How to Create a New Form

Quickly create registration and intake forms from scratch or by using Vagaro's fully customizable builder. Build stronger relationships with customers by creating surveys to get feedback on how to improve your services. 

Share links to liability waivers and consent forms when sending emails and notifications to customers. Reduce wait times by getting customers to complete digital surveys before a class or when they check in and easily keep track of electronic signatures in Vagaro! 

You can also do the following when using the Vagaro Form Builder. 

• Select from a variety of templates to build forms that fit your business needs.
• Add multiple choice questions, headings, and images.
• Get customers to add electronic signatures.
• Allow customers to provide feedback about your services using a variety of rating scales. 

The feature also allows you to update customer profiles and add new customers to the database. This happens when a customer fills out the Contact Information Module when submitting a form through email or from your website.

If a customer is an existing one, the software will update the current account information. If a customer is new, the system will create a new profile after the form is completed. This allows you to increase your customer mailing list for newsletters and marketing emails. 

In this article, we will go over:

• Activating the Forms Feature
• Creating a Form
• Tracking and Managing Forms
• Completing a Form on the Calendar
• Completing a Form in a Customer's Profile
• Adding Forms to Email Notifications
• Adding Forms to Marketing Emails
• Controlling Employee Access to Forms
• Deactivating the Forms Feature

Watch this video or read the article below to learn more about adding and managing Forms.

Activating the Forms Feature

1. Click Settings at the top of the screen. 

2. Select Forms on the left sidebar under Add-Ons. 

3. Click Get Started to activate the feature. 

Creating a Form

1. Click Forms at the top of the screen. 

2. Click Create New to add a new form.  

3. Click Blank Form to create a new form. Notice you also can select one of the pre-made forms that are in the system by default. Let's go ahead and create a new form. 

4. Enter the title or the name.  

5. You'll be able to customize the form to your liking by adding different fields. You can find a variety of options on the left side of the screen. 

6. To add a field, click on it. Then drag it over to the design of the form. 

7. Each field has an option to require a customer to provide a response as well as a function to move it to a different spot on the Form. Toggle the switch next to Required to require a response from the customer. Click on the three lines to move the field to a different spot on the form. 

8. Additionally, each field allows you to create a duplicate field or delete it from the Design. Most fields also allow you to add your own image. 

Let's now take a closer look at the different fields you can use to customize a form.

Short Answer Field

This allows the customer to enter a short reply to your question.  

Long Answer Field

This allows the customer to enter a longer response to your question.  

Choose One Field

This allows a customer to select a specific option when responding to your question. 

Click Add an option to add an additional option for customers to select. Click the X to remove an option.

Toggle the General Tag switch on (green) to add the customer's choice to their profile as a General Tag. See the articles about General Tags (Vagaro Pro or Web Version) for more.

Multiple Choice Field

This allows a customer to select multiple answers when responding to your question. 

Click Add an option to add an additional option for customers to select. Click the X to remove an option.

Toggle the General Tag switch on (green) to add the customer's choice to their profile as a General Tag. With Multiple Choice, all selections will be added as individual General Tags. See the articles about General Tags (Vagaro Pro or Web Version) for more.

Dropdown Field 

This allows customers to select a specific response to your question after clicking on a drop-down. 

Click Add an option to add an additional option for customers to select. Click the X to remove an option.

Toggle the General Tag switch on (green) to add the customer's choice to their profile as a General Tag. See the articles about General Tags (Vagaro Pro or Web Version) for more.

Scale Field

This allows a customer to select a rating based on your question. There are several options, including a numbers scale, text scale, and stars scale. Let's explore each of these items. 

The numbers scale allows customers to give a rating by selecting a number.   

The text scale allows customers to select how strongly they agree with your question or statement. 

The stars scale allows customers to give a rating by selecting a star. 

Contact Information Field

This allows a customer to enter their contact information. They can also select their gender, birthday, and enter the name of the customer who referred them to your business.

Select the box that corresponds to a response on the right side of the screen if you want that response to be included in the field. For example, if you select the box that corresponds to Email, the customer will see this as an option when completing this in the form. However, if you deselect the checkbox, the customer will not see this item when filling out the document.   

Select Update or Save Customer. Then click the Select an option drop-down below to select either Update Existing Customer or Create New Customer.

The Update Existing Customer option allows you to update the profile of a current customer when the Contact Information module is completed. Remember, in order to enable this feature, the Require Vagaro Login option, found at the bottom of a form, must be selected. This requires the customer to be logged into their customer account when completing a form. 

The Create New Customer option allows you to add a new customer profile to your Vagaro account once the Contact Information module has been completed and the form has been submitted. For new customers, completing the Email section is mandatory in this case.

Image Field

This allows you to add your own image to the form. Click Upload once you've dragged the field to the Design.  

Click on the pencil icon to edit or remove the image. You also can add a caption to the image below. 

When editing an image, you can change the image dimensions. Click Apply when you're happy with the changes.

