Wordpress Plugin to capture email before ebook download

[ChrisSellsOnline]

I have a Wordpress site. I want to offer visitors a downloadable ebook. However, l want to get some basic contact details in return (first name, last name, email address).

I was wondering if there is a plug-in l can use or how this can be done on Wordpress. I am willing to pay for something that works ideally something that integrates with MailChimp but this isn't essential.

Ideally, l want to stay away from pop-ups and just have a simple form on the right hand side of the page to capture the information l want and then unlock the ebook for the user to download once they have completed the form.

Hope this makes sense and someone can help. Thank you in advance.

 

[fisicx]

Easy peasy.

Just do this: https://blog.mailchimp.com/custom-redirect-urls-for-subscribe-form/

And put the ebook download link on that page. As long as you keep the page an orphan (ie: not linked to anything else) it won't get indexed keeping your download secure.

 

[Kixo]

yep i'd second that!

 

[ChrisSellsOnline]

Thanks both. Just looking into the custom built forms now. So you'd stay clear of using a plug-in?

 

[Kixo]

use the wordpress mailchimp plugin, which gets the signup, then on a custom thank you signup page have your download URL, that should do it hopefully!

https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/screenshots/

 

[fisicx]

Or you could use one of the many ebook download plugins and export the collected addresses to mailchimp. But the less plugins you use the lower the server load and the faster your site will be.

So I'd just use the thank you page for the link to your book.

 

[ChrisSellsOnline]

Think l might go with the plugin, struggling to get the forms working as intended.

The general form option in Mailchimp works by adding the ebook URL to the sign-up thank you page.

However, l want it as an embedded form within a page. This only gives me a subscribe button in a form and there is no option to redirect to a sign-up thank you page.

 

[fisicx]

Are you sure?

When I've use mailchimp before I just created a custom thank you page in my site and copied the UTL into the forms and response email dropdown (just like in the image on the link I posted)

All you then need to do is add the link to the ebook on that page.

 

[Kixo]

it is there, under wordpress, goto the plugin and goto forms and scroll down, there is a option to enable redirection after signup. we use it on our site

 

[Kixo]

 

[Kixo]

ooh asfisicx said just remember to stop indexing for you download page, either htaccess or robots.txt

 

[ChrisSellsOnline]

Thanks both for all your help. I was talking about custom forms in Mailchimp as that seemed to be the preferred option.

I'll go with the plugin option. Seems simpler. Thanks again.