What is the easiest way to collect email addresses?

Carrd is a great cheap option. Having a landing page makes it more real.

If it is a SaaS product we built https://versoly.com/

The best pre launches usually have websites with multiple pages, blog posts etc and Versoly allows you to do that :)

The easy answer: tell them YOUR email address, and ask them to write in!

I did this for my most recent product launch, and it was very successful at not only collecting email addresses, but insights about the prospective customers.

Also means that when you're ready to launch, you can reply to the email they sent you and POOF you're at the top of their inbox.

Wrote a bit about it here: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/experimenting-with-part-of-heys-launch-strategy-on-my-new-book-9b30f96086

I have built a project for just that. Provide you with an API that you can plug it into any website and collect emails.
https://waitinglist.app/#

The simplest is probably to use Netflify form capture on a static site served with Netlify. You can design the form to look however you like and Netlify will capture the submissions for you.

sheet2api has a template just for this purpose https://sheet2api.com/templates/pre-launch

here's a more in-depth tutorial which also covers hosting the web page for free using Github Pages https://sheet2api.com/pre-launch-page-with-google-sheet/

I use Html form and save to DB for my project, dumogio.com.

Hi Josh,

right now, I'm building a platform for launching new products and services, you can use it to collect emails, get feedback and launch your idea when it's ready.

You can check it out at https://www.thisismylaunch.com/ and if this is what you are looking for, you can sign up for early access.

OptinMonster is one option... exit pop-ups, slide-ups based on user behavior (pages visited) etc.

We need a bit more detail. Are you looking to build a landing to tell a story?

If not, try carrd.co

Typeform and Surveymonkey will do just fine.

Airtable form