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You create a signup form, share the link, and people sign up with no account required. Here is how to build and manage your form step by step.
Yes. Grasshopper Signup is completely free and ad-free, and no account is required to create a form or respond to one. Here is what is included.
Log in to your Dashboard to see every response to your forms in one place. Here is how to find, search, and manage them.
Learn how to enable multiple selections so respondents can choose more than one option on your form.
Enable public responses on your form and choose where they appear: a button at the bottom, name pills inline with each option, or both. Optionally show each person's comment under their name.
Learn how to set maximum responses per option and enable quantity selection to control signup limits and allow respondents to specify amounts.
Learn what happens to your form and responses when it exceeds 30 responses for free accounts.
Learn how to hide the number of available slots while still enforcing max response limits for each option.
Understand how form ownership works with creator email addresses and the different ways to share forms for collaboration.
Learn how to enable unlimited responses for your signup options so multiple people can select the same option without limits.
Learn how to close a form so it no longer accepts responses, and how to reopen it later if needed.
Learn how form creators and respondents can delete or edit/update responses and signups. Edit someone's signup, change or remove individual selections, or delete an entire submission.
Learn how to duplicate any form from your dashboard, including templates and shared forms.
Learn how form respondents can manage their submitted responses from the Thank You page.
Learn how to manage your brand colors, logos, and create custom themes that can be applied to your forms.
Learn how to customize your form's appearance by selecting from available themes for a personalized or seasonal look.
Learn how to disable form creator email notifications or enable notifications for form collaborators when responses are submitted.
Learn how to add email addresses to receive CC notifications for form response confirmations without giving them collaborator access.
Learn how to customize labels and create forms in languages other than English using our flexible customization options.
Learn how to search for responses by email across all your forms using the Search Responses function in your Dashboard.
Learn how to protect respondent privacy using Incognito Mode (hides names/emails from creator) or Strict Privacy Mode (disables collection entirely).
Learn how to use AI to add additional options to your existing forms by describing what you want to add.
Add, edit, reorder, and bulk-update many form options at once using AI (Add with AI and AI Form Adjustments) or Spreadsheet mode.
Learn how to group options visually using a specific structure on option labels to organize large forms for better respondent navigation.
Learn how to enable automatic email and SMS reminders for your form. Configure reminder settings, set event times, and customize reminder messages.
Personalize the emails respondents receive: set a custom sender name ("your name via Grasshopper Signup") on confirmation emails and a custom message on confirmation and reminder emails. Includes a reminder-only message override.
Learn how to set up SMS text message reminders for your forms. SMS reminders are only available for US phone numbers and require a Premium + Boost plan.
Learn how to enable automatic waitlists and automatically notify people when spots become available on your signup form.
Learn how to add specific dates and times as option attributes to enable advanced show/hide features, automatic reminders, calendar invites, and Google Calendar sync.
Learn how to enable Calendar View on your form to allow respondents to view available options in a helpful calendar format.
You can use date/times settings to hide past dates so that respondents only see available options with dates/times in the future.
Learn how to add payment collection options (Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, Zeffy, Zelle, and custom payment methods) to your signup forms.
Limit how far in advance respondents can see and sign up for options. Show only the next N days, weeks, or months of dates instead of every future option at once.
Learn how to use Stripe to collect payments on your form. Configure flat fees or per-option pricing for your signup forms.
How to connect your Blackbaud account to Grasshopper Signup and collect card payments on your forms through Blackbaud Merchant Services (BBMS).
Learn how to add a File Upload question to your form as an Additional Question, allowing respondents to upload files with their response.
Two ways to share a form for collaboration: the Collaborate button on your Dashboard, or the Invite button on the form Options page. Collaborators see the form in their own dashboard.
Learn how to manually add responses to your form with the option to notify or skip notifications for the respondent.
Learn how to generate a printable version of your form or download a QR code for offline sharing.
Learn how to share forms with team members and invite users to access your forms through the dashboard.
Learn how to print a printer-friendly summary of responses or download responses to an Excel/CSV file.
Learn how to send messages to all respondents from the Responses page for follow-ups, thank you notes, or important updates.
