Why does my pop up fire when someone opts in?
If you’re using an exit pop up or a MagickBar on an opt-in page, depending on how you have your page setup you may notice that the pop up fires when someone opts in, or that the MagickBar remains on the “thank you” page.
In the case of the exit pop up, the reason for this is that unless you do something to prevent it, when someone opts in it results in them leaving the current page, which triggers the exit pop up – as it should.
In the case of the MagickBar, the reason is that again, unless you do something to prevent it, the thank you page is loaded in the same window and so the MagickBar stays where it is.
The solution in both cases is simple – you need to open your thank you page in a new browser window.
There are two possible solutions …
Method #1: For Both Exit Pops & MagickBars
If you have access to the HTML form code, all you have to do is add the following to your tag: