WAITLIST · NUXT

Waitlist for Nuxt

Pre-launch capture form with optional referral source. Free for 500 submissions per month — no backend, no SDK, no plugin.

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500/mo free·no card·drop-in for Nuxt

form.htmlhtml23 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New waitlist signup">
04 
05  <label for="email">Email *</label>
06  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="you@example.com" required>
07  <label for="name">Name</label>
08  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Optional">
09  <label for="referral">How did you hear about us?</label>
10  <select id="referral" name="referral">
11    <option value="">Choose…</option>
12    <option>Twitter</option>
13    <option>Friend</option>
14    <option>Search</option>
15    <option>Newsletter</option>
16    <option>Other</option>
17  </select>
18 
19  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
20  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
21 
22  <button type="submit">Send</button>
23</form>

500

submissions / mo, free

fields, ready to ship

code outputs

60s

from copy to inbox

§ 00Nuxt + Waitlistplatform-specific integration guide

Why Nuxt developers choose splitforms for waitlist

Nuxt 3's auto-imports and server routes make it easy to add form handling, but setting up a server-side submission pipeline (SMTP, spam checks, database, dashboard) is still a significant project. The waitlist on this page uses <code>useState</code> for submit state and a <code>fetch</code> POST to splitforms — no server route, no Nitro engine dependency, no SMTP configuration. Because the form posts directly from the browser, it works identically on static hosting (Netlify, Cloudflare Pages) and on Nuxt's server-rendered pages.

§ 00Quick answerHTML · marketing

Yes — this is the shortest safe path for Nuxt.

Use the HTML snippet on this page, keep the waitlist fields visible in your Nuxt UI, and let splitforms handle delivery, spam filtering, storage, and webhooks.

best implementation

Paste the HTML version, then replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY.

The posted payload contains email, name, how did you hear about us?. Required fields are email.

native nuxt reality

Nuxt 3's Nitro server gives you /server/api/contact.post.ts for free — write a handler, parse FormData, send email, store the submission, fan out a webhook.

use case fit

Pre-launch waitlists let you capture demand before the product ships. The multi-step form qualifies the use case so launch-day conversions skew toward the highest-intent signups.

§ 01Waitlist × Nuxtwhy this combination, in 80 words

Built for Nuxt developers who hate operating a backend.

Splitforms is the form backend for Nuxt sites. One POST endpoint, no SDK, no plugin — drop the waitlist into a page and ship.

Splitforms is the form backend for Nuxt sites. One POST endpoint, spam filtering, and a real dashboard — drop-in, no server, no PHP. Free for 500 dashboard submissions per month; Starter adds email, signed webhooks, exports, and retained uploads; Pro is $5/mo for 5,000.

✦ what you get on the free plan

✓500 form submissions per month
✓2 forms on Free; unlimited forms on Pro
✓Spam protection (honeypot + classifier)
✓Webhooks: Slack, Discord, WhatsApp, custom
✓CSV export of all submissions
✓Email notifications (CC and BCC on Pro)

§ 02Copy-paste codeHTML · 23 lines

Drop into any Nuxt project.

Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with your splitforms key, paste into a Nuxt page, and ship. No build-time integration required.

form.htmlhtml23 lines

01<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
02  <input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
03  <input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New waitlist signup">
04 
05  <label for="email">Email *</label>
06  <input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="you@example.com" required>
07  <label for="name">Name</label>
08  <input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Optional">
09  <label for="referral">How did you hear about us?</label>
10  <select id="referral" name="referral">
11    <option value="">Choose…</option>
12    <option>Twitter</option>
13    <option>Friend</option>
14    <option>Search</option>
15    <option>Newsletter</option>
16    <option>Other</option>
17  </select>
18 
19  <!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
20  <input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
21 
22  <button type="submit">Send</button>
23</form>

§ 03Setup3 steps · 60 seconds · zero config

Generate, embed, receive.

Three actions stand between you and your first waitlist submission. None of them require a backend, a database, or a CAPTCHA library.

