Adding phone to newsletter form

Topic summary

Main issue: Adding a phone number field to a Shopify newsletter form does not save to the expected contact[phone] field, despite the value appearing in the browser’s Network request. The author suspects a backend mapping issue on Shopify’s side.

Attempts and findings:

  • Tried input types tel and text; no change in behavior.
  • Considered/worked with storing the value in notes (e.g., contact[note][phone]); deemed unacceptable and/or ineffective as a solution.
  • Provided code snippet using Shopify’s input render and name variants; still not persisting phone to the contact record.

References: Multiple community threads are cited as prior attempts/workarounds, none offering a satisfactory resolution.

Follow-up request: Another participant asks if a solution was found and seeks a form that captures first name, last name, email, phone, email subscription, and SMS subscription, noting difficulty specifically with phone and SMS marketing capture.

Status: Unresolved. No confirmed solution or official response.

Open questions:

  • Why contact[phone] is not saved server-side for newsletter forms.
  • How to properly capture and store phone and SMS marketing consent within the newsletter signup.
Summarized with AI on December 16. AI used: gpt-5.

@absolute_il , hi, have you found a solution?
Need the form, that takes user’s name, last name, email, phone, email subscription, SMS subscription. Can’t find how to capture the phone and SMS marketing.