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Hi, We have this configured so our customers can complete their intake forms and it calculate a special product by days. The same customers come often and I was wondering if there was a way that they could retrieve previous entries to speed up the form completion? Or if you have any tips on how to do this. Repeat customers get frustrated that they have to reinput basic details over and over again. Thank you!

Hi Anai, you can ask your repeat customers to use the Neartail mobile app. With the mobile app, they will be able to view their previous requests, use the reorder option to quickly submit a new request and do more. https://near.tl/inbox

There’s a problem with the Notify Users By Email pop up interface in the google forms. It does not allow to be edited. So i cannot customized the email content. Please fix this urgently, as we have a sale form that needs to go live today. Thanks Widi

Hi Widi, thanks for the reporting this issue with the email setup option in our google forms addon. We will check this and update you. If you would like to set up email notifications, you can do it directly in Neartail. For detailed instructions, please refer to the help articles below. Send confirmation email to customers when they submit their order. https://neartail.com/order-form/send-confirmation-emails-to-customers.html Send notification email to your team for new orders: https://neartail.com/order-form/receive-notification-emails-for-new-orders.html

How Many Responses Can Be Used In Free Trial Period

Hi Navad, you can collect up to 20 responses during the trial period. If you need to collect more than 20 responses or would like to continue using Formfacade after the trial ends, you will need to subscribe to a paid plan.

Is there a charge for each online transaction?

Hi Maggie, We have integrated with Stripe (Card, Bancontact, Paynow, Cash App, iDeal) and Paypal (Paypal, Venmo) for automated payments. In addition, you can also enable manual & offline payment methods such as UPI, Cash App, Zelle, cash on delivery, bank transfer, check. If you enable automated payments through Stripe or PayPal, they will charge a transaction fee for each successful payment. The exact fee depends on the payment processor and your location. For manual payment options, there are no transaction charges. You can choose the payment method that best suits your needs.

I looked at your paid packages. My form might go over 5000 responses if not more. Any way we can do that. I only need it for 1 month. reponses might be from 5000 to 10000

Hi Mountasar, if you are expecting over 5,000 responses per month, you can subscribe to the Formesign Compliance Team plan that supports up to 10,000 responses per month. If you need it only for a short term, you can choose the monthly plan, use it for one month and then cancel the subscription before it is renewed for the next month. Formesign Compliance pricing https://formesign.com/compliance/pricing.html

The form that I uploaded needs to be added to my Form list. Would you check that my form is on the basic plan forms list?

Hi - When you customize your google form using the Neartail addon, it will be added to the Neartail Forms dashboard. You will be able to login to Neartail directly and access your customized forms. Please note that if you delete your form from the Neartail dashboard, it will no longer be displayed.

can i make a permalink while im on trial period?

Yes, you can create a website for your account and use the website link to collect responses. Login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Share > In the Share page, click Website > enter the custom name and click Create website. Please note that once created, the website name cannot be changed.

It says our trial has ended but we didn't have a trial, we had a paid account. I'm also being directed to two different pricing structures and don't know what is what. One shows our $8 a month plan and the other starts at $28 a month? Can you please help, I need to access the forms that have been submitted recently.

Hi - There is no active paid subscription linked with your account. Your subscription expired on 29-march-2024. That's why you are seeing the upgrade message when you login to Formfacade. Formfacade has multiple products. You can either choose to subscribe to the Formfacade Enhance plan that includes all the Formfacade products or subscribe to the specific products that you need. Formfacade Enhance pricing https://formfacade.com/enhance/pricing.html Formfacade File upload pricing https://formfacade.com/file-upload/pricing.html Formfacade Customize UI pricing https://formfacade.com/website/pricing.html

if i have an active plan for example: order forms, then i add a collaborator on the form do i need to pay extra for the collaborator?

Yes, the collaborators will have to subscribe to the paid plan using their email account to continue using Neartail after their trial ends.

Can I insert a graphic in a follow-up email that gets sent upon form submission? I want to send an image like this: https://justdonated.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/logo04.jpg

Hi Michelle, when you set up the Notify respondent option to send confirmation emails, you can use the Insert image icon in the message editor (see screenshot below) to include an image in the email content.

I am unable to limit user response to one. I need help. Your extension is stopping this.

Formfacade supports only public forms. Google Forms features that require signin such as limit to 1 response etc are not supported. You will have to disable these features to use Formfacade. Please note that anyone with the link to the form can view the form and submit their responses.

How to send automatic confirmation emails

Hi Michelle, If you would like to set up email notifications, you can do it directly in Neartail. For detailed instructions, please refer to the help articles below. Send confirmation email to customers when they submit their order. https://neartail.com/order-form/send-confirmation-emails-to-customers.html Send notification email to your team for new orders: https://neartail.com/order-form/receive-notification-emails-for-new-orders.html

Error when trying to sync to google drive. After selecting “Signed Forms to Drive” A screen appears with the words “Where do you want to store the signed forms?” Then I get a “ScriptError: Authorization is required to perform that action.”

Hi - If you have logged in with multiple google accounts in your browser, sometimes you might get the script authorization error. Open an incognito window in Chrome browser, login with your google account and then use the addon. It should work. Please try this and confirm.

just checking if you allow payments in NZ

Hi Laura, We have integrated with Stripe (Card payments) and Paypal for automated payments. In addition, you can also enable manual & offline payment methods such as cash on delivery, bank transfer, check. Enable payments Login to Neartail. Click on the form to open it. Edit page will be displayed. In the Neartail Edit page, click on the gear icon next to the Submit button. Button settings will be displayed. Click Enable payments. The payment options supported in your country will be displayed. You can configure the preferred payment options and click Save. Once you complete the setup, you can use the Neartail share link to submit a response and test the payment process to ensure everything is working correctly.

Hi, jz want to cinfirm this website is something like easystore? Tq

Neartail is a form builder that is designed specifically for creating order forms. You can add products, enable inventory, offer bulk discounts, collect payments & more. Neartail also has other products that allows you to automatically create a website (online store) from your order form, build a community to engage your customers and take in-store orders using Neartail POS.

Is there a plan where I can get 5000 or more responses a month?

Hi Justin, You can subscribe to the Formfacade Enhance Team plan that supports up to 10,000 responses per month. For pricing details, please refer to the link below. https://formfacade.com/enhance/pricing.html

Is there a way to track the inventory to know when we run out of something? I am piloting this in our school so it would be great if I could put in the number of products that we start with & as things are ordered, the inventory decreases. If that is possible, how do we add more inventory once we run out?

Enable inventory You can enable the inventory option for a product and enter the available stock. Neartail automatically keeps track of the product orders and updates the available stock. When the stock becomes zero, the product is marked as sold out. Login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > In the Neartail Edit page, click on a product to select it > click on the settings gear icon for that product > Product settings page will be displayed > click Advanced > enable the inventory option and update the available stock. Inventory report Currently we do not have report specifically for inventory. If you have enabled inventory, then you can use the Sales by product report to view the quantity sold, number of orders for a product and the available stock. Login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Reports > In the Reports page, click Sales by product > sales trend report will be displayed > click on the table icon in the bottom right corner > For each product, it will display (x sold, y orders, z left) where x = the quantity sold, y = number of orders received for that product and z = the available stock for that product. You can click on the print icon in the bottom right corner to print this report or save it as pdf.

the videos aren't syncing to my google drive anymore? just randomly stopped sending them to my google drive, how do i fix?

The max size per file is 100mb. You have enabled the option to allow users to upload multiple files per response. The sync to drive failed because the total file size exceeded the limits. We have resynced the files for the failed responses.

My customers always receive the following message when submitting the form : "Error: Not able to update this response in Google Forms. Submit it again. Contact owner, if this error occurs repeatedly." I dont know what I could change to avoid it? many thx Can y

Hi Nicolas, You have hidden a required question "Votre enfant est-il gardien?" in your form. Please mark this as an optional question or delete this required question in your form. This will fix the submit issue. Please try this and confirm. Notes for your reference: When the user submits the form, the response is recorded in Neartail and Google Forms. If there are any issues with submitting the form or recording the responses in Google Forms, we show an error message to the user and also send a notification email to the form creator. The submit can fail because there is an issue with the form, internet connectivity issue etc. The notification email will include the error message, draft id, link to the response (abandoned or submitted). If the error for response shows "Not able to update this response in Google Forms'', then this indicates that the submit was successful and the response was recorded in Neartail, but not updated in Google Forms. Google Forms might reject the responses if it fails any response validations (incorrect answers, missing answers for required questions or if you have enabled any of the features that require signin such as limit to 1 response, collect email address - verified input, send response receipts, response too large. You might have also noticed that sometimes Google Forms throws a "Something went wrong" error without giving any additional details.

