You’ve probably seen them on Medium. These “native” sign up forms ending a lot of articles you can read on the blogging platform.
I said “native” as they are from a third-party but feel like completely integrated.
Upscribe, is the app behind them. Let’s review it in details in this post.
About Upscribe
Upscribe is a tool for building newsletter signup forms and lead generation forms that embed right into your Medium story.
That’s pretty much all it does and it does it really well.
So well that it makes some good money. In October 2018, Upscribe had over 10,000 registered users and 250 paying users.
Yes, this is only a side project with Josh Anderton as the proud founder of Upscribe.
Upscribe Demo
How does it work?
- Go to Upscri.be
- Create your form
- Paste the link in your Medium post and press enter to start collecting subscribers.
Watch the video below to see the link transform into a beautiful form.
The Dashboard
You can create forms directly from the dashboard. Choose the headline, color design, CTA text and additional fields if you have more than a free plan.
From there you can integrate the form with your favorite ESP (mine is Drip).
See your stats, all your subscribers and even send them an email directly from Upscribe, that’s a brand new feature.
Integrations
If you are looking for a little bit more than just sending the subscribers to your ESP, that’s no problem.
Thanks to Upscribe integrations you can send them to your CRM, a Google sheet and more.
Upscribe can easily send your new subscribers data to Converkit, Drip, Constant Contact and more services.
Upscribe Pricing
The service offers 3 plans as described below.
| Plans | Blogger | Business | Platinum |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $9 / Month | $25 / Month | $50 / Month |
| Features | No integrations | Business integrations | Enterprise integrations (Salesforce MC, Hubspot) |
| Export signups anytime | Add logo img, background | Multiple Mailchimp accounts | |
| Change button color | Autoresponder | Contact data clean using Clearbit.com | |
| No Upscribe Branding | First and Last name fields | ||
| Unlimited forms | Custom form url | ||
| Contact data clean using Clearbit.com | |||
| Learn more | 14 day trial | Learn more |