Form · Signup

Online signup form template

Most signup forms stop at a name and an email, and you learn nothing you can act on. This one also asks what people want from joining and how they like to hear from you. Anyone signing up for a team or organisation gets two extra questions about it, so group signups are easy to spot in your list.

10 questions~3 min to answer1 branch
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Try it as a respondent

Every question, and where it leads

The conversation

What a respondent is asked, in order.

Glad you're joining us. This takes about two minutes, then you're in.

1

First, who are you?

Contact info · required
2

Are you signing up just for yourself, or for a group?

Single select · requiredsplits the flow
3

What is the team or organisation called?

Short text · requiredif joining as is For a team or organisation
4

Roughly how many people will be joining with you?

Number · optionalif joining as is For a team or organisation
5

Where are you based?

Address · optionalif joining as is Just for me
6

What are you hoping to get out of joining?

Multi select · required
7

How new are you to what we do?

Opinion scale · optional
8

How did you hear about us?

Dropdown · optional
9

How often would you like to hear from us?

Single select · required
10

The fine print

Consent · required

Ends with

You're signed up 🎉

The flow

Where each answer leads. Every route here is editable once the form is yours.

A labelled route is taken only by answers matching the label

What this template uses

  • Contact info
  • Single select
  • Short text
  • Number
  • Address
  • Multi select
  • Opinion scale
  • Dropdown
  • Consent
  • 2 branches

Questions to consider

  • What exactly are people joining: a mailing list, a paid program, a free community? The greeting and ending should say so plainly.
  • Do you need a full address, or is a city and country enough for what you plan to do with it?
  • What will a new member receive right after signing up, and how soon?
  • Do group signups need different handling, such as a group rate or a single contact person?

How to use the responses

Filter by the team question first: group signups usually deserve a personal reply from a real person, not just the welcome email. Use the interests answers to decide what your first few messages talk about, and the familiarity score to split beginners from experienced members so nobody gets content that is too basic or too advanced. Export to CSV when you want to import the list somewhere else.

How to customize and share it

  1. 1Rewrite the greeting and ending so they name your program or community and say exactly what arrives after signup.
  2. 2Swap the interest options for the real reasons people join you, and delete the location question if you never meet in person.
  3. 3Replace the consent text with your own guidelines and privacy wording, then share the link or embed the form on your signup page.

Frequently asked questions

What should an online signup form include?

A name, an email address, and a clear yes to your terms at the very least. A question about why they are joining costs a few seconds and tells you what to send them first.

How long should a signup form be?

Short enough to finish in a couple of minutes. This one asks group signups two extra questions and skips them for everyone else, so individuals see only what applies to them.

Do I need a consent checkbox on a signup form?

If you plan to email people, you should record that they agreed to it. The consent question here stores who accepted and what wording they saw.

Can I embed this signup form on my website?

Yes. After you use this template you can share it as a link or embed it on any page, and every signup appears in your dashboard.

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