There are different ways to add recipients to a group subscription.
During ordering form
You need to activate the “Group recipients” field in order to add recipients at the same time as creating the group subscription. This field is only shown if the campaign selected in the form is a group campaign.
After that, you can add recipients one by one as you fill out the form:
This is probably the easiest way to register recipients if you already have their details at the time of registration and there aren’t too many of them.
Via self-service
As group administrator, log into self-service -> select the group subscription -> click “Manage subscribers.” You can add individuals manually or import recipients—ideal for bulk registration.
Subscribers can be added individually or imported from a file. This is the easiest method if you need to register multiple recipients at once or simply add a few new recipients who should be active from the moment they are entered.
Order form for recipients — via link in Self-service
Another option is for the group administrator to send a link to the recipients, where they enter their own user information. To do this, first make sure this option is enabled in the business policy.
Open the account menu in the top-right corner > click primary settings > open the business policy > scroll down to the Self-service section and check “Ordering link for recipients.” Remember to save the setting.
Now go to the group administrator’s account and click Self-service — this takes you to the same page the customer sees when they log into Self-service.
Find the group subscription > click 'Manage subscribers' > click 'Ordering link' > click 'Create link'.
By doing this, you can generate a link to send to the group recipients, allowing them to register themselves as subscribers to the group subscription.
Note: We recommend deleting the ordering link once everyone has signed up to prevent further use.
Via publisher interface
This is the most complex method, but sometimes it can be the most appropriate - e.g., when you need to adjust the start date of the recipient subscription.
You start the same way as when creating a regular subscription, but in the dialog box, click on “Create reciever under group subscription”:
You’ll then be taken to the next dialog box where you select which group subscription the recipient should be linked to:
When you click “Use” on the selected group subscription, you’ll be returned to the familiar subscription creation dialog. Here, you can choose the campaign and optionally deviate from the default settings.
IMPORTANT!: Creating multiple recipient subscriptions at once should not be done via the publisher interface, but instead by logging into self-service as the group administrator and creating them there. This is because subscriptions are invoiced as soon as they are created, so if you create them one by one, you will (in this example) end up with 10 separate invoices instead of one combined invoice. This is avoided by using the self-service interface, where subscriptions are only created once they are saved.