STEP 01GENERATE

Generate a free splitforms key

Create your form

key=sk_live_••••••••

STEP 02EMBED

Paste the waitlist into your Nuxt project

Drop the form snippet into a Nuxt page, component, or layout. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard. The form action is a hard-coded URL — no env vars or build-time wiring needed.

snippethtml

<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
  …
</form>

STEP 03RECEIVE

Receive submissions

Dashboard updates live on Free. Starter adds email delivery, signed webhooks, CSV export, Slack/Discord forwarding, and BCC to your team.

inbox · 1 newjust now

FROM contact@yoursite.com

New waitlist signup

Maya Iyer maya@studio71.co

Loved the demo — quick question about pricing on the 3-year plan. Are usage limits per project or account-wide?

§ 03bWaitlist Signup Form (Pre-Launch Lead Capture)template-specific playbook

The reason this waitlist exists.

Multi-step (Typeform-style) · webhooks into Loops / ConvertKit / Beehiiv.

why it matters

Waitlists are the cheapest growth tool a pre-launch product has — Superhuman, Notion, and Linear all built sizable waitlists before paid launch. The form captures email plus a question or two on use case ('what would you use this for?', 'what tools do you use today?') so the launch sequence segments by intent. Multi-step flow boosts completion vs a single form — the prospect commits in step 1 and answers the qualifying questions in step 2-3 with momentum. Push waitlist signups to a dedicated ESP audience (Loops, ConvertKit, Beehiiv) so launch-day emails segment by use case and target the highest-intent signups first.

route the submission

Step 1: capture email

Single email field — keep step 1 frictionless. Loss-rate from email-only is near-zero; once the email is in, momentum carries through later qualifying questions.

Step 2-3: qualify use case

One or two questions on use case ('what problem brings you here?', 'what tools do you use today?'). Optional but most users complete because they're invested by step 2.

Push to ESP segment

Webhook to Loops / ConvertKit / Beehiiv / Mailchimp into a 'waitlist' audience. Launch-day emails segment by use case so the highest-intent signups get the first invite waves.

§ 03cNuxt production notesnative path · deploy · gotchas

What changes when this waitlist lives in Nuxt.

These notes come from the Nuxt platform registry and are rendered on this template page so crawlers see the framework-specific answer without opening a separate guide.

without splitforms

Nuxt 3's Nitro server gives you /server/api/contact.post.ts for free — write a handler, parse FormData, send email, store the submission, fan out a webhook. The DX is good; the operational cost is the same as any framework: an SMTP integration (Nodemailer + a transactional provider), a Postgres or KV store for submissions, anti-spam logic (honeypot + classifier or hCaptcha), and webhook signing if you want secure delivery to Slack/Discord/Make.com. Each feature is another deploy artifact, another env var, another thing to monitor. Splitforms is the inverse: skip the /server/api route entirely (post directly from the page), or proxy through a one-line Nitro route to keep the key server-side.

deploy notes

Nuxt's Nitro server abstracts away deployment — pick a preset (vercel, netlify, cloudflare-pages, cloudflare-workers, node-server, static, aws-lambda, digital-ocean) and ship. The form's POST is cross-origin to splitforms, so the preset doesn't affect delivery. On Cloudflare Workers (10ms CPU on free tier), strongly prefer Pattern A — Pattern B's $fetch round-trip can blow the budget under load. Use runtimeConfig.public.splitformsKey (client-exposed) for Pattern A and runtimeConfig.splitformsKey (server-only) for Pattern B. Both populate from NUXT_PUBLIC_SPLITFORMS_KEY / NUXT_SPLITFORMS_KEY env vars.

Nuxt gotcha

runtimeConfig.public is required for client exposure — `runtimeConfig.x` is server-only

Nuxt's runtimeConfig has two scopes. Anything under runtimeConfig.public is exposed to the browser bundle; anything else is server-only. If you put splitformsKey directly in runtimeConfig (not .public), useRuntimeConfig().splitformsKey returns undefined client-side.

