Why you should be using Online Forms: The Reader’s Digest version


Ditching your paper and PDF forms for online forms is convenient for customers, great for your business and it has never been easier.

The advantages of online forms are numerous. In this post I”ll bring together and summaries the benefits I”ve written about previously. The links here will take you to previous posts that have focused in more detail on that particular benefit.  So dig in!

Getting a complete form the first time around is the number one advantage of online forms. It means you aren”t wasting time chasing up missing details. Secured Signing allows you to identify any form field as required, meaning the person will not be able to sign and submit the form, if that field is not completed. All our form tools including Form Filler, Smart Tag Forms and Form Direct give you the option to make a field required or mandatory.

Online forms also ensure the forms you receive are not only complete, but also correct. Field validation ensures data is in the correct format, like ensuring a phone number field only contains numbers and is exactly 10 digits. Lookup validation is an even more powerful tool to make sure the information in your form is correct.  Examples include looking up BSB data for banking details, or validating addresses. Any Form Direct solution we build for you, can utilise field validation for top quality data.

Online forms also allow you to stop wasting time and effort on data entry.  An integrated Form Direct solution will give you not only a signed form for your records but also update your core business software with the information it contains; no data entry required.  This saves time, wasted effort and removes the potential for keying errors to creep into your database.

More than half of the visitors to your website will be using a mobile device. For these people, downloading and filling out a PDF form simply doesn”t work. An online form that can be filled directly in the web browser means everybody can fill and sign your form on any device.

Last month I mentioned you can now use Smart Tags to build forms that work with Secured Signing using the software you are familiar and comfortable with. It is such a simple and powerful way to build forms you can invite your customers to fill and sign online, using just a web browser.

You know your customers hate filling out forms so make it as quick and painless as possible for them. Giving them online forms they can complete on any device at anytime will also give you complete and correct forms the first time around and the option to completely avoid data entry.

You can have your first online forms being filled and signed later today. If you don”t have a Secured Signing account, grab a free trial account and try out the Smart Tags and Form Filler options.  Get in touch to discuss a Form Direct solution tailored to your specific needs.

“Til next time

Cheers, John