Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email
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Re: Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email
#2We were looking for some kind of "posterous for forms", but couldn't really find anything, so we created this side project. You can create (web)forms with email, and collect data directly from replies to the form email you send out (so people don't have to click on a link to an external form).
Any feedback is welcome, especially on whether this is something others might find useful as well?
Re: Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email
#3i used Google Sites and Google Forms mainly to collect the data of my customer. If this form can be integrated to both would be nice
Re: Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email
#4i used Google Sites and Google Forms mainly to collect the data of my customer. If this form can be integrated to both would be nice
Thanks, the results and the webform pages should be pretty easy to embed, we'll have a look at some more integration.
Re: Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email
#5Looks really good and I like that you don't have to create an account. I didn't run into any major issues. Just a few thoughts:
- I found the copy after "Try a demo" a bit confusing. I wasn't aware of the concept of creating the form by sending an email, so the first sentence didn't make much sense initially. Maybe make the "To get started, copy the example text below. " more prominent and break up the "We'll reply..." sentence into something shorter.
- Once I've created a form and go to the homepage, could you show a link to it on the homepage?
- When I got the email to fill out the form I wasn't sure if I was supposed to edit the quoted text (even though that's exactly what you were telling me to do). Maybe add a link to the web form just in case.
Keep up the good work!
Re: Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email
#6Nice idea and congrats on shipping!
Just so you know, small typo on the "Collect data from replies" column: "That's availabe too!"
Re: Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email
#7Nice idea and congrats on shipping! Just so you know, small typo on the "Collect data from replies" column: "That's availabe too!"
Thanks, fixed!
Re: Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email
#8Looks really good and I like that you don't have to create an account. I didn't run into any major issues. Just a few thoughts: - I found the copy after "Try a demo" a bit confusing. I wasn't aware of the concept of creating the form by sending an email, so the first sentence didn't make much sense initially. Maybe make the "To get started, copy the example text below. " more prominent and break up the "We'll reply..…
Thanks for the feedback! Good points, we'll also try to change the text a bit. It's funny that we had some more people say they were really surprised that it "just worked" to reply inline, but we'll probably add an option to include a link to the webform in the email header or footer as well.
Re: Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email
#9On the try a demo, it'd be nice if you could have an example email sent to your email address (maybe the form that appears when you click the button now, so that you can do a side-by-side comparison).
Re: Show HN: Create and collect forms directly from email
#10Looks good, just try to think about how to use this for lead generation purposes.