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# 📧 How to Setup an Announcement Email Collection Bar

Want to grow your email list directly from your storefront? 🚀

The **Email Collection Bar** in Hoppy Announcement Banner makes it easy to capture visitor emails and turn casual browsers into subscribers — all without leaving your Shopify store.

Once set up, customers can subscribe straight from the banner, and you can even reward them with an automatic coupon code to encourage sign-ups ✨

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# **✅ Before You Begin**

Before creating your Email Collection Bar, make sure:

* The **Hoppy Announcement Banner** app is installed on your Shopify store  
* Your Shopify theme has the **Announcement Banner app embed** enabled

If you haven't enabled the app embed yet, go to:

**Shopify Admin → Sales Channels → Online Store → Themes → Edit Theme → App Embeds**

Then toggle **Announcement Banner** ON and click Save.

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# **🛠️ Step 1 — Create a New Email Collection Bar**

Open the **Hoppy Announcement Banner** app from your Shopify Admin.

Then:

→ Click **Create New Announcement**

→ Select **Email Collection Bar**

→ Choose a **Preset** that matches your store's style, or click **Make your Own** to start from scratch

Once selected, the setup page will open automatically.

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# **⚙️ Step 2 — Configure the Content**

After opening the setup page, you'll land inside the **Content** tab.

This section controls what your visitors see and how the email collection form behaves.

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## **🏷️ Announcement Name**

This field is for internal use only.

Customers will never see this name.

Use any recognizable name such as:

* Newsletter Signup Bar  
* Welcome Offer Banner  
* Email List Builder

💡 Using proper internal naming makes it easier to identify setups later, especially if your store runs multiple campaigns.

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## **📝 Title & Subheading**

These are the main messages shown to visitors.

* **Title** — The headline of your email collection bar. Use the rich text editor to format it however you like.  
* **Subheading** — A supporting message below the title (optional).

### **Example**

* **Title:** "Join our VIP list and get 15% OFF"  
* **Subheading:** "Be the first to know about new arrivals and exclusive deals"

💡 A clear and compelling title helps increase sign-up rates 📈

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## **🔘 Button Text**

This is the text shown on the subscribe button next to the email input field.

### **Examples**

* "Subscribe"  
* "Get My Discount"  
* "Join the Club"  
* "Claim Offer"

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## **✉️ Email Placeholder**

This is the hint text shown inside the email input field before the visitor starts typing.

### **Example**

* "Enter your email"  
* "Your email address"

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## **🎉 Success Message**

This message appears after a visitor successfully submits their email.

### **Example**

* "Welcome aboard\! Check your inbox for your discount code 🎉"  
* "Thanks for subscribing\!"

⚠️ If you are offering a coupon code, it's a good idea to mention it in the success message so customers know what to expect.

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## **🏷️ Coupon Code**

Want to reward new subscribers with a discount? You can add a coupon code that appears after they submit their email.

→ Enter your **Coupon Code**

→ Check **Show copy button** if you want customers to easily copy the code with one click

⚠️ **Important:**

* The default coupon code **"PROMO123"** is only a placeholder and will not work at checkout unless a discount with that code exists in Shopify.  
* Please note that entering a coupon code in our app does not automatically create a Shopify discount.   
* Before displaying a coupon code through our app, you must first create the corresponding discount in **Shopify Admin → Discounts**. Once the discount has been created, you can use the same code in our app to display it to customers after signup.

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## **❌ Close Icon**

Enable this if you want visitors to be able to dismiss the email collection bar.

When enabled, you can also control how soon the bar reappears:

* **Appear again after** — Set a number  
* **Unit** — Choose **hours** or **days**

This helps you avoid annoying repeat visitors while still giving new visitors a chance to subscribe.

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## **📋 Copy Button**

Enable this if you want visitors to be able to copy the Coupon Code.

This helps visitors to copy the Coupon Code in a click, rather than selecting the Coupon Code.

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# **🎨 Step 3 — Customize the Design**

Click **Continue to design** to move to the **Design** tab.

Here you can control how your email collection bar looks:

* Position (top push, bottom, etc.)  
* Colors and background styles  
* Font sizes and button styling  
* Border radius and spacing  
* Animations and sticky behavior

💡 For a complete breakdown of every design option, check out our **Design & Styling** documentation.

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# **📍 Step 4 — Set Up Placement & Targeting**

Open the **Placement** tab to control where and when your email collection bar appears.

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# **📐 Display Position**

This setting controls the physical location of the bar on the page.

* **Top Push** — Pushes the rest of the page content downward. The bar sits in the normal document flow.  
* **Top Push (Sticky)** — Stays fixed at the top of the viewport while the customer scrolls. The page content is still pushed down.  
* **Top Overlap** — Floats over the top of the page without pushing content down.  
* **Top Overlap (Sticky)** — Floats at the top and remains visible while scrolling.  
* **Bottom Overlap (Sticky)** — Appears at the bottom of the viewport and stays there while scrolling.  
* **Manual** — You control exactly where the bar appears using a code snippet or app block.

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## **🌐 Page Targeting**

Choose which pages the email collection bar should appear on:

* **All pages**  
* **Homepage only**  
* **All product pages**  
* **All collection pages**  
* **Specific products**  
* **Specific collections**  
* **Custom pages**

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## **🌍 Geolocation Targeting**

By default, the bar appears to all visitors worldwide.

If you want to target specific countries or regions:

→ Disable **Allow all locations**

→ Select the countries where you want the bar to appear

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## **👥 Customer Targeting**

Control who sees the email collection bar based on customer behavior:

* **All visitors**  
* **Logged-in customers only**  
* **Logged-out visitors only**  
* **Customers with specific tags**  
* **Customers based on lifetime spend**

💡 For example, you can show the bar only to new visitors who haven't logged in yet, which is great for list building.

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## **📅 Scheduling (Optional)**

Set a **Start Date** and **End Date** if you want the email collection bar to run during a specific campaign period.

If no dates are set, the bar will appear immediately once published and stay active until you unpublish it.

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# **🔗 Step 5 — Enable Shopify Customer Sync (Optional)**

If you want collected emails to be automatically added to your **Shopify Customers** list:

→ Go to the **Integrations** section inside the Hoppy Announcement Banner app

→ Find **Shopify customer list integration**

→ Enable it and configure:

* **Email Subscription** — Choose whether subscribers are marked as **Subscribed** or **Not Subscribed** for email marketing

→ Click **Save**

Once enabled, every email submitted through your collection bar will be synced as a customer profile in Shopify.

You can also click **Sync previous emails** to backfill any emails collected before enabling this integration.

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# **💾 Step 6 — Save & Publish**

Once your setup is complete:

1. Click **Save** to store your configuration  
2. Click **Publish** to make the email collection bar live on your storefront

⚠️ Saving alone does not make the bar visible to customers. You must publish it.

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# **🎉 Final Result**

Once configured successfully:

✅ Visitors see an eye-catching email collection bar on your storefront   
✅ Emails are captured directly from the banner   
✅ Subscribers see a success message (and optionally a coupon code)   
✅ Emails sync automatically to Shopify Customers (if integration is enabled)   
✅ Your email list grows while you focus on running your store 🚀

Using the Email Collection Bar effectively can help you build a loyal audience, boost repeat purchases, and increase customer lifetime value ✨