How to Use Email Invitations for Website Pages in Zibster
Overview
Use Email Invitations to send clients, leads, or other contacts a link to an individual Zibster website page. You can add multiple recipients and personalize the sender details, subject, and message without creating an email marketing campaign. Each recipient receives a separate branded invitation with a VIEW NOW button. This guide explains how to send invitations, review their status, and troubleshoot delivery or page-access issues.
Before You Begin
Have your recipients’ correct email addresses ready, and review the saved page’s content, links, images, and access settings.
Contacts who have unsubscribed from your emails will not receive invitations. Addresses marked as bounced are also excluded until you resolve the delivery problem and remove the bounced status. Review these details in the contact’s profile, and respect their email preferences.
STEP ONE
Log in to your Zibster account and click WEBSITE in the left-side menu.
STEP TWO
Click the page you want to share in the page list on the left.
Review its content and access settings to make sure it is ready for your intended recipients.
STEP THREE
Click SHARE in the upper-right corner, beside SETTINGS, to open the SHARE PAGE panel.
EMAIL INVITE opens by default. If another sharing option is open, click EMAIL INVITE in the panel’s left-side menu.
STEP FOUR
Under SELECT CONTACTS, enter an email address and click ADD CONTACT. You can use an existing Zibster contact’s address or enter an address that is not already in Contacts.
Repeat this action for each additional recipient. Added addresses appear beneath the email field, and TOTAL CONTACTS SELECTED shows the recipient count.
To remove someone, click the trash icon beside their address. Review the list, then click CONTINUE.
STEP FIVE
Customize the invitation’s four editable fields.
FROM NAME controls the sender name recipients see. FROM EMAIL ADDRESS defaults to your Zibster login email address, but you can change it before sending.
Edit the suggested SUBJECT and MESSAGE to explain why you are sharing the page. Use the VISUAL editor to change text and formatting, or click HTML to edit the message’s HTML code.
Click BACK if you need to adjust the recipient list.
FINAL STEP
Review your sender details, subject, and message, then click SEND.
The EMAIL CONFIRMATION screen confirms that your page was shared and displays the page name, recipient email addresses, subject, and message.
This confirmation means Zibster processed the invitation. It does not guarantee that the receiving email provider has delivered it yet.
What Your Clients See
Each recipient receives an individual email containing:
- Your business logo, when configured.
- The shared page’s name as the heading.
- Your personalized message.
- A VIEW NOW button linking to the page.
- Your business name, contact information, and website address in the footer.
- An unsubscribe link for future emails from your Zibster account.
When recipients click VIEW NOW, they see the page’s current saved content, subject to its current access settings. The invitation does not preserve an earlier version of the page or bypass password protection.
Delivery and Invitation Tracking
Allow up to 15 minutes for delivery. An invitation appears in the recipient’s invitation history after it has been delivered.
To review activity, click CONTACTS and find the recipient by name or email address. Click their email address to open their profile, then click EMAIL INVITES.
Under TYPE, select WEBSITE PAGE. You can also select a YEAR and click SEARCH to narrow the results. The history displays the page name, email subject, sent date, and status.
- Delivered: The receiving email provider accepted the message. It may still be in a filtered folder rather than the main inbox.
- Opened: An email open was recorded. Some email apps block tracking, so this status may be missing even when someone reads the invitation.
- Clicked: A link in the invitation was clicked. This does not confirm successful page access if the page’s settings have changed.
Changes to a Shared Page
Previously sent invitations continue to link to the page you shared. Later changes can affect what recipients see:
- Content edits: Visitors see the latest saved content.
- Password protection: Visitors must enter the page password.
- Disabled or deleted page: The original invitation leads to a 404 error.
- Changed page URL: The old link may stop working and lead to a 404 error.
Test previously shared links after changing a page’s availability or URL. If needed, correct the page settings and send a new invitation with the updated link.
Troubleshooting
The invitation is missing from the contact’s history
Wait up to 15 minutes, then refresh the profile and check EMAIL INVITES again. Review the TYPE and YEAR filters to make sure they include the invitation you are looking for.
Your recipient cannot find the email
Check the address for errors and review whether the contact is unsubscribed or marked as bounced.
Ask the recipient to check spam, junk, promotions, and other filtered folders. They can also search for your sender name, sender email address, or invitation subject.
School, government, and corporate email systems may delay or block automated messages. When appropriate, share the page’s direct link through another communication method that respects the recipient’s preferences.
The contact is marked as bounced
An EMAIL BOUNCED notice in the contact profile’s INFO section may relate to this invitation or an earlier email.
Confirm that the address is correct and active, resolve the delivery issue, and remove the bounced status before trying again. Return to the website page and send a new invitation.
Correcting contact information does not automatically resend an earlier invitation.
For instructions, see How to Manage Bounced Emails in Zibster Email Marketing Campaigns.
Your recipient cannot open the page
Check whether the page was password-protected, disabled, deleted, or assigned a different URL after you sent the invitation.
Review the page’s current settings and test its link. Correct the settings or send an updated link when needed.
Other Sharing Options
To share without an email invitation, open the page, click SHARE, then click SHARE within the SHARE PAGE panel. You can copy the direct link, use the supported social sharing options, or download a QR code.
See How To Share & Promote Website Pages for complete instructions.
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