Nuxt gotcha

useRuntimeConfig() called outside setup() returns empty object

Calling useRuntimeConfig() inside a regular function (not inside <script setup> or a composable) returns {}. Always call it at the top of <script setup> and capture the value, then use config.public.splitformsKey inside event handlers.

Nuxt gotcha

Nitro Cloudflare preset has 10ms CPU time on the free plan

If you proxy the splitforms call through a Nuxt server route (/server/api/contact.post.ts), the fetch round-trip eats your Cloudflare Worker CPU budget. On Cloudflare Pages Free tier, this can fail under load. Skip the proxy: have the form POST directly to splitforms.com.

Nuxt gotcha

Nuxt Content's <ContentDoc> rendering can break form HTML

If you embed the form in a Markdown file rendered by Nuxt Content, MDC syntax may interpret your inputs as MDC components. Wrap the form in <NuxtContent> (or use :component="ContactForm") instead of inline form HTML.

PATTERN A

Pattern A — direct browser POST from `<script setup>`

No server route. Page reads the access key from useRuntimeConfig().public.splitformsKey. Works identically on every Nitro preset. Use the same wiring for the waitlist fields on this page.

pattern-a.txtvue18 lines

01<script setup>
02import { ref } from "vue";
03const status = ref("idle");
04const config = useRuntimeConfig();
05async function onSubmit(e) {
06  status.value = "loading";
07  const fd = new FormData(e.target);
08  fd.append("access_key", config.public.splitformsKey);
09  const r = await fetch("https://splitforms.com/api/submit", { method: "POST", body: fd });
10  status.value = (await r.json()).success ? "ok" : "err";
11}
12</script>
13<template>
14  <form @submit.prevent="onSubmit">
15    <input name="email" type="email" required />
16    <button :disabled="status === 'loading'">Send</button>
17  </form>
18</template>

PATTERN B

Pattern B — Nitro server route (key stays server-side)

Page posts to /api/contact (a Nitro route) which appends the access key from runtimeConfig.splitformsKey (private) and proxies to splitforms. Adds a hop but the key never reaches the browser bundle. Use the same wiring for the waitlist fields on this page.

pattern-b.txtvue11 lines

01// server/api/contact.post.ts
02export default defineEventHandler(async (event) => {
03  const config = useRuntimeConfig();
04  const parts = await readMultipartFormData(event);
05  const fd = new FormData();
06  for (const p of parts ?? []) p.name && fd.append(p.name, p.data.toString("utf8"));
07  fd.append("access_key", config.splitformsKey);
08  const res = await $fetch("https://splitforms.com/api/submit", { method: "POST", body: fd });
09  if (!res.success) throw createError({ statusCode: 400, message: res.message });
10  return { ok: true };
11});

§ 04Field-by-field rundown3 fields · names you POST

What every field actually does.

Each field below ships in the waitlist template — rename, remove, or add your own. Splitforms accepts any name you POST.

emailREQUIRED

Email

Reply-to address — splitforms wires this so hitting reply goes back to the sender.

placeholder · you@example.com

name

TEXT

Name

Greeting + dashboard label so submissions don't all read 'anonymous'.

placeholder · Optional

referral

SELECT

How did you hear about us?

Dropdown — keeps responses normalised so you can filter the dashboard.

TwitterFriendSearchNewsletterOther

§ 05Waitlist on other frameworks21 frameworks · same backend

One backend. Every framework.

The same waitlist template works on every framework splitforms supports. Pick yours.

§ 06Questions9 answered

Waitlist on Nuxt — FAQ.

Direct answers, no marketing fluff. Missing one? Email hello@splitforms.com.

01Does this waitlist work on Nuxt?

Yes. The form is plain HTML with a single POST endpoint, so it runs on any Nuxt site without server-side code, plugins, or SDKs. Drop the snippet into a Nuxt page or component and submissions land in your splitforms dashboard.

02How much does the waitlist cost on Nuxt?

