Adding Subscribers

Subscribers are the people who receive your newsletters. You can add subscribers one at a time through the dashboard, or import a list from a CSV file. This article covers the manual add flow for adding individual subscribers.

Add a subscriber manually

1. Click the Users icon (Subscribers) in the sidebar.
2. Click Add subscriber.
3. Fill in the subscriber form:
   • Email address (required) — the subscriber's email.
   • First name (optional) — used to personalize emails.
   • Last name (optional).
4. Click Add subscriber.

A confirmation email is sent to the address automatically.

Required and optional fields

Double opt-in confirmation

Distill uses double opt-in by default. When you add a subscriber, the following happens:

1. The subscriber is created with status Pending.
2. Distill sends a confirmation email to the address with a unique confirmation link.
3. When the subscriber clicks the link, their status changes to Confirmed.
4. Only Confirmed subscribers receive newsletters.

Subscriber statuses

Re-sending the confirmation email

If a subscriber did not receive or lost their confirmation email:

1. Go to the Subscribers list and find the subscriber.
2. Click the three-dot menu next to their name.
3. Select Resend confirmation.

A fresh confirmation link is sent to their address.

Editing subscriber details

You can update a subscriber's name at any time without affecting their confirmation status:

1. Find the subscriber in the Subscribers list.
2. Click their name or email to open their detail view.
3. Edit the fields you want to change.
4. Click Save.

Changing a subscriber's email address requires the new address to go through double opt-in confirmation again.

Next steps

• Importing Subscribers via CSV
• Managing Unsubscribes
• Form Builder & Hosted Pages