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Get started in three steps

Create an account and get started in three easy steps

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Step 1: Create a new Form configuration

  1. Click New Form. On a new account the button is in the middle of the empty Forms panel; once you have forms it sits in that panel’s header.
  2. Enter a name for your form. This will also be used in the subject line of notification emails.
  3. Select a response type.
    1. For simple forms, select Redirect and enter a success URL and a Failure URL.
    2. You can also select JSON Response to get a JSON response after submission, or none if you are using more advanced implementations.
  4. Click Create Form to save your form configuration.
Make sure your form is set to Active.
At this point you are ready to proceed to Step 2, but if you would like to Learn more about other form configurations and settings, check out our Form Configuration guide.

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Step 2: Add a form to your static website or landing page

  • You will need your form’s Action URL to connect your form to Crunchforms. This URL consists of the base URL https://crunchforms.com/form/ followed by your unique {formID}.
  • Your formID is listed beside your form name on the dashboard, and can easily be copied by clicking the copy icon.
  • You can copy the full Action URL by clicking the Copy Action URL button in drop down menu next to your form in the dashboard.
Add a simple form to your website and use your Action URL as the form’s action attribute.
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Or simply post JSON data to the Action URL. Check out our API documentation for more details.

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Step 3: View and manage submissions

From your Crunchforms dashboard, you will see a list of the forms you’ve created, including a count of how many unread (new) submissions that form has.Click on the form name or the View button to see all submissions for that form.Click on a submission or the submission’s View button to see the full details of that submission.
Opening a submission to view its details will automatically mark it as read. You can also mark it as read without opening it by clicking the Unread/Read icon beside the submission in the list. Clicking the icon again will toggle it back to unread.
Above the list there is a search box and a From / To date range.Search looks through every field of every submission — not only the two columns on screen — as well as the field names and the page the submission came from. So searching for part of an address, an order number, or a phrase from a message will find it, whether or not that field is one of the columns.The date range covers whole days in your own timezone, and setting From and To to the same day shows just that day.
Archiving files a submission away without deleting it. Click the action dropdown beside the submission — or the actions at the bottom of the submission’s detail view — and choose Archive.Archived submissions move to the Archived tab above the list. Open that tab to read them, and choose Restore to move one back to your inbox.
Archiving never deletes anything. Archived submissions still count towards the monthly total on your plan, because they were received.
Tick the checkbox beside any submissions you want to act on — or the checkbox in the header row to select everything currently listed — and a bar appears with Archive (or Restore), Mark read and Mark unread. On a phone, where the list is cards rather than a table, Select all sits above it instead of a header checkbox.Selecting everything means everything shown: with a search or a date range applied, a bulk action only touches the submissions matching it. Changing the search or the dates clears your selection, so you always act on the list in front of you.Mark read and Mark unread apply to your inbox. Archived submissions are already marked read.
You can easily export your submission data as Excel, CSV, or JSON
  1. From your dashboard, click on the form you would like to export to view the list of submissions.
  2. Click the button at the top right of your form’s submission list.
  3. Select Export to Excel, Export to CSV, or Export to JSON from the dropdown menu.
The export contains exactly what the list is showing — so a search or date range narrows the file too, and the name is marked to match: (filtered), (archived), or both. Clear the filters first to export everything. Switch to the Archived tab to export archived submissions instead.
Your dashboard opens with an Overview panel above your list of forms:
  • Submissions this month, against your plan’s monthly allowance, with a bar that turns amber as you approach the limit.
  • Forms created, out of your plan’s total allowed number of forms.
  • Last 7 days — how many submissions arrived, and whether that is up or down on the week before.
  • Recent activity — your five most recent submissions across every form.
If you get close to your monthly submission limit, a banner appears here explaining exactly where you stand. See what happens if I exceed my submission limit? for what the service does at that point.Settings → Billing shows the same monthly figure alongside your current plan and what it includes, and is where you change plan or manage your payment details.

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Next steps

Explore advanced configurations and features:

Set up a Honeypot Field

Get easy protection against simple bots using a hidden field

Set up Cloudflare Turnstile

Advanced bot protection using Cloudflare Turnstile

Set up Google Recaptcha

Advanced bot protection using Google reCaptcha v3

Add additional email addresses

Add and verify additional email addresses to receive form submission notifications

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