Regardless of whether you are just starting out or an experienced photographer, having an easy channel for those interested in your photography services to get in touch with you is essential for your business

With Studio Manager, you can easily create customized forms that you can publish online or embed on your photography website. Form submissions are automatically sent to your email and the contact will be automatically created in your Contacts page so you can stay organized with minimum effort.

 

On this page:

• Creating your Contact Form
  • Field Types
  • Form Settings
• Sharing your Contact Form
  • Embedding your form in your Pixieset Website
• What happens when my form is submitted?

Creating your Contact Form

Setting up your first form is easy! In your Studio Manager Dashboard, go to Contacts > Contact Forms and click Create Contact Form. From there, name your contact form before being taken to the form builder.

To help you get a head start, your new form will be populated with first name, last name, email and message fields.

 

Field Types

You can add more fields to your form by hovering over a field and clicking the green + button underneath. Hovering over a specific field will also reveal additional customization options, such as the ability to re-order the field, or set it as required.

The following contact info fields are available for a contact form. When a lead submits the form, Studio Manager will use the information provided in these fields to generate a contact profile.

• First Name and Last Name
• Email
• Company Name
• Address
• Phone Number

Note: The First Name, Last Name, and Email fields cannot be removed from your contact form.

In addition to the contact info fields, you also have the option to add the following customizable fields to your form:

• Short Text and Long Text: These text blocks allows you to accept freeform responses from your contact.
• Multiple Choice: Multiple choice fields can be used to list other several possible options, from which your contact can choose their preferred choice.
• Checkboxes: The checkbox field lets your contact select one or more option from a list of choices you provide.
• Date: The date block lets your contact to select a calendar date (e.g. 01/15/2024), as well as a time (e.g. 2:30 PM) if required.
• Explanation: The explanation block allows you to share additional information with your client before they continue to a specific section of the contact form.

Form Settings

In the left-hand Settings section of the form builder, you have the option to adjust specific behaviour and labels of your form.

These settings include:

• New Contact Type: Choose a contact type (Lead, Client or Other) for new contacts created from form submissions. New contacts will automatically appear in your Contacts page.
• Button Label: Customize what the button to submit your form says.
• Form Title: Assign a title that your client will see at the top of the form (Optional).
• After Form Submission: Determine what your contact sees after they submit the form.
  • Show success message: Present a short, custom message after your contact submits the form.
  • Redirect to another page: Direct your contact to a specific webpage after they submit the form.

Sharing your Contact Form

When your contact form is ready to be shared with the world, click Publish in the top right hand corner of your form builder. From the pop-up that appears, share your contact form as a direct link or retrieve a custom code to embed your form on a site.

Note: Certain third-party site builders, including Wix, do no support URL redirects. In this scenario, we recommend showing a success message instead of redirecting to a webpage after a form submission.

 

Embedding your form in your Pixieset Website

If you are a Pixieset Website user on the Pro Website Plan or the Pro/Ultimate Suite Plan, you can paste your code into a custom embed code block so your form appears right on your site! This can be done in a few steps:

1. In your Website Builder, add a custom embed code block to the page where you’d like your contact form to show up. You can locate the block under the “Others” category when adding a new content block.

2. Click on the custom code embed block and paste your contact form’s code into it. If you don’t have the code for your contact form copied yet, go to your Contact Forms page to retrieve it.

   

3. Publish your Website so your contact form appears to everyone visiting your website! You also have the ability to review how your contact form will appear first by toggling on Safe Preview for your custom embed code block.

What happens when my form is submitted?

If your form is completed by a new contact, Studio Manager will automatically generate a profile for them based on the form’s New Contact Type setting. This new profile will automatically appear in your Contacts page.

From there, your contact’s submission is automatically sent to your account email for review. The email will will contain your contact’s full submission details, as well as a link to their profile in Studio Manager.

Tip: Having trouble locating your form submissions? Make sure to check your spam folder or search your inbox for emails from mailer@pixiesetmail.com with “Contact Information submission” as the subject line.