Email guide

How to add a countdown timer to AWeber

AWeber’s campaigns run on subscriber time — someone who signs up today gets message three three days from today. A countdown that is hard-coded to a calendar date makes no sense there; one that starts at each subscriber’s own first open does. Both modes are a single image URL in tikio.

Create your free countdown Jump to steps

  1. Design your countdown in tikio

    Create a timer in the tikio editor: pick colors, fonts, labels and the languages you need. What you see in the editor is exactly what lands in the inbox — the timer is delivered as a regular animated image.

  2. Get the code

    Click Get code, choose “In an email”, pick how the countdown works — until a date, a personal timer per subscriber, or repeating on a schedule — and copy the code. The link stores the timer, so you can change the deadline any time, even after sending: emails already sent pick it up within minutes.

    URL 
    https://t.tikio.io/e/a1b2.gif

  3. Insert the timer into your AWeber message

    In the AWeber message editor, add an HTML element and paste the snippet below. AWeber personalization variables are resolved inside the URL for each subscriber when the message goes out.

    HTML 
    <img src="https://t.tikio.io/e/a1b2.gif" alt="Offer ends soon" width="480" style="border:0;max-width:100%;height:auto;" />

Per-recipient evergreen deadlines

Use {{ subscriber.email }} as the recipient key for a personal deadline per subscriber. If you keep a custom field with your own subscriber ID, use that instead — it avoids putting email addresses into image URLs.

HTML 
<img src="https://t.tikio.io/e/a1b2.gif?uid={{ subscriber.email }}" alt="Offer ends soon" width="480" style="border:0;max-width:100%;height:auto;" />

FAQ

Questions, answered

Broadcast or campaign — which mode should I use?

Broadcasts go to everyone at once, so a fixed date is right. Campaigns are drip-based and each subscriber reaches a given message on a different day, so a personal timer keyed per subscriber is the honest choice.

Is anything installed on my AWeber account?

No. It is one image tag — no app, no integration, no API key.

Can I make the countdown clickable?

Yes — wrap the <img> in a normal link to your offer. A click on a ticking deadline is among the highest-intent clicks in the message.

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Your first countdown is minutes away

Free during early access — no credit card required. Design once, paste one snippet, and the timer ticks on every open.

Create your free countdown