Free for 500 submissions per month — no credit card, no trial. Pro is $5/mo for 5,000 submissions, and there's a one-time $59 3-year plan (15,000 submissions/mo for 36 months). The same pricing applies regardless of which framework hosts the form.

03Can I customize the fields?

Yes. The template ships with sensible defaults (email, name, how did you hear about us?…) — add, remove, or rename any of them. Splitforms accepts whatever fields you POST.

04How does spam protection work on the waitlist?

A hidden honeypot field catches dumb bots, and a tuned classifier scores the rest. You only see real submissions in your dashboard. No CAPTCHA, no friction for human users — and it works the same on Nuxt as on any other framework.

05Can I send the waitlist submissions to Slack or Discord?

Yes. Webhooks are available on Starter and above, with auto-formatted payloads for Slack, Discord, and WhatsApp (via CallMeBot). Or send raw signed JSON to any URL — Zapier, n8n, your own server. Configure in the splitforms dashboard.

06Will it work on a static Nuxt site?

Yes — the form posts directly to splitforms from the browser, so no server is involved. Works on Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages, Cloudflare Pages, S3, or any plain Apache host.

07Should I show waitlist position / numbers?

Showing 'you're #347 in line' on the confirmation creates social proof but invites comparison. Showing total waitlist size ('join 2,500 people on the waitlist') without per-person position is the safer middle. Refer-a-friend mechanics that move people up the list (Robinhood-style) drive viral growth but require more eng work.

08How do I trigger launch invites in waves?

Tag waitlist signups by use case in the ESP audience (Loops, ConvertKit). Launch-day, segment by tag and send invite waves over 48-72 hours. Highest-intent / closest-fit goes first; broadest casts go last. Spreads server load and lets you triage onboarding support.

09Can I integrate with Loops / ConvertKit / Beehiiv?

Yes — webhook the JSON. Loops has direct webhook support and is purpose-built for product transactional + waitlist email. ConvertKit and Beehiiv accept via API or Zapier. All three handle the launch-sequence segmentation cleanly.

§ 07Comparisonvs Web3Forms · vs Formspree

splitforms vs everything else.

Same drop-in API. More free submissions, Starter signed webhooks, MCP support no other backend has.

Feature	Web3Forms	Formspree	splitforms
Free monthly submissions	250	50	500
Custom fields beyond contact	Yes	Pro tier	Free
Webhooks (Slack / Discord)	Pro tier	Pro tier	Free, signed
AI / MCP submission inbox	No	No	Yes
Long-term plan (3-year flat)	—	—	$59 every 3 years

§ 08More templates for Nuxt5 adjacent patterns

Ship a waitlist on Nuxt in 60 seconds.

500 submissions per month, free forever. No credit card. Copy the snippet above and paste it into your Nuxt project.

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Waitlist for Nuxt

Why Nuxt developers choose splitforms for waitlist

Yes — this is the shortest safe path for Nuxt.

Paste the HTML version, then replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY.

Built for Nuxt developers who hate operating a backend.

Drop into any Nuxt project.

Generate, embed, receive.

Generate a free splitforms key

Paste the waitlist into your Nuxt project

Receive submissions

The reason this waitlist exists.

Step 1: capture email

Step 2-3: qualify use case

Push to ESP segment

What changes when this waitlist lives in Nuxt.

runtimeConfig.public is required for client exposure — `runtimeConfig.x` is server-only

useRuntimeConfig() called outside setup() returns empty object

Nitro Cloudflare preset has 10ms CPU time on the free plan

Nuxt Content's <ContentDoc> rendering can break form HTML

Pattern A — direct browser POST from `<script setup>`

Pattern B — Nitro server route (key stays server-side)

What every field actually does.

Email

Name

How did you hear about us?

One backend. Every framework.

Waitlist on Nuxt — FAQ.

splitforms vs everything else.

Other ready-to-ship Nuxt forms.

Ship a waitlist on Nuxt in 60 seconds.