diff --git a/app/routers/auth.py b/app/routers/auth.py
index 59733a9..6d3bfbc 100644
--- a/app/routers/auth.py
+++ b/app/routers/auth.py
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ async def verify_page(request: Request, error: str | None = None, sent: str | No
 async def verify_submit(
     request: Request,
     code: str = Form(...),
+    subscribe_to_digests: str | None = Form(default=None),
     session: AsyncSession = Depends(get_session),
 ):
     cookie = request.cookies.get(PENDING_COOKIE_NAME)
@@ -240,6 +241,8 @@ async def verify_submit(
         # User row vanished between cookie issue and verify. Restart flow.
         return RedirectResponse(url="/login", status_code=303)
     user.last_login_at = utcnow()
+    # An unchecked HTML checkbox sends NO field; that means "opt out".
+    user.email_digest_opt_in = subscribe_to_digests is not None
     await session.commit()
     log.info("user.login", user_id=user.id, email=email)
 
diff --git a/app/templates/verify.html b/app/templates/verify.html
index ae62056..8596939 100644
--- a/app/templates/verify.html
+++ b/app/templates/verify.html
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
                minlength="6" maxlength="6" required autofocus
                style="font-family:var(--font-mono); letter-spacing:0.4em; text-align:center;">
       </label>
+      <label style="display:block; margin:14px 0 0; font-size:12.5px; color:var(--muted); line-height:1.55;">
+        <input type="checkbox" name="subscribe_to_digests" value="on" checked
+               style="vertical-align:middle; margin-right:6px;">
+        Email me the digest — daily for paid, Sunday for everyone.
+        One-click unsubscribe in every email.
+      </label>
       <button type="submit">Verify</button>
     </form>
 
diff --git a/tests/test_verify_subscribe.py b/tests/test_verify_subscribe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51477c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_verify_subscribe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+"""Verify-POST persists the subscribe_to_digests form field."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+
+
+def _build(tmp_path):
+    from fastapi import FastAPI
+    from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
+    from sqlalchemy.ext.asyncio import async_sessionmaker, create_async_engine
+
+    from app import db as db_mod
+    from app.db import Base
+    from app.models import User
+    from app.routers import auth as auth_router
+    from app.auth import _pending_serializer
+
+    engine = create_async_engine(f"sqlite+aiosqlite:///{tmp_path}/v.db")
+    factory = async_sessionmaker(engine, expire_on_commit=False)
+    db_mod._engine = engine
+    db_mod._session_factory = factory
+
+    async def _seed():
+        async with engine.begin() as conn:
+            await conn.run_sync(Base.metadata.create_all)
+        async with factory() as s:
+            s.add(User(id=10, email="newbie@x", tier="free",
+                       email_digest_opt_in=True))
+            await s.commit()
+
+    asyncio.run(_seed())
+    app = FastAPI()
+    app.include_router(auth_router.router)
+    pending = _pending_serializer().dumps({"email": "newbie@x", "uid": 10, "ref": None})
+    return TestClient(app), pending
+
+
+def test_verify_with_unchecked_subscribe_disables_opt_in(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    from app.services import otp_service
+
+    async def _ok(*args, **kwargs):
+        return None
+    monkeypatch.setattr(otp_service, "verify", _ok)
+
+    client, pending = _build(tmp_path)
+    r = client.post(
+        "/verify",
+        data={"code": "000000"},  # subscribe_to_digests omitted = unchecked
+        cookies={"cassandra_pending": pending},
+        follow_redirects=False,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 303, r.text
+
+    async def _check():
+        from app import db as db_mod
+        from app.models import User
+        async with db_mod._session_factory() as s:
+            u = await s.get(User, 10)
+            assert u.email_digest_opt_in is False
+    asyncio.run(_check())
+
+
+def test_verify_with_checked_subscribe_keeps_opt_in(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    from app.services import otp_service
+
+    async def _ok(*args, **kwargs):
+        return None
+    monkeypatch.setattr(otp_service, "verify", _ok)
+
+    client, pending = _build(tmp_path)
+    r = client.post(
+        "/verify",
+        data={"code": "000000", "subscribe_to_digests": "on"},
+        cookies={"cassandra_pending": pending},
+        follow_redirects=False,
+    )
+    assert r.status_code == 303
+
+    async def _check():
+        from app import db as db_mod
+        from app.models import User
+        async with db_mod._session_factory() as s:
+            u = await s.get(User, 10)
+            assert u.email_digest_opt_in is True
+    asyncio.run(_check())