Features

Position Inflation

Position inflation lets you offset all public-facing positions and subscriber counts by a fixed number. This is useful when you already have sign-ups from another platform, a previous campaign, or an email list, and you want your Waitlister positions to reflect the full picture rather than starting from #1.

Your internal data stays completely untouched — the offset is only applied to what your subscribers see.

How It Works

Position inflation adds a fixed number to every public-facing position and count. For example, if you already collected 500 sign-ups through another channel and set an inflation value of 500:

• The first Waitlister subscriber sees their position as #501
• Your 10th subscriber sees their position as #510
• Social proof shows 530 people joined instead of 30

Internally, nothing changes. Your dashboard, subscriber table, CSV exports, and position calculation logic all continue using real Waitlister positions.

When to Use Position Inflation

• Migrating from another tool: You collected sign-ups elsewhere and want positions to continue from where you left off
• Combining multiple channels: You have an existing email list or pre-launch sign-ups that aren't imported into Waitlister
• Running parallel sign-up methods: Some subscribers sign up through your own system while others use Waitlister

Setting Up Position Inflation

1. Go to your waitlist dashboard
2. Navigate to Settings
3. Find the Position inflation section
4. Enter your offset value (e.g. the number of existing sign-ups you have)
5. Click Update

The setting takes effect immediately for all existing and future subscribers across all public-facing surfaces.

What Gets Inflated

Position inflation affects every place where subscribers see position or count data.

Subscriber-facing pages

• Thank-you page: Position display (e.g. "You're #501")
• Thank-you page leaderboard: All displayed positions in the neighborhood view
• Landing page and form social proof: Subscriber count (e.g. "530 people joined")
• Landing page and form leaderboard: All position numbers

Emails

• Welcome emails: {{waitlist.position}} and {{waitlist.total_subscribers}} template variables include the offset
• Broadcast emails: Same template variables include the offset

API responses

• All subscriber endpoints return an inflated_position field alongside position
• position always contains the real Waitlister value
• inflated_position contains the value with the offset applied

Webhook payloads

• All webhook events include inflated_position alongside position
• Use inflated_position if forwarding data to subscriber-facing systems
• Use position for internal tracking and analytics

Tips and Considerations

Choosing an Offset Value

Set the value to match the number of existing sign-ups you have outside of Waitlister. For example, if you collected 800 emails through a Google Form before switching to Waitlister, set the offset to 800.

Changing the Value Later

You can change the inflation value at any time. Since it's applied at display time, the change is instant and retroactive — all subscribers immediately see updated positions.

Setting the value to 0 removes the offset entirely.

Help and Support

Need assistance with position inflation? We're here to help.

• Contact us via the public contact form
• Access the "Help" page in your account dashboard