I made a copy of one of my forms and it won't load.

Hi - Did you make a copy of the form in Google Forms or Neartail? Are you seeing the loading page instead of the form? Is the form still not displayed when you refresh the page? Please share the details. Can you try making a new copy of the form? Login to Neartail > List of your will be displayed in the Forms dashboard > click on the More option for the form you would like to duplicate > click Make a copy > enter the form title, click Proceed > Edit page should be displayed.

Can I change the email that is associated with my account to another email address?

Hi Vincent, the email address cannot be changed. If you would like to use a different email account with Neartail, you will have subscribe to the paid plan using the preferred email account and cancel your existing subscription.

I have 15 questions using multiple choice, all with the same scoring. Yes +2 No 0 Unsure +1 I am using a Short answer to calculate the score. I am using this formula SCORE(ALL, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15) When I do preview and answer all 15 questions 'Yes', I expect the score to be 30. Instead the score is 17. I did it a second time and the score is 85. What have I done incorrectly?

Hi James, you can use the SCORE(ALL, 2, 0, 1) formula to assign points and calculate the total score. The above formula will assign 2 points for the first answer choice, 0 for the second answer choice and 1 for the third answer choice for all multiple choice, checkboxes and grid questions. Please note that the above formula will also assign points for two multiple choice questions (number of employees, organization's readiness) in the first page. If you would like to assign points only for the questions in the second page, then add a short answer question in the second page with the SCORE(SECTION, 2, 0, 1) formula. This will assign points only for the 15 multiple choice questions in that section and calculate the score. I'd recommend you to use the Formfacade Assign points addon to add score calculations in your google forms. For detailed instructions, please refer to the links below. Calculate total score (add points for all questions the form) https://formfacade.com/calculate/assign-different-points-for-each-answer-in-multiple-choice-question-and-calculate-total-score.html Demo video https://youtu.be/zberDwRdLv8 Formfacade - Assign points addon https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/formfacade_assign_points/706030115252 You will have to use the Formfacade share link to collect responses. Otherwise, customization and score calculations will not work. When the user submits the form, you can view the responses along with the calculated scores in Formfacade Responses page as well as Google Forms. You can also sync responses to Google Sheets. Note: We have renamed the "Scorecery" addon as "Formfacade - Assign points" addon.

Hello, in my form I need the categories to be shown, and it is only showing me one of the 4 existing ones. I have used the code that is inserted but it only shows me one. ${categories()} I appreciate your help, thank you

A category page must have at least one product with name, price, image. If you enable these category pages in the Show categories settings page, then it should be displayed in the search as well as in the quick navigation. Could you please share a screenshot of the "Show categories" page in your form.

I only want access to one form. Is there a better plan for me than paying $38/mo?

Hi Caroline, if you would like add score calculations in your form, you will have to subscribe to the Formfacade - Assign points paid plan. The pricing starts at $38/month billed yearly for the Basic plan that supports up to 100 responses per month. Formfacade - Assign points pricing https://formfacade.com/calculate/pricing.html Formfacade Enhance pricing https://formfacade.com/enhance/pricing.html

I am trying to print my orders individually for an order summary for packaging and shipping. Can you please assist.

Print individual orders If you would like to print the individual orders, login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Orders > In the Orders page, click on an order to view the details > click on the three dots more icon and click Print. Note: By default, it will show the first 10 orders in any status. You can click on the More option at the bottom of the last order to load more orders. Print consolidated orders list for delivery Login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Orders > In the Orders page, click on the three dots more icon next to the Submitted (or the relevant) status > click Print > select the number of orders by sliding the scale and click Print.

