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How to add a Free Countdown Timer Builder to your Account

Make a live countdown for your launch, sale, or event to add to your promo text and pages in MemberVault

Written by Hannah Harris

Our CEO, Erin Kelly, made a really fun addition for you to add to your MemberVault account: a free countdown timer!

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Here's how to set it up!

  1. Open the countdown timer builder (available here).

  2. Set the deadline for your timer using your own time zone.

  3. Pick your brand or accent color you'd like to use -- this is what will appear on the background of the time buttons.

  4. Choose whether you'd like to hide the timer or show a custom message when the timer reaches zero.

  5. Check the code preview to make sure everything looks good!

    1. If you have a paid MemberVault plan, you'll find a version of the timer that doesn't include the "Made with MemberVault" link in your Template Library on MV Learn! (Though you can always keep this if you want to share the MV love!)

  6. Scroll to the "Your Code" section and click the button to copy your countdown timer code.

The code will work anywhere you can paste custom HTML, like MemberVault lessons and pages, WordPress, Squarespace, Kajabi, and Showit code blocks.

For MemberVault, we recommend using the Promo Text, pages or lessons to paste your code. The timer will not work in the Product Description box.

Here's an example of how to paste your code into your Promo Text:

  1. Under "Content" > "Products", select the pencil and paper icon next to the product where you want to add your countdown timer.

  2. Scroll to the Promo Text section in your product under Sign Up Options (make sure you have a Sign Up option selected so that the Promo Text box appears).

  3. Click on the Source code button (<>) in your Promo Text editor

  4. Paste your code into the source code box. If you already have Promo Text created, you can paste your code above or below your current HTML or insert it into part of your existing text. Click Save.

  5. Preview your promo text to check that the timer is placed where you'd like it!

If you want more than one timer on a page, you can make each one separately in the Countdown Timer Builder and paste them in. They won't bump into each other.

Heads up! Email apps block live timers, so this code won't work in an email. For your sales emails, rather than post the timer, just include the deadline in your text (i.e. "Doors close Friday, [date] at 9PM PT").

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Questions? Reach out to us at hello@membervault.co, within our Facebook group, The MV Collaborative, or via chat support within your admin account (not sure how to log in? look up your account here).

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