Describe your services and the details needed before replying. Makeform creates a website inquiry form for contact information, project context, timing, budget, and follow-up preferences.
Route new inquiries to email, Slack, Google Sheets, and Zapier.
Sample prompts for the builder
Choose a prompt, adapt it to your business, or send it to the Makeform builder.
Audience
Homeowners needing repairs or installations
Format
Service selection, details, and photos
Prompt size
260 chars
Example form structure
Service selection, details, and photos
Name, email, and phone
Which service do you need?
Describe the issue
Preferred appointment windows
Upload helpful photos
Suggested routing tags
New inquiry
Needs follow-up
High priority
Ask what outcome the prospect wants so your team can prepare a relevant reply.
Step 1
Ask
prospect chooses a service and explains the need
Step 2
Qualify
timing, budget, location, and fit arrive together
Step 3
Route
the right owner receives the complete inquiry
Step 4
Reply
your team follows up with useful context
Better first conversations
A purpose-built form gathers the facts needed to judge fit, assign an owner, and prepare a useful response.
Let prospects choose a service, then reveal relevant questions such as property photos or consultation goals.
Structured fields for outcome, scope, location, timing, and budget create information your team can scan.
Use the selected service, region, or urgency to organize submissions and notify the appropriate sales, scheduling, or service team.
Made for service businesses
Choose a scenario, then edit the service list, qualifying questions, response options, and routing.
Collect the service address, problem description, urgency, access notes, and photos before scheduling a visit.
Capture deliverables, audiences, existing assets, budget bands, and launch dates in a compact project brief.
Ask about the business challenge, desired result, stakeholders, decision timing, and preferred first conversation.
Gather event dates, locations, guest counts, requested packages, style preferences, and scheduling flexibility.
Build your inquiry flow
Give Makeform the essentials, refine the questions, and place the form where prospects evaluate your services.
List what you offer, where you work, and the details needed before responding, including service-specific questions.
Use customer-friendly choices, require essential contact fields, and let uncertain prospects select undecided options.
Embed it on a service page or share its link in profiles, directories, and email signatures.
Review the requested service and urgency, then reply through the prospect's preferred channel.
Choose the right intake method
Structured inquiry fields reduce repetitive follow-up and simplify routing.
Field guide
Use these six field groups to support a useful reply without overloading prospects.
Contact and organization
Collect name, email, and phone. Ask for an organization only when it affects the service, and let prospects choose call or email follow-up.
Service selection
Use the service names shown on your website and include an unsure option for prospects who cannot choose yet.
Need and outcome
Ask about the current situation and desired outcome, even when the prospect does not know the solution.
Scope and location
Ask for the quantities that affect fit: rooms, deliverables, locations, attendees, users, or service frequency.
Timing and budget
Offer budget ranges and flexible timing choices, including an undecided option when scope is not final.
Files and follow-up
Optional photos, plans, or briefs clarify the request. Ask how and when the prospect wants a reply.
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Open toolMove qualified prospects into a more detailed onboarding intake.
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Open toolFAQ
Practical answers for business owners replacing vague website messages with structured inquiries.
A service inquiry form lets prospective customers ask about your services. It collects contact details, service, goal, scope, location, timing, budget range, and preferred next step so your team can respond with context.
Include name, contact details, service selection, need, desired outcome, timing, location, and preferred contact method. Add budget, quantities, or uploads only when they help assess fit or prepare.
Ask only what changes your reply or routing. Start with seven to ten questions and reveal service-specific details conditionally. Use optional fields and an unsure choice.
Yes. Use one service selector and show follow-up questions based on the choice. A repair can request an address and photos while consulting asks about goals. Include other and not sure options.
Ask when budget affects the service or next step. Ranges are easier than an exact amount. Include undecided or needs guidance for prospects still defining the work.
Yes. Embed the published form on a contact or service page, or share its link from profiles, directories, and email. Place it near your service information.
Yes. Makeform provides unlimited free forms and responses. You can generate, edit, publish, and collect inquiries without a response cap. The paid tier removes the Makeform badge.
Confirm the next step and notify the owner. Review the service, outcome, timing, and contact preference. Ask one focused question if information is missing.
Replace vague messages with useful inquiries.
