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Ask HN: Are there any services for collecting emails pre-launch?

8 points by Banekin ↗ HN
I'd like to build up a little hype for a game I'm making by having a landing page with a video, and collecting emails before I launch.

Are there any good services that create something like this? I would make the page myself, but I think my time is better spent improving the app.

Thanks

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mindcrime
Service to collect emails via a form you can embed in a page, and manage said mailing list? Yes. You can find a few mentioned on this page:

http://steveblank.com/tools-and-blogs-for-entrepreneurs/

FWIW, I chose MailChimp for that, but there are plenty of other choices.

If you want something that goes even further, that is, doing the page, video, and everything, plus email, then the answer is "I'm not sure." Probably there are, but I haven't really looked.

You might find value in something like LaunchRock.com, but I'm not sure they're exactly what you're looking for.

brianbreslin
Are you talking about something like http://launchrock.com ?
Banekin
Yes, but it looks like it's invite only right now?
samgro
You just need to sign up 3 email addresses from your invite link. Nothing stops you from doing that with 3 of your own addresses.
jaymstr
Jameson from LaunchRock here. We're literally days away from doing a full roll out, but hit me up at jameson@launchrock.com, and I'll get you an immediate invite. In order to do video, you'll need to use the widget on a page.
ahsanhilal
Just add a wufoo form:

http://wufoo.com/

I think you can redesign parts of the form with some basic html/css, to theme it according to your designs.

[dead] ahsanhilal
Just add a wufoo form:

http://wufoo.com/

I think you can redesign parts of the form with some basic html/css, to theme it according to your designs.