@fredrivett thanks so much for trying Upscribe! Im so glad you like it. Very good question. Medium had to approve Upscribe so they are totally in the know and have been super supportive. They even mentioned Upscribe on three of their staff blogs in multiple languages. Really great team over there!

@joshuaanderton Wow, super interesting that they are happy with having an external setup to collect emails from Medium posts and not integrate anything themselves. Not that either route is right or wrong, just different paths and interesting to see they're going with letting outside developer(s) create a key feature here. Can I ask what the approval process looked like? I didn't even know there was such a thing.

@fredrivett I know what you mean. I'm very excited that they're happy about it. Totally! There is a submission process to go through with Embed.ly (recently acquired by Medium) where each app is manually reviewed and then accepted or denied. Once accepted Medium uses the OEmbed framework to fetch custom content for the link you paste in your story (same concept as embedding a YouTube video).

@joshuaanderton Nice, appreciate the insights here Joshua. All the best with Upscribe, you've got a user here :)

@fredrivett really appreciate that Fred, so happy to have you on board! Thanks for chatting! Will talk again soon I'm sure :)

@troy_ruediger I'm so glad you find it valuable! Really appreciate that you posted it on Product Hunt as well. Starters is such an awesome service and you all are pumping out great content. Upscribe is a tool that allows you to build totally embeddable newsletter signup forms for Medium. The mission behind Upscribe was solely to build a tool that provided true value to email marketers and writers. I have had a ton of ideas in the past but my mentality was always "if I build something awesome, people will user it!" which is - almost always - wrong. Upscribe was built AFTER getting feedback from real email marketers. Originally it was not going to be for Medium at all, but it evolved and it will continue to evolve to be whatever our fantastic users need it to be. Here are a couple of live examples of embedded Upscribe forms: https://medium.com/behavior-desi... https://blog.yalabot.com/why-we-... Please let me know what you think of Upscribe in the comments below! Your opinion is so important to Upscribe's success. Thanks, Joshua

@joshuaanderton @troy_ruediger really happy w/ this! https://upscri.be/c61d75/

@decision_ so glad to know your liking Upscribe so far! Thanks for the comments Erik!

@mnlfrgr I'm so glad you feel that way! I totally agree. Eventually Upscribe may serve additional purposes but for now, being this specific means we can focus on building something actually useful. Thanks for the suggestion! My worry with charging to export is that people can already integrate a service like Mailchimp and bypass the need to export. I also feel like it makes signing on to a brand new service a little less daunting when you know you can always just export your lists if you don't like the tool. Would love to know your thoughts on that though!

@joshuaanderton Fair play. You should ask yourself: where is the value here? IMHO, people can "survive" without that tool but if it's free to use they'll use it, they'll accumulate subscribers and eventually they'll want to do something with this mailing list. You can make the integration with third parties a paid add-on because that adds value (it saves time).

@mnlfrgr I've definitely considered charging for the integration options (for all future users since our current users are used to having these features for free). I'm going to keep all this in mind (and in Trello) for when we role out the premium version in a week or so. Thanks again for your thoughts! Super helpful.

@antonis_tsagari thanks so much Antonis! I'm so glad you like it.

@joshuaanderton You're welcome! It really is an amazing tool and a great idea. I have already created my first form. My question may be coming out of the left field but I really need to ask: how do I get to pay for this? I'd really like to show my appreciation in a monetary way. :) You deserve it!

@antonis_tsagari I'm so glad you've already created a form! Thanks again! That means a lot! Actually I am launching a premium version very soon for a small monthly fee. I will absolutely be sure to let you know when it's available.

@as_austin that means a lot! Really appreciate that Austin!

@alancassinelli Not only you - I cannot see examples here (my network is okay) - and I cannot also embed this (I tried everything here). Help Joshua :)

@alancassinelli thanks for mentioning this Alan! I will see if I can find out what slowing it down! Will get back to you on this asap.

