '', "To: your_list@aweber.com\r\nFrom: customer@email.com\r\n"); ?>

    Customer will receive confirmation email, click on it and voila - he's in your list.

    Someone would argue about TOS, but because everyone would benefit from above - I less care about TOS.

    Gleb
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  • Profile picture of the author MikeGriffith
    With Aweber it's best to use their form. That way, you're guaranteed with double opt-in and less likely to get in trouble with spam complaints.
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  • Profile picture of the author MemberWing
    Double opt-in is regulated by list settings inside the Aweber, neither script nor form has any effect on it.
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  • Profile picture of the author webgeek154
    yeah, aweber doesn't allow you to do that.

    getresponse will probably be your best bet
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  • Profile picture of the author CPA Affiliate Coach
    You can just add a form right after the purchase page that says "Please confirm your order" and they opt-in. Once they click their confirmation link, they get the first autoresponder message, which is the product or service information they need to complete the purchase (i.e. download page, thank you page, etc.)
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  • Profile picture of the author webgeek154
    yeah, but some people won't do it. and those that don't do it won't get their product. and those that don't get their product may turn into chargebacks.

    i agree that with aweber that's probably the best solution. but i'd recommend you use a service provider that has will do automatically for you
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    • Profile picture of the author CPA Affiliate Coach
      In my experience 99.9% will do it. Then on the page following the opt-in, you have to give clear directions (provide screen-shots) on how to whitelist and make sure the confirmation comes in. I still have my VA on the lookout for strays and occasionally he has to proactively email a customer and provide assistance. But most of the time it works pretty good. Admittedly there are better ways to do it, but not with Aweber.
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  • Profile picture of the author webgeek154
    yeah, just make sure it's setup right and your customers are getting the product. I had a couple of clients who did this and had trouble with people not clicking. was probably caused by unclear instruction to the customer though.

    so give it a shot
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  • Profile picture of the author dollardomainstore
    Lots of great value in this thread. So you should have some better direction now
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    • Profile picture of the author owenter
      Sound advice as usual but a few words of warning.

      Some hosting services do not allow you to do this. I use namecheap for some websites and they for one do not allow you to send email in this fashion without the sender is an email address linked to a domain hosted by them. As AWeber use this as the subscribers address the whole thing falls apart!

      I've played with this a lot recently trying to find a work around but lucked out! I've returned to an intermediate step with a regular AWeber form on a page. Make sure that you have clear instructions about what has happened, what will happen and what they need to do. AWeber themselves have an excellent article/page about what should be on a "thank you" page.

      Hope this helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author ziffgone
    Why not make your Aweber signup form part of the checkout process?

    Simply make it so when the buyer clicks on the order button they are lead to the Aweber form first, which gather's their info, then redirect the form to the payment page. Many checkout processes are like this anyway.

    Regards...
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  • Profile picture of the author George Sepich
    DL Guard can do it if you use Get Response.

    George
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