Computation failed for Warehouse Team, A Will Call Order has been placed for ${entry1000027} and the ${entry1990820639} crew. Please Pick, Pack and Stage the order for pick up tomorrow morning. ${response()} Regards, due to ReferenceError: entry1000027 is not defined

Hi Christian, when you set up the email notifications, you can use the @ icon in the message editor to include specific fields in the message. In your email, you have added two such fields: ${entry1000027} and ${entry1990820639}. You are getting a reference error because the ${entry1000027} field has been deleted. You just have to delete this from the email set up and then you use the @ icon in the editor to include the relevant field. Please try this and confirm.

Hi, I'm Dedy, can I pay once and for all?

Hi Dedy, Currently, we only offer subscription-based payments. When you subscribe to the paid plan, you can either choose the monthly or annual subscription. Monthly subscription is automatically renewed each month. You can cancel it any time. Annual subscription is a 12 month commitment.

Changing billing information. I would like to change the card used.

Login to Formfacade > click Account > list of our products will be displayed > click Manage plan > click Update plan to open the customer portal > you can update the card details, billing information and manage your plan.

Does Formfacade allow google form to accept file upload without signing in. The usecase is to embed the file into the website.

Yes, Formfacade allows you to collect file uploads without requiring users to sign in. If you have already created your form in Google Forms, you can use the "Formfacade - File upload" addon to convert the Google Forms file upload feature into a standard HTML file upload. This will allow respondents to upload files directly without needing a Google account. Open your form in google forms > click on the addon icon > click Formfacade - File upload > click Configure form > Confirmation popup will be displayed > click Yes to convert the file upload question to html file upload (this will be a short answer question in google forms) > click Preview to test the form or Proceed to customize it using the Formfacade Editor. Please note that you will have to use the Formfacade share link or use the Formfacade embed code to embed the form on your website and collect responses from your users. Setup file upload and sync to drive (The addon has been renamed from "Petaform" to "Formfacade - File upload") https://formfacade.com/file-upload/google-forms-file-upload-sync-to-google-drive.html Formfacade - File upload addon https://workspace.google.com/marketplace/app/formfacade_file_upload/146202960515 Formfacade File upload pricing https://formfacade.com/file-upload/pricing.html

We want to send confirmation emails to people who've filled out and submitted the form.

Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Responses > click on the three dots icon next to the Submitted status > click Email respondents > setup wizard will be displayed > select the email field from the list and click Next (note: this email field must be a mandatory field in the form) > update the subject and click Next > update the message and click Next > click on the link to open the form and submit a response to test confirmation emails. When you set up the email notification using Formfacade, you can customize the subject and message as required. You can use the ${response()} formula to show a summary of all the answers or click on the @ icon in the message editor and select the required field from the list to include it in the message.

I am unable to view the list of downloaders as it appears empty. Your assistance in resolving this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Irem, are you trying to view the responses in Formfacade Responses page, Google Forms or Google Sheets? Note: When you use the Formfacade share link or the embed code to collect responses, the responses will be recorded in Formfacade and Google Forms. You can also sync the responses to google sheets. Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Responses > are you responses displayed under the Submitted status? Please check and confirm.

Frequently Asked Questions

Hello! Why do some say completed and others read PAID, I am not understanding the difference. Is there something I need to do?

Hi Katrina By default, there are four order status: Abandoned, Submitted, Completed, Trash. You cannot rename the default status, but you can choose to hide a default status. When you enable automated as well as manual payments in your form, the default order status will include Abandoned, Submitted, Paid, Completed, Trash. Abandoned orders If a user starts filling the form, but does not submit it, it will be displayed in the Abandoned status. These orders will be displayed only in the Neartail Orders page and it will not be included in Reports. Abandoned orders will have * prefixed to the order number in the Neartail Orders page. Submitted orders When the user chooses the automated payment option and submits the form, the order will be displayed under the Paid status. When the user chooses the manual payment option and submits the form, the order will be displayed under the submitted status. Once you verify the payment and update the payment status, it will be moved to the Paid status. These submitted orders will be recorded in Neartail and Google Forms. You can sync Google Forms responses to Google Sheets. Submitted orders will have # prefixed to the order number in the Neartail Orders page. The order numbers should be in sequential order. Trash orders You can move redundant orders to Trash. Login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Orders > In the Orders page, you can drag and drop (place the cursor on the profile image/default icon to drag) orders to the Trash status or click on an order to view the details, select the Trash status from the dropdown list for the Move to option and click Submit. Delete orders The orders in Abandoned and Trash status will not be included in the Neartail Reports. You can enable the Privacy option to delete the orders in Trash status permanently. Login to Neartail > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > click Orders> In the Orders page, click on the three dots next to the Abandoned or Trash status > You can enable or disable the privacy settings. When enabled, the orders in Abandoned and Trash status will be automatically deleted after 7 days. Please note that the Abandoned status will be hidden when the Privacy option is enabled.