@gorkemcetin thanks for letting me know! I will take a look!

@gorkemcetin @alancassinelli should be loading faster now! Let me know if your still having problems! :)

@orliesaurus that's super exciting! What is your blog URL? I will be checking it out for sure! Hey man, gotta appreciate those supportive wives of ours! Thanks so much for the comment!

@joshuaanderton I am co-editing restful.io - my personal one is my username @orliesaurus - yeah wives are 51% of our success!

@orliesaurus awesome! Should see a follow from me shortly 😊. Lol yes at the very least!

@pmigueli thanks so much! You should see it pop up after you 1. paste in the link and 2. press enter/return (that triggers the embed). Let me know if you have any further issues! Here is a tutorial I wrote incase it helps at all! https://medium.com/@upscribe/hey...

@joshuaanderton @upscribe I'm sorry but it's not working (in my case). I did what you posted and nothing happened.

@pmigueli it looks like there is a bit of trouble with our shortened URL right now. I've replaced it with the full URL (not much longer lol) and it should work for you now! Let me know!

@joshuaanderton @pmigueli Yeah, this isn't working.

@dshan this should be working properly now. Let me know when you get a chance to test it out again!

@bryansarnold thanks so much! I'm also super excited to see where things go.

@druh_opryshok thanks! Good observation! I used Wordpress for the initial prototype (a custom theme) as this allowed me to launch faster with less resources. I will continue to use WP for the sales front but the application will be standalone soon.

@joshuaanderton that's awesome. Did you write a lot of code or use some plugins? Also if you are going to write a post about the service would love to read a paragraph or two about the prototype. I'm a non-technical founder and also do a lot of work hacking services together.

@druh_opryshok it was a fair bit of code. Not nearly what it would have been if I had started from scratch though. I have background in full stack developer and I got my start with Wordpress so it made sense to start there for this project. I would definitely recommend trying out a few Wordpress courses on @treehouse (teamtreehouse.com). I got into web development years ago because I was trying to find a developer who would partner with me on my first project and I was having zero luck. Wordpress gets your feet wet with PHP, JavaScript, HTML & CSS - without diving full on into any of them.

I've managed to find your tutorial https://medium.com/@upscribe/hey...

@alex_circei thank you! Just fixed the FB login. Glad you found the tutorial. Let me know if you have any problems at all!

@joshuaanderton Yes, You can help me, I've added the link on this post (with http:// and also with https://) and do not work - https://hackernoon.com/jeff-bezo...

@alex_circei what is happening after you hit enter? Is there an infinite medium loading bar across the top of the page? Or is nothin happening at all?

@alex_circei ok I think I found the issue. I've replaced the shortened URL with our full URL. Try refreshing the editor page and pasting the new URL. Let me know if it works for you!

@leanshot thanks so much Leo!

@be3d would love it if you did! Thanks for checking us out :)

@redoisin thanks so much for the comment! I'm so glad you like Upscribe. Medium is such a great team. I'm super excited that we are able to offer this service for their awesome users.

@jose_nino_perez thanks so much! Really appreciate the comment.

@tunaroses hey! I am a huge fan of Medium Letters. It's a great way to get other Medium users to return to your blog, however it isn't accommodating for lists I've grown on Mailchimp for example.

@mlovekovsky thanks Mikhail! Really appreciate your comment :)

Also, lots of work without ever seeing what this actually looks like. Is there a preview or demo anywhere?

@dshan thanks for letting me know Derek! I've just fixed this. Sorry about that! // you'll see he form as soon as you create one, from there you copy the link to embed on Medium. Let me know if you have any problems at all!

@joshuaanderton Cheers! Thanks for the quick fix.

@dshan no problem! Thanks for commenting Derek!

@alarick91 thanks so much Andrew! Always happy to chat!

@astrism we will get parrot integrated asap then! Will also add the integration list to the homepage 😄 thanks Grant!