Sender
Collect a reliable reply path.
Ask only for contact details the team needs.
- Name and reply email.
- Organization, role, or account reference when relevant.
- Preferred response method or phone if needed.
Describe who contacts you and which attachments help your team respond. Makeform creates a contact form with file upload fields, message context, consent, and routing details for useful inquiries.
Send contact messages to Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a complete prompt, adapt the attachment instructions to your team, then send it to the builder.
Audience
Visitors asking a business a detailed question
Format
Contact form with an optional attachment
Prompt size
237 chars
Example form structure
Contact form with an optional attachment
Name, email, and company
What is your inquiry about?
How can we help?
Attach a screenshot or document
Preferred reply method
Suggested routing tags
General inquiry
Project files
Support screenshots
Explain which file types are useful and ask visitors to remove passwords or sensitive information before uploading.
Step 1
Ask
contact details, topic, message, and reply preference
Step 2
Attach
screenshots, briefs, photos, or supporting documents
Step 3
Route
topic and urgency send the inquiry to the right team
Step 4
Respond
the message and its files remain together
Better contact intake
Pair each upload with structured context so the receiving team knows what it is opening and why.
Screenshots, briefs, photos, and documents arrive with the sender's explanation and contact details.
Tell visitors what to attach, what not to share, and when a link is a better choice than a file.
Topic, service, urgency, and account fields help each submission reach the appropriate queue.
Useful attachment paths
Use conditional questions so ordinary messages stay short while file-heavy inquiries get enough structure.
Make attachments optional for visitors who can explain their question in the message field.
Collect briefs, specifications, examples, scope, dates, and budget context before the first call.
Request screenshots alongside environment, reproduction steps, and the expected result.
Gather draft materials, ownership context, requested action, due date, and response recipients.
Build the contact path
Generate the core questions, then tune upload guidance and routing.
Name your audience, contact reasons, helpful attachments, and responders.
Make uploads optional or required by topic, add accepted-file guidance, and remove questions your team will not use.
Share or embed the form, then notify the inbox or team responsible for each inquiry type.
Use structured answers to prioritize the inquiry before opening its attachment.
Contact channel comparison
Files are most useful when they arrive with consistent context, safe-sharing guidance, and a reply address.
Field guide
These six groups keep contact details, context, and attachments usable through the reply.
Sender
Ask only for contact details the team needs.
Topic
A topic choice helps route messages and can reveal a focused set of follow-up questions.
Message
Tell visitors what helps the team understand the request.
Upload
Label the upload for its task, give examples, and offer another route when no file is needed.
Sharing guidance
Place a warning beside the upload so visitors remove secrets and confirm sharing permission.
Routing
Collect the facts that determine ownership, priority, and the next response.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for website owners collecting messages and supporting files in one submission.
It collects a visitor's contact details, message, and supporting files. Attachments may include screenshots, photos, briefs, specifications, and drafts. The form keeps each file connected to its review context.
Start with name, reply email, topic, subject, message, upload, file description, and sharing guidance. Projects may need service, budget, date, and reference links; support may need device, browser, and reproduction steps.
Usually make uploads optional. Require one only when review needs a specific document or image. Conditional questions can show the field after a visitor selects project brief, screenshot, or creative submission.
Give useful examples and say whether a link works instead. Warn against passwords, private keys, payment details, or unrelated personal information. For third-party material, ask the sender to confirm sharing permission.
Yes. Ask for the product, issue, environment, steps, expected result, and actual result. A screenshot can add evidence while structured answers explain the problem before anyone opens it.
Yes. Makeform supports unlimited free forms and responses, so you can generate, edit, publish, and collect inquiries without a response cap. The paid tier removes the badge.
Show the shortest useful path first. Reveal relevant follow-up fields by topic, keep uploads optional when possible, and explain what a good message contains. Avoid internal details visitors cannot know.
Files remain associated with form responses so the team can review messages and attachments together. Use notifications or connected workflows to alert the appropriate inbox.
Collect the message and its supporting files together.