Waitlist Your Turn Code email template
A waitlist email for a bike shop: workshop photo on top, a left-aligned headline, a personal code right below, then the hold time, price and one button.
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<div class="ete-preheader" style="display:none;font-size:1px;line-height:1px;max-height:0;max-width:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;mso-hide:all;">You reached the top of the Fernway waitlist. Your code holds the bike for 48 hours. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ </div>
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<tr><td align="left" class="ete-px" style="padding:40px 6.67% 52px;mso-padding-alt:40px 40px 52px;text-align:left;"><h1 class="ete-heading ete-ds-48" style="margin:0;font-family:Oswald, 'Arial Narrow', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:48px;line-height:52px;font-weight:700;color:#14201a;text-align:left;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;letter-spacing:-0.5px;font-size:min(48px,8vw);line-height:min(52px,8.67vw);overflow-wrap:anywhere;word-break:break-word;">You are up, {{first_name}}</h1><p class="ete-text" style="margin:0;font-family:Inter, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#39443d;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;">The Fernway gravel bike you waited for is built and on our stand, with your name on the tag.</p></td></tr>
<tr><td class="ete-px" style="padding:16px 32px;"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td align="center" class="ete-panel" style="padding:24px 20px;background-color:#f2f5f2;border:2px dashed #1f4a36;border-radius:0px;text-align:center;"><p class="ete-muted" style="margin:0;font-family:Inter, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:2px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#65716a;">Your personal code</p><p class="ete-code ete-heading" style="margin:0;padding-top:8px;font-family:'Courier New',Courier,monospace;font-size:30px;line-height:38px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:4px;color:#14201a;">FERN-7Q2K</p><p class="ete-text" style="margin:0;font-family:Inter, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:24px;color:#39443d;padding-top:8px;">It applies at checkout and only works for your email address.</p><p class="ete-muted" style="margin:0;font-family:Inter, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:19px;color:#65716a;padding-top:6px;">After 48 hours the bike goes to the next person in line.</p></td></tr></table></td></tr>
<tr><td class="ete-px" style="padding:20px 32px 12px;"><div style="font-size:0;text-align:center;"><!--[if mso]><table role="presentation" width="536" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td width="178" valign="top"><![endif]--><div class="ete-stat-72" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:33.33%;min-width:72px;max-width:100%;font-size:16px;text-align:center;"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td class="ete-icon-cell" style="padding:0 6px 8px;"><p class="ete-heading ete-hf" style="margin:0;font-family:Oswald, 'Arial Narrow', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:24px;line-height:26px;font-weight:700;color:#14201a;text-align:center;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;">48 hrs</p><p class="ete-muted" style="margin:0;padding-top:6px;font-family:Inter, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:1.5px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#65716a;text-align:center;">Hold time</p></td></tr></table></div><!--[if mso]></td><td width="178" valign="top"><![endif]--><div class="ete-stat-72" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:33.33%;min-width:72px;max-width:100%;font-size:16px;text-align:center;"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td class="ete-icon-cell" style="padding:0 6px 8px;"><p class="ete-heading ete-hf" style="margin:0;font-family:Oswald, 'Arial Narrow', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:24px;line-height:26px;font-weight:700;color:#14201a;text-align:center;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;">56 cm</p><p class="ete-muted" style="margin:0;padding-top:6px;font-family:Inter, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:1.5px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#65716a;text-align:center;">Size held</p></td></tr></table></div><!--[if mso]></td><td width="178" valign="top"><![endif]--><div class="ete-stat-72" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;width:33.33%;min-width:72px;max-width:100%;font-size:16px;text-align:center;"><table role="presentation" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0"><tr><td class="ete-icon-cell" style="padding:0 6px 8px;"><p class="ete-heading ete-hf" style="margin:0;font-family:Oswald, 'Arial Narrow', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:24px;line-height:26px;font-weight:700;color:#14201a;text-align:center;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;">$990</p><p class="ete-muted" style="margin:0;padding-top:6px;font-family:Inter, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;line-height:16px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:1.5px;text-transform:uppercase;color:#65716a;text-align:center;">Your price</p></td></tr></table></div><!--[if mso]></td></tr></table><![endif]--></div></td></tr>
<tr><td align="center" class="ete-px" style="padding:16px 32px;"><table role="presentation" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><!--[if mso]><v:roundrect xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" href="https://example.com/checkout?code=FERN-7Q2K" style="height:48px;v-text-anchor:middle;width:536px;" arcsize="4%" strokecolor="#1f4a36" fillcolor="#1f4a36"><w:anchorlock/><center style="color:#ffffff;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;">Claim my bike</center></v:roundrect><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><!--><a class="ete-btn ete-btn-full" href="https://example.com/checkout?code=FERN-7Q2K" style="display:inline-block;background-color:#1f4a36;border:1px solid #1f4a36;line-height:48px;border-radius:2px;color:#ffffff;font-family:Inter, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;padding:0 28px;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;mso-hide:all;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box;"><span class="ete-btn-text" style="color:#ffffff;">Claim my bike</span></a><!--<![endif]--></td></tr></table></td></tr>
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About this template
Someone joined a waitlist weeks ago, and now it is their turn. This email tells them straight away and gives them what they need to buy. Pedal & Pine Cycles is the sample shop, with a bike ready in its workshop.
A photo of the workshop fills the top, and a left-aligned headline under it says the reader is next. The personal code comes straight after that in a dashed box, since it is the thing they came for. A row of three figures gives the hold time, the size held and the price. One full-width button goes straight to checkout with the code applied.
State the real hold time and what happens when it ends. Set the deadline in your own system too, so the promise in the email stays true. It fits any product with a queue and limited stock.
Use it in your email tool
- Click Copy HTML, or download the .html file.
- In Mailchimp, Brevo, HubSpot or Klaviyo, start a new email with the custom HTML or code editor and paste it in.
- Change the text, links and images. Map merge tags such as {{first_name}} and {{unsubscribe_url}} to the tags of your tool.
- Send a test to yourself on desktop and phone before you send it to your list.
Sections in this email
- Workshop photo with headline
- Personal code
- Hold time, size and price
- Checkout button
- Footer
Subject line ideas
- It is your turn, {{first_name}}. Your code holds for 48 hours
- Your place on the Fernway waitlist came up
- Your Fernway is ready. Code inside
Preview text idea
You reached the top of the Fernway waitlist. Your code holds the bike for 48 hours.