Learn how to enable quantity selection on your form to allow respondents to input the quantity of an item they have selected.
Learn how to set a maximum limit when allowing respondents to select quantities to control participation limits for events or contributions.
Learn how to disable email collection on your form for situations where emails are not needed or available.
Learn how to prevent respondents from selecting options that have overlapping times or begin at the same time.
Learn how to enable Kiosk Mode for walk-up tablet or public display formats where the form loops back after each submission.
Learn how to add name and email parameters to form links for mass emails and personalized invitations.
Learn how to embed a Grasshopper form into your Wix website by adding an embed widget, pasting the embed link, and publishing your site.
Learn how to embed your Grasshopper Signup form on any website that supports iframes or embed links.
Learn how to disable the "Pick an option for me" button that allows respondents to randomly select from available options.
Learn how to add or upload an image, generate an AI image, use a preset icon, or adjust image settings for your form.
Learn how to quickly duplicate and copy form options using the Cmd+D (or Ctrl+D) keyboard shortcut when editing your form.
Learn how to hide form options from your respond page using the Cmd+H (or Ctrl+H) keyboard shortcut while still tracking responses.
Learn how the default basic waitlist works when your form fills up, how to manage waitlist notifications, and how to disable the waitlist feature if needed.
Learn how to add text descriptions to options to provide additional detail for respondents when they select an option.
Learn how to create Pages that host multiple forms. Pages can be shared as a link or embedded on a website.
Learn how to add a consent checkbox question for disclaimers, waivers, terms of use, or other consent statements using the Consent Checkbox question type.
Learn how to set a submission deadline for your form and configure it to auto-close after the deadline passes.
Learn about image upload sizes and why you don't need to worry about exact dimensions when uploading form images.
Learn how to add clickable links in your form description using the text editor link function, including links to email addresses.
Complete step-by-step guide to logging into Grasshopper and permanently deleting a signup form.
How to permanently delete your Grasshopper account and all associated data.
Learn how to access, manage, and cancel/downgrade your premium plan.When you cancel a Premium subscription, it will remain active until the end of your prepaid term. After that, it will not renew or charge your card.
Learn how to prevent users from submitting multiple responses using the same email address.
Learn how to create templates from existing forms, manage template settings, and share templates with collaborators.
Learn how to show or hide questions conditionally based on responses to other questions in your form.
Learn how to sync your forms with Google Calendar to automatically add and manage event sign-ups.
Learn about features that are disabled or have limited functionality when embedding forms on external websites.
Learn how to highlight options on your form to visually distinguish them from other options.
Learn how to require respondents to select a specific option, and how to visually highlight options on your form.
You can schedule a form to open at a specific date and time. Before the scheduled time, viewers/respondents will see a page where you can provide text, countdown, and open date/time information. You can also select whether to show a preview of the form (cannot be submitted until the open date).
You can add a password to the form response pages in the form of a 4-digit PIN to ensure access to take a form is only permitted for those who have the PIN.
Use the "Mark as decline option" setting to provide a simplified Thank You page, Submission Summary, and Response Confirmation email that does not include calendar reminder setup links — ideal for options like "No, I will not attend".
For forms without specific dates or times (like contact info collection or simple sign-ups), use the "Hide add to calendar buttons" setting to suppress calendar reminder links on the Thank You page, Submission Summary, and Response Confirmation email.
Change the language from "Available" to "Needed" when displaying remaining slots, or hide the available count for specific options.
Learn how to add an image block to your form using the Text/Image Block question type.
Yes, you can donate to support Grasshopper Signup. The best way to help is a premium plan, but donations of any size are welcome too.
Learn how to disable the Add Note button that appears on the thank you page after respondents submit, so they cannot leave notes on their responses.
Learn about the three types of waitlists available on Grasshopper Signup: Basic, Automatic, and Option-Specific. Find the right waitlist type for your form.
Learn how to enable option-specific waitlists so respondents can join waitlists for individual full options while still signing up for available ones.
What happens to people already on your waitlist when you turn Automatic Waitlists on or off, or switch between Invite and Auto-Fill mode.
View a timeline of every registration, added selection, and removal for your form, including changes over time. Includes CSV export.
