# Email capture on a static page Collect addresses from a page that has no backend, read them in the dashboard, and export them when you want them somewhere else. ## Plan availability Email capture starts on Business. - **Free:** not included - **Starter:** not included - **Pro:** not included - **Business:** included - **Enterprise:** included ## The one thing a static page cannot do on its own A static page can show a form. It cannot receive what the form sends, because there is nothing running to receive it. That gap is the reason most "just a landing page" projects end up dragging in a whole platform. Email capture closes it without changing what your page is: the page stays a file you uploaded, and the submission goes to us instead of to a server you would otherwise have to run. Addresses collect against the site they came from, you read them in the dashboard, and you can take them out again whenever you want them in a mailing tool. It is worth being precise about the scope, because "forms" means very different things to different people. This is address collection for a waiting list, a launch notification or a simple newsletter signup. It is not a form builder with conditional fields, and it does not send the mail for you: what it gives you is the list, which is the part a static page genuinely cannot produce. If you want a link page rather than a full site to do the collecting, the link in bio builder has a block for it. ## How to use it 1. **Put the form on your page.** An ordinary form with an email field. You keep your own markup and styling; nothing is injected into the page. 2. **Publish on a plan that includes it.** Capture starts on Business. Submissions are held against the site they arrived from. 3. **Read or export the list.** Check what has come in from the dashboard, and export when you want the addresses in a mailing tool. ## When people reach for this - **A waiting list before the product exists.** One page, one field, no infrastructure. This is the case where standing up a server to receive twenty addresses is obviously the wrong amount of work. - **A launch notification on a single page site.** A date, a description and a way to be told. Publish the page, connect a domain of your own, and it is finished. - **A downloadable document behind a name.** Ask for an address on the page that links to the PDF. The document itself stays a normal link, so nothing breaks if someone shares it. ## Doing this without us There are two normal answers, and both add a moving part that has to keep working. - **What you add to the page.** Droply: A form. The page stays a file you uploaded. A third-party form service: An embedded script or an iframe from another domain. - **Where submissions live.** Droply: With the site, in the same dashboard. A third-party form service: In a second account with its own login and its own plan. - **Getting the addresses out.** Droply: Export whenever you want them elsewhere. A third-party form service: Varies, and export is sometimes a paid tier. - **Extra cost.** Droply: Included from Business upward. A third-party form service: A separate subscription on top of hosting. Compared against the general pattern of embedded form services rather than one named product. Checked September 2026. ## When this is not the right tool This collects addresses. Anything past that is a job for a tool built for it. - It does not send email. There is no campaign editor, no scheduling and no delivery reporting. - It is not a general form builder. Multi-step forms, file uploads inside a form and conditional fields are out of scope. - There is no double opt-in flow built in, so if your jurisdiction requires one, you will want a mailing tool that runs it. - You are the controller of the addresses you collect. Say so on your page, and keep your own privacy notice accurate. ## Frequently asked questions ### Which plan includes email capture? It starts on Business. Plans below it can still show a form on a page, but there is nothing on our side to receive the submission. ### Do I need a backend? No, and that is the point. Your page stays static; the submission is received by us rather than by a server you maintain. ### Can I export the addresses? Yes. Export is part of the feature, not a separate tier, because a list you cannot take with you is not really your list. ### Does it send the welcome email? No. It collects addresses and stops there. Sending is a job for a mailing tool, and this is designed to hand the list to one. ### Can I use my own form markup? Yes. It is an ordinary form in your own page, so the layout, the styling and the field labels are yours. ### What about spam submissions? Submissions are rate limited, but no filter is perfect on a public page. Check the list before you import it anywhere, the same as with any public form. ## Related features - [Site analytics](https://droply.host/features/analytics) - [Custom domains](https://droply.host/features/custom-domains) - [Team seats](https://droply.host/features/team-seats)