How to Create a Survey Within Your Sign Up

If you need to know more than just who's coming, you can add survey-style questions directly to your sign up. Ask people what they think, what they'd prefer, or how interested they are in something, and the answers come back tied to each person's response, in one place.

What to Decide Before You Build It

Start with what you actually want to learn. A survey question works well for things like:

• Gauging interest in a future event before you commit to planning it
• Collecting opinions on a theme, menu, or format
• Asking how likely someone is to attend or return next year
• Getting open-ended feedback after an event wraps up

If what you actually need is logistics information tied to registration, like a t-shirt size or a signed waiver, that's a related but different setup. See the guide on adding custom registration details for that version.

Adding Survey Questions to Your Sign Up

• Start creating your sign up as usual, choosing a design and entering your dates or slots.
• In the Settings step, find "Ask Participants For" and click More.
• Select Add a Custom Question, then choose Create New Question to write a new one, or reuse a question you've asked before.
• Write your question and pick a format (more on formats below).
• Mark the question required or optional, then save and continue.

Participants see the question after they claim their slot, right as they finish signing up.

Genius Tip

Keep it to one or two questions if you can. A sign up that turns into a five-question survey slows people down right when they're trying to commit to a slot.

Choosing the Right Question Type

The format you pick changes how easy the answers are to read later. A few common choices for feedback-style questions:

Multiple choice and rating scale questions are the easiest to scan across a large group. Save short answer questions for when you genuinely want someone's own words, since they take longer to read through afterward.

Reviewing and Exporting the Results

Once people have started responding, pull up the answers from the Reports & Stats button in your sign up's Administrator's Toolbar. Choose List of Sign Ups for Export to Excel as the report style, then show all fields or just the ones you need. Your survey answers appear under Custom Fields.

Click Create Report to see the responses in your account, or Export Data as CSV File to download them as a spreadsheet you can open in Excel or any spreadsheet tool.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I create a survey within a sign up?
Add a custom question during the Settings step of building your sign up. Choose a question format like multiple choice or short answer, mark it required or optional, and it appears right after someone claims a slot.

Can I ask more than one survey question?
Yes, depending on your plan. Each plan level includes a set number of custom questions, so you can ask more than one if you need to, though keeping it short usually gets better response rates.

How is a survey question different from a registration question?
A survey question asks for an opinion or preference, like interest in a future event. A registration question collects logistics info tied to someone's spot, like a t-shirt size. Both use the same custom question tool. For registration-specific details, see the guide on adding custom questions for registration.

Where do I see everyone's survey answers?
Open Reports & Stats from your sign up's Administrator's Toolbar and create a report with all fields shown. Answers appear under Custom Fields and can be exported as a CSV file.