Testimonial Collection Form
Gathers customer quotes, a star rating and publishing permission, routing low scores to private feedback.
A ready-to-use surveys & feedback form for product, support and customer-experience teams: 9 questions, 1 page, 5 conditional rules.
- Questions
- 9
- Pages
- 1
- Layouts
- card · classic
- Conditional rules
- 5
- Typical time
- 2 min
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Live preview and test console
This is the real form. Answer it to test the 5 conditional rules — nothing is sent or stored.
5 questions are hidden by conditional logic right now — change an answer above to reveal them.
What happens after submit: nothing is stored in this preview. On your own copy, every response triggers an instant email notification and lands in your response dashboard, ready to export or forward.
Happy with it? Take a copy into your workspace — every question, rule and setting comes with it.
Who this template is for
Testimonial Collection Form is built for product, support and customer-experience teams who need to measure satisfaction and capture the reason behind every score.
- Product, support and customer-experience teams working in surveys & feedback.
- Teams who need to measure satisfaction and capture the reason behind every score without writing code or paying for a custom build.
- Anyone replacing ratings with no context, so nothing actionable comes out of them with one structured record per enquiry.
- Respondents are customers, users and members — the form asks them 9 questions across 1 screen.
- Mobile-heavy audiences, thanks to the one-question-per-screen card layout.
Why this form is useful
It removes the cost of ratings with no context, so nothing actionable comes out of them and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.
- 2 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
- It collects a verified email address so replies and confirmations land.
- It accepts a document or photo upload as evidence.
- It scores satisfaction on a consistent scale.
- Conditional logic hides 5 questions until they are relevant — shorter forms convert better than long ones.
- Every response is stored, searchable and exportable, so nothing depends on one person's inbox.
How to use this template
From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.
- 1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Testimonial Collection Form lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
- 2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
- 3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
- 4Check the upload limits on the file question so respondents can attach what you actually need.
- 5Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
- 6Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.
Logic and conditions blueprint
Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered — 5 conditional rules ship with it.
- Features advanced show logic: if “Overall, how would you rate your experience?” is 4 or higher, the form dynamically exposes “What would you tell a friend considering us?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
- Features advanced show logic: if “Overall, how would you rate your experience?” is 4 or higher, the form dynamically exposes “Photo to accompany your quote”. Otherwise that question never appears.
- Features advanced show logic: if “Overall, how would you rate your experience?” is 4 or higher, the form dynamically exposes “Permission to publish”. Otherwise that question never appears.
- Features advanced show logic: if “Overall, how would you rate your experience?” is 3 or lower, the form dynamically exposes “What could we have done better?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
- Features advanced show logic: if “Overall, how would you rate your experience?” is 3 or lower, the form dynamically exposes “Would you like someone to follow up with you?”. Otherwise that question never appears.
- All 5 rules are editable in the Logic tab, and the built-in checker warns about rules that contradict each other.
About this template
Asking every customer to write a glowing quote up front produces very little usable copy, because most people don't know what to say without a prompt — and a bad experience turned into a public testimonial request is a reputational risk. This form solves both problems with one rating question at the top. Anyone who rates their experience four or five stars is shown a short set of prompts — what they'd tell a friend considering the product, and what specifically worked for them — plus a request for a photo and permission to publish the quote with their name. Anyone who rates three stars or below never sees those publishing questions at all; instead the form quietly branches into a private feedback path asking what fell short and whether they'd like a follow-up, keeping unhappy customers out of the public review pipeline and giving the team a direct line to fix the problem instead. A permission checkbox makes it explicit that nothing gets published without consent, which matters for both trust and for teams that need a clean audit trail of who agreed to what. The result is a single link that safely does two different jobs depending on how the experience actually went.
What this form asks
Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.
Share your experience
- Overall, how would you rate your experience?
- Full namerequired
- Email addressrequired
- What would you tell a friend considering us?
- What specifically worked well for you?
- Photo to accompany your quote
- Permission to publish
- What could we have done better?
- Would you like someone to follow up with you?
9 questions in total.
How the form changes as it's filled in
This template ships with 5 conditional rules, grouped into 2 behaviours driven by 1 question. Everything below is already set up — edit or delete any rule once the template is in your workspace.
Driven by “Overall, how would you rate your experience?”
- Reveals questions
If “Overall, how would you rate your experience?” is 4 or higher, the form reveals “What would you tell a friend considering us?”, “Photo to accompany your quote” and “Permission to publish”.
- Reveals questions
If “Overall, how would you rate your experience?” is 3 or lower, the form reveals “What could we have done better?” and “Would you like someone to follow up with you?”.
Set it up step by step
- 1
Send this right after a win
Trigger the request after a support resolution, renewal or milestone, not on a random schedule — timing drives the rating up honestly.
- 2
Route low scores to a human immediately
Notify the team the moment a 3-or-lower response with 'yes, follow up' comes in, rather than batching it.
- 3
Ask before you publish
Never quote someone publicly unless the permission field explicitly says yes, even if the written quote reads well.
- 4
Pair photos with named permission
Only use a submitted photo alongside a quote if the same person chose the 'use my quote and name' option.
Mistakes to avoid
- Publishing a quote without checking the permission field, which can quietly damage trust with that customer.
- Sending every response — good or bad — into the same public review queue instead of branching by rating.
- Skipping the private follow-up option, so unhappy customers have no way to flag the issue directly.
What it pairs with
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What to do with the responses
Move published-permission quotes into your review or testimonial library, and route anything under four stars to a follow-up owner within a day.
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Frequently asked questions
What happens to a low rating with the follow-up question left blank?
It's still logged as private feedback — the follow-up question only decides whether someone should reach out personally.
Can I still ask for a testimonial after a private follow-up?
Yes — once the issue is resolved, send a fresh version of this form. Don't reuse the original low-rated response.
Should the photo upload be required?
No, leave it optional. Requiring it lowers completion for a genuinely nice-to-have asset.
Is a star rating better than a scale question here?
Yes — a 5-star rating reads instantly as a testimonial signal, where a 0–10 scale feels more like an NPS survey.
Is the Testimonial Collection Form template free to use?
Yes. You can preview and test Testimonial Collection Form on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.
What does the Testimonial Collection Form template ask for?
It asks 9 questions across 1 page, 2 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.
Can I edit the Testimonial Collection Form form after copying it?
Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the card and classic layouts, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.
How does the conditional logic in this surveys & feedback form work?
5 conditional rules ship with the template: Features advanced show logic: if “Overall, how would you rate your experience?” is 4 or higher, the form dynamically exposes “What would you tell a friend considering us?”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Overall, how would you rate your experience?” is 4 or higher, the form dynamically exposes “Photo to accompany your quote”. Otherwise that question never appears. Features advanced show logic: if “Overall, how would you rate your experience?” is 4 or higher, the form dynamically exposes “Permission to publish”. Otherwise that question never appears. All rules are editable in the Logic tab.
Where do responses to the Testimonial Collection Form form go?
Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.
Can I embed the Testimonial Collection Form form on my own website?
Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.
Can respondents upload files?
Yes. This template includes a file upload question, so respondents can attach documents or photos with their answers. You can adjust the accepted file types and size limits on that question.
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