Growth

Waitlist Forms

Build pre-launch momentum and track demand before you ship.

Browse Waitlist Forms Templates

Why use Forge for waitlist forms?

A great waitlist form does more than collect emails — it creates a community of invested early adopters and gives you real demand data before launch. Forge waitlist forms include built-in referral tracking (give users a unique link to share and track their position), urgency signals (X spots remaining), and optional early access questions to help you qualify who to let in first.

Integrate with Loops, Resend, or ConvertKit to send automated position emails and launch notifications. Use the Forge API to power a dynamic referral leaderboard that incentivizes sharing. Hundreds of teams have launched using Forge waitlists — the average conversion rate to paying customer for engaged waitlist members is 34%.

Referral Tracking

Give every waitlist member a unique share link. Track referrals and reward top referrers with priority access.

Position Emails

Automatically notify signups of their position. Trigger excitement emails at milestones (top 50, top 10).

Demand Validation

Ask a single pricing question on the waitlist form. Get real willingness-to-pay data before you build.

Performance Data

Products with referral waitlists see 3.1× higher day-1 launch conversions

Average waitlist-to-customer conversion rate on Forge: 34% for engaged (referral) signups

How to set it up

1

Create a waitlist form

Email field + optional role/use-case question. Keep it under 3 fields. Set urgency copy in the CTA.

2

Enable referral fields

Generate a unique referral_code hidden field per submission. Use the API to look up referrer counts.

3

Connect your email provider

Send an automated position confirmation email on signup. Schedule a launch announcement email sequence.

4

Build a referral leaderboard

Use GET /forms/:id/submissions to power a public leaderboard sorted by referral count.

Start from a Template

Or use the Headless API to build from scratch.