Create a simple online form in a snap – and for free!

Posted: Sep 25, 2011
Author: WordJack Media

Running a small business efficiently involves the ability to collect and manage large amounts of data, from employee vacation time, customer complaints, and sales leads. Because this information is crucial, business coding companies are charging big bucks for their services. But now, lesser-known, but equally powerful tools that create online business forms (for free) are quietly taking over.

Selling products and services online is a great way for a small business to increase sales. However, you could ruin this opportunity if your site demands too many questions and steps to follow. If an online form is too intricate, or the ordering process too complicated, or a client’s question doesn’t get answered, you could lose clients before you even have them.

To create professional looking online forms for free, go tohttp://www.phpform.org/. It is really easy – follow these steps:

1.  Choose a color (there are 25)
2. Pick a field type (single line, multiple choice, drop-down, address (the list goes on). You can choose as many as you like.
3. Drag and drop the elements to create a design that you want.
4. Use the field properties tool to customize each field.
5. Lastly, click preview and save the form.

PhpForm also lets you send entries to email and save them to a database. You can do all this without having to write one single line code! This form creator is dead simple and anyone can use it. It’s not only straightforward, but very intuitive and the selection is vast. An interesting stat about this site is that the country that uses it most is the US, with 27 percent of all its visitors being American.