Show filled/taken options on your signup form by default, instead of hiding them behind the "Show taken" button.
Use the AI Analyze feature to create custom formatted views of your response data: rosters, check-in lists, grouped schedules, and more, ready to print or export.
Why you may still hit the responses paywall after upgrading, and how to fix it by contacting support.
Boost feature. Compose a message to your contacts now and pick a future send time, edit or cancel anytime before it fires.
Automatically email your respondents after your event ends, for thank-yous, feedback requests, photo links, or follow-up info.
Let scholarship recipients, comp ticket holders, volunteers, or staff submit a paid form without being charged. The respondent ticks a checkbox to skip payment, and you see a badge on each free submission so you can identify them at a glance.
Grasshopper forms support up to 10 additional questions beyond the main signup question. Learn where the limit is shown and why it exists.
Boost feature. Save AI Analyze prompts to your form so you and your team can rerun them in one click, and optionally schedule them to email a fresh report on a weekly or monthly cadence.
If a form was saved with one email and you log in with another, the form won't show in your Dashboard. Change the form owner to move it, or add your other email as a collaborator.
The PayPal payment button uses a PayPal.me username, not your PayPal account email. Learn how to find your PayPal.me link or create one if you don't have it yet.
Premium feature: replace the auto-generated /p/title-abc12345 URL with a clean custom URL like /p/my-event. Your original URL keeps working as a permanent redirect.
Connect your Grasshopper signup form to KangarooClock to track who actually showed up, log volunteer hours, and run a kiosk or QR-code check-in for your shifts and events.
Let returning respondents know if they have already signed up with the same email, and offer to email them a link to their existing response, without blocking duplicates.
If Grasshopper Signup confirmation emails, reminders, or support replies are landing in spam or getting blocked, here are the exact sender addresses and domains to add to your safe-sender list or ask your IT team to allowlist.
Add an optional 1-5 star rating to any option so respondents can rate each choice they select.
Organization plans give everyone at your email domain full Boost access, our highest tier. Here is exactly what that enables, how staff sign in, and what an organization plan is not.
Add a Grasshopper signup form or a Page (multiple forms) to your own website (like mychurch.com/signup) by embedding it, linking to it, or forwarding a domain - plus why a CNAME alone will not work.
Set a maximum number of options each respondent can select when multiple selections are allowed.
Turn on the Show dates/times on form setting so respondents see each dated option's date and time - on the form, in their confirmation email, in reminders, and on the thank-you page.
Respondents can see every form they signed up for in one place, using a secure email link with no account or by logging in with the email they used, to review or cancel without digging through confirmation emails.
Import respondents from all of your forms into Contacts at once, deduplicated by email, so you can email everyone who has ever signed up.
Turn on a per-user Team plan setting that automatically shares every form you create with all of your team members, so new forms appear on their dashboards without a manual collaborate step.
Automatically send each new form response into a Google Sheet in your own Google Drive, in real time.
How to set the correct timezone for your form so dates, times, deadlines, and reminders show in the right timezone.
Rename text across all your form options in one step with Find and Replace, preview every change first, and keep existing signups linked.
Optional plain-English phrases you can use when creating a form with AI, like 'a separate option for each therapist' or '3 slots per option', that the generator follows exactly.
Save the wording you use to create or update forms with AI and reuse it in one click, from the create page, the editor's AI Assistant, or your account.
Edit an option that already has signups and Grasshopper offers to email the affected respondents with the old and new details.
What the form owner, collaborators, team owners, team members, and organization plan members can and cannot do, including who can set up payments on a shared form.
Upgrade to Premium or Boost for the stretch you need it, then cancel or change plans. Your forms, responses, and settings are not removed when a paid plan ends.
Use the conference scheduler to let each family book times with several teachers on one form, with one family per teacher per time and no double-booking.
Create a view-only link so a helper can see your full responses page, downloads and AI Analyze, without being able to edit your form, change settings, message people or delete responses.
Hide the Signup Options section so your form collects names, emails and your own questions without asking people to pick a slot or option. Your options are kept and come back when you turn the section on again.
Find your Messaging & Contacts page, add people one at a time, from a spreadsheet or from your past forms, group them with tags, and email them.
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