Date Field

This field is helpful when you're trying to get information about a customer's availability. The customer will be able to select a date, indicating when they are available.  

Click on the drop-down to select the specific option you want customers to choose when providing their availability. 

Separator Field

This allows you to add a divider, creating spacing between modules. 

Text Field

This allows you to add additional text to the form, including a Heading or Paragraph. 

Enter the text in the box after selecting whether you want to add a heading or paragraph.  

Signature Field

This allows a customer to add a signature to the form. This is typically added to the end of a survey, waiver, or form. To add a signature, the customer can use their mouse to draw the image on the screen.   

Payment Module

The Payment module allows you to securely collect and store customer credit card numbers. Once the form is submitted, the customer’s profile will automatically update for future purchases, deposits, or renewals (i.e. memberships and packages.) If a customer already has a card on file, they will be asked to verify if the card information is correct or to add a new card to be saved instead.

Making a Form Available to Customers

Once you're finished designing the form, you can get a preview of how it will display to customers. Notice you can see how it appears on a computer or phone. You'll find the Preview options at the top of the screen. 

At the bottom of the screen, toggle the Form is Mandatory for All Clients option to require customers to complete a form when they make any purchase or booking. Remember this requires the customer to submit the form just once. It also requires the customer to fill out a form when registering or checking in on the Check-in App. 

If you don't want to require customers to complete a form when they make any purchase or booking, toggle the option next to Require Form While Booking to require customers to submit a form before booking a specific service or class. Click on the drop-down below Appointments & Classes to require customers to complete a form when booking a specific class or service. For example, if you select Yoga, the customer will be required to submit a form if they try to book this class. 

If you clicked on the drop-down to select a class or service, click on the checkbox next to each item to select them. Click Add when you're finished. Now customers will be required to submit a form if they try to book the classes you selected. 

Toggle the option next to Always Require Form to always require customers to submit a form each time they book a service or class.

Select Require Vagaro login to fill out form to require customers to be logged into their account to complete a form. 

If the Require Vagaro Login option is not selected, the customer will appear as an Anonymous sender once the form is submitted.    

Select Require Form When Purchasing Membership to require customers to submit a form when buying a membership. Click on the drop-down below Memberships to require customers to complete a form when booking a specific membership. Toggle the option next to Always Require Form to always require customers to submit a form each time they purchase a membership.

Click Save for Later to save the form to your drafts so you can finish it later. Select Publish if you're ready to make it available to customers.

Tracking and Managing Forms

When you go back to the main Forms page, you'll see that the survey has been published. You also can see how many people responded. 

Click on the More menu to:

• Make changes to a form (Edit).
• Remove a form (Delete).
• Create a duplicate form (Duplicate). 
• View responses from customers (View Responses).
• Copy a URL link so that you can share the form with customers (Copy Link).
• Copy an embedded code so that you can add it to your website (Embed in Website).  

At the top of the screen, you can apply a search filter when searching for forms. You can filter it by items that have been saved to your Drafts or those that have been Published.  

You can also enter a keyword in the Search box at the top of the screen to find a specific form.  

Completing a Form on the Calendar

1. Once you get to the Calendar screen, select the customer as well as the appointment. Then select Forms. 

2. Click on the drop-down on the left side. Then select the form you want to add to the customer's profile. 

3. Click Save after completing it. 

Completing a Form in a Customer's Profile

1. Once you get to the customer's profile and get to the Forms page, click on the drop-down to select the form. 

2. Click Save after completing the form. Click this link to learn more about managing your customers: How Do I Manage Customers on the Web Version?

Adding Forms to Email Notifications

Once you get the Email & Text Notifications page, you can paste the link to the form in the box under Include this message in appointment emails. 

Click Save at the bottom of the screen when you're finished. 

Adding Forms to Marketing Emails

1. Once you start customizing your email in the email builder, hover over the section that has the Button Links. Then click the pencil icon. 

2. Click on the drop-down under Button Link. Then select Forms. 

3. Click on the drop-down that appears under Forms. Then select the document. 

4. Enter the text under Button Text. Notice the button below updates automatically to reflect the text you entered. 

5. Customers will be directed to the link in the box under URL when they click the button you just created. Click Save when you're finished.

6. Click Send Now. Select the acknowledgment box. Then click Announce when you're ready to send the email to your customers. Click this link to learn more about email marketing: How Do I Send Marketing Emails to customers in Vagaro?

7. When customers receive your email, they'll be directed to your form once they click the button you created. 

8. The customer can then complete the form. 

Adding Forms to Marketing Emails

You can control an employee's ability to view, add, edit, and delete forms in your account. Once you locate the Forms Management access level, click View to allow the employee to see all the forms that you have created. Click Modify if you want them to be able to make edits and changes to forms. A green color means the option has been enabled. Click this link to learn more about access levels: How Do I Control What My Employees See and Change in Vagaro? (Access Levels)

Deactivating the Forms Feature

1. Click Settings at the top of the screen. 

2. Select Forms on the left side of the screen. 

3. Click Deactivate Forms.