Can I remove or edit my name at the bottom of my form? "Created by_______"

Hi James, You can customize the footer, header, theme, logo, but please note that this is common for all the forms you create using your account. Customize header, footer, theme Login to Formfacade. Click on the form to open it. Edit page will be displayed. Click Preview. In the Preview page, theme settings will be displayed in the right pane. Click Page. Enter the required text in the Business name (header / account name), Footer option (replaces "This site belongs to...") and click Save. You can upload your logo (square image 1:1 aspect ratio) to replace the default profile picture in the footer.

Hello, I am getting two errors on my form, when fully submitted, here are two screenshots: 1. Right at submit: https://prnt.sc/C9idKb4uTbtI 2. Another error note, which also happens on submit: https://prnt.sc/d2hkzBekDrAv Thank you!

Submit failed: Not able to update in google forms https://prnt.sc/C9idKb4uTbtI When the user submits the form, the response is recorded in Formfacade and Google Forms. If there are any issues with submitting the form or recording the responses in Google Forms, we show an error message to the user and also send a notification email to the form creator. The submit can fail because there is an issue with the form, internet connectivity issue etc. The notification email will include the error message, draft id, link to the response (abandoned or submitted). If the draft id is prefixed with the *, it indicates that the response has not been submitted. If it is prefixed with a #, it indicates that the response has been submitted. If the error for response shows "Not able to update this response in Google Forms", then this indicates that the submit was successful and the response was recorded in Formfacade, but it was not updated in Google Forms. Google Forms might reject the responses if it fails any response validations (incorrect answers, missing answers for required questions) or if you have enabled any of the features that require signin such as limit to 1 response, collect email address - verified input, send response receipts, response too large etc. You might have also noticed that sometimes Google Forms throws a "Something went wrong" error without giving any additional details. Request entity too large error https://prnt.sc/d2hkzBekDrAv You have added 28 paragraph questions in your form. When the user fills the answer for these paragraph questions along with other required questions in the form, the resulting response exceeds the size limit supported by google forms. That's why you are getting the entity too large error. To fix this, you can add a response validation for these paragraph questions to restrict the max characters or you can enable the option to not record the responses in google forms. Login to Formfacade > click on the form to open it > Edit page will be displayed > In the Formfacade Edit page, click on the form title to select it > click on the settings gear icon > Form settings page will be displayed > click Advanced > enable the toggle button for "Don't submit to google forms" and click Save. When this option is enabled, the responses will be recorded only in Formfacade.

Does this add-on allow a Google Form to be embedded into a website if the file upload feature is part of the form?

Yes, you can use the Formfacade addon to embed a google form with file upload on your website. Google Forms file upload requires login. You must customize your google form using the Formfacade addon to convert this into a html file upload to allow users to upload files without login. You can subscribe to the Formfacade - Embed paid plan. This plan is suitable for occasional light use cases that require collecting files. You get a 10mb max size per file with a total file storage of 1gb. Only the form owner can access the files one at a time after they login with their google account. Formfacade - Embed https://formfacade.com/embed/pricing.html If your requirement is to collect large files and collaborate with your team, you should also subscribe to the file upload plan 10gb, 100gb or 1tb. You can increase the max file size to up to 1gb per file (depends on the plan), the number of files per file upload question, restrict file types, enable unlisted links to allow anyone to access the files, add collaborators to provide access to specific users and use our addon to sync the uploaded files to your google drive. Formfacade - File upload https://formfacade.com/file-upload/pricing.html Convert to html file upload + Sync to drive https://formfacade.com/file-upload/google-forms-file-upload-sync-to-google-drive.html