AWeber has been a trusted email marketing platform for small businesses and entrepreneurs for over two decades. With its straightforward interface and reliable deliverability, it remains a popular choice for newsletter creators, solopreneurs, and small teams running promotional campaigns.
Adding a countdown timer to your AWeber emails takes under two minutes and works with both broadcast campaigns and automated sequences. This guide covers the full setup.
A free Tickvio account (no credit card required) and an AWeber account with access to the email editor.
Log in to Tickvio and click Create Timer. Choose your timer type:
Fixed date — everyone counts down to the same deadline. Best for seasonal sales, product launches, and limited-time offers.
Evergreen — each subscriber gets a personal deadline from when they open. Best for welcome sequences and automated offers.
Recurring — auto-resets on a schedule. Best for weekly newsletters with recurring deals.
Customise the design (28+ styles), set your expiry state, and copy the HTML embed code.
In AWeber, create a new message (broadcast or automation email). Open it in the drag-and-drop editor.
AWeber’s editor includes a Raw HTML content block. Drag it into your email layout where you want the timer to appear — below the headline, above your main CTA.
Click the Raw HTML block and paste the Tickvio embed code. Save the block. The countdown timer will render as a live animated GIF in the email.
Use AWeber’s preview and test send features to verify the timer displays correctly on desktop and mobile. Check our inbox support guide for rendering details across Gmail, Apple Mail, Outlook, and more.
AWeber’s automation builder lets you create triggered email sequences. Countdown timers enhance these flows:
Welcome sequence: Add an evergreen timer to your welcome email offering a first-purchase discount that expires 48 hours after signup.
Product promotion series: Use a fixed-date timer in a multi-email promotional sequence counting down to the offer deadline.
Re-engagement: Include a timer in your win-back automation with a limited-time incentive to reactivate dormant subscribers.
Raw HTML block: AWeber labels its custom code block as "Raw HTML" rather than "Custom HTML" — it works identically. Paste the full Tickvio embed code there.
Simple and reliable: AWeber’s strength is simplicity. The timer setup mirrors that — create in Tickvio, paste in AWeber, send. No complex configuration needed.
Newsletter urgency: If you run a regular newsletter with occasional promotions, adding a timer to just the promotional emails (not every issue) keeps urgency effective. See our best practices guide for frequency recommendations.
Subscriber tagging: AWeber supports tagging for segmentation. Send timer campaigns to your most engaged tag groups for the best results. See our deliverability guide.
Create your free Tickvio timer — 20,000 views/month, all timer types, 28+ styles, no branding, no credit card. Paste into AWeber’s Raw HTML block and start driving urgency.
For more, see our complete guide and integrations page.
