Getting started

Getting started: from signup to first popup in 10 minutes

A walkthrough of the whole flow — register, create a site, build a popup, install the script, and watch your first conversion roll in.

This guide walks you from a fresh account to a live popup. Total time: about 10 minutes.

1. Create your account

Head to /register and sign up with email or Google. You'll land in the dashboard immediately.

2. Add your first site

From the dashboard, click 'New site' and enter your domain. We'll generate a unique site token — keep it handy, you'll paste it into your site shortly.

3. Build a popup

Click 'New popup' to open the visual builder. Start from a blank canvas or duplicate one of the sample popups.

Drag elements from the left panel — text, input, button, image, divider.
Style each element from the right panel — fonts, colors, spacing.
Switch between desktop and mobile previews at the top of the canvas.
Set the trigger (timed, scroll, exit-intent) and targeting rules in the Targeting tab.

4. Install the embed script

Copy this snippet from the dashboard and paste it before the closing </body> tag on any page where you want popups to fire.

<script
  src="https://www.popthelead.com/embed/popup.v1.js"
  data-site-token="YOUR_SITE_TOKEN"
  defer></script>

Pin to popup.v1.js (not popup.js). The pinned version is API-stable; the unpinned one may update.

5. Publish and watch

Hit Publish on your popup. Within seconds, your live site should start firing it. The dashboard shows real-time impressions and conversions.

Next steps

Connect Klaviyo or Mailchimp so subscribers flow into your existing lists.
Set up an A/B test once you have a few hundred impressions.
Add advanced targeting rules — exit-intent, UTM, scroll depth.