The most important aspect of lead generation and quoting is collecting the submission data that allows you to follow up on leads. Luckily, collecting submission data is easy with ConvertCalculator.
We support multiple ways to collect submission data. However, it all begins with adding a button to your calculator form. Buttons are very powerful. They allow you to navigate between views, collect payments and collect full and partial form submissions.
Note: form data is not saved automatically. Submission data is only saved after your user has clicked a button.
ConvertCalculator currently supports 6 ways to collect submission data:
Submissions dashboard: an in-app overview of your submissions
Email: receive submission data in your email and/or send the quote directly to your lead,
CRM (Hubspot): collect submission data in Hubspot and let your sales team follow up with ease,
Spreadsheet (Google Sheet): save submission data in a spreadsheet for easy access and analysis
JavaScript API: if you know how to code, you can fetch your calculator data through our API
(In development) PDF generation: process submission data into a PDF-quote
See below for how to activate the various options.
Submissions dashboard
Included in Pro and Premium plan
Each calculator form has its own submission dashboard. The dashboard gives you a quick overview of the form submissions. You have the option to customize columns or export the data to a csv-file for further processing and analysis.
Email
Included in Pro and Premium plan
Email submissions are the most basic option to collect submission data. ConvertCalculator has e-mail templates baked in, that make it possible to send a copy of a form submission to you and your customers (the submitter).
To add email submissions to your calculator form:
add a button
toggle "Use as Form Submissions"
done!
Submission emails are fully customizable. By default, the submission email contains all form elements. Hidden questions, in case of conditional show/hide-logic, are not included in the report.
You however have full control over the copy of the email itself and the form data it should contain. You can submit the value of specific questions, variables, and formulas by using mustache brackets, e.g. and .
Collecting contact info with partial submission
Calculator forms are a perfect tool to generate online leads. By letting the customer turn the knobs, they can set their own price, ROI, or savings. Revealing the result instantly can sometimes hurt your submission conversion. With ConvertCalculator it is possible to hide formula results before submission. This tactic makes sure, you first collect the submission data before your customer gets their result.
We also have another tactic that increases your submission conversion: partial submissions. This tactic entails that you break up your calculator form in at least two views, by adding a view break element. The first view contains the contact information (e.g. name, email, and phone number), while the second view contains the actual calculation form. You capture the contact details when your customer moves from the first view to the second view.
When sending emails after submissions, by default we use noreply@convertcalculator.co. While this works, this setting is not ideal for you. You can also use your own custom email domain. For this, you need to verify your domain by setting up your sender domain and sender signature in your account settings.
With a sender signature, you can send the emails from your own e-mail address. Sender domains make sure your emails arrive in the inbox and avoid a potential spam classification.
CRM
Included in Pro and Premium plan
To further automate your sales process, you can also sync submission data to any CRM-application with Zapier. We also have a native integration with Hubspot CRM, that makes it possible to create or update Contacts, create or update Companies and create Deals.
Please visit this article for more information and instructions on how to set up your Hubspot Integration.
Spreadsheet
Included in all plans
Some people and companies love using Spreadsheets to manage their information and data. We also have you covered with our native Google Sheets integration. Set-up is as easy as picking the right spreadsheet, worksheet, and the correct columns to sync your form fields to.
Curious if you can also load spreadsheet data into your calculation form? You can! We have created a special GOOGLESHEET() function that does exactly this.
Want to learn more on how to integrate with Google Sheets? Then visit this article for more details.
Data flow automation
Included in Pro and Premium plan
You can connect ConvertCalculator to a 1000+ app using Zapier. With Zapier as the middleman you can create connections to apps like Airtable, Slack and Active Campaign to further automate your (price quote) process.
Javascript API
Included in Premium plan
You can create even more versatile calculators with ConvertCalculator's JavaScript API.