How to Set Up Payment Forms that Uncomplicate your Online Business

It has never been this easy to set up an online business, nor has demand been so high. And if setting up a payment method was the only concern keeping you from starting your own e-commerce, then let me introduce you to automated payment forms.

Whether you’re selling products, providing services, or even collecting donations online, what you’ll need is a hassle-free yet reliable payment solution for all transactions.

And with constant technology advancements, what once was only accessible to big retail companies is now readily available and affordable to businesses of all sizes.

Yes, payment forms are here to uncomplicate your online business! But not any payment form.

Automated payment forms that save you time, increase productivity, improve efficiency, and simplify accounting management.

I bring you automated payment forms by the combined expertise of FormBuilder and Stripe.

FormBuilder and Stripe

Isn’t it great when you get the best of both worlds? That’s what the FormBuilder and Stripe integration is all about. You get automated, fully responsive online forms by FormBuilder boosted with a seamless payment method by Stripe.

FormBuilder is an online form builder that helps you create powerful forms with an intuitive drag-and-drop editor and pre-optimized templates. You can create any type of form for any industry in order to interact with your audience.

From a simple contact form to RSVP forms, booking services forms, feedback forms, event registration forms, newsletter subscription forms, and for many more other purposes, FormBuilder is the most comprehensive tool for the job.

And more than collecting information, FormBuilder offers advanced features and smart functionalities for those needing to automate workflow and capture more leads.

But if you need to collect information AND payment, the FormBuilder native integration with Stripe is the perfect solution.

At the very core of payment platform Stripe lies the mission to increase the GDP of the internet. Stripe technology allows users to accept and manage payments online by removing all financial complexity for them.

Payment forms by FormBuilder powered by Stripe are incredibly easy to set up. It was designed to help you organize and grow sales of your online commerce fast and safely.

What are Automated Payment Forms

If you have ever purchased something online, you know the drill already. Browse products, add them to cart, go to the checkout page. Usually, you have to log in or create an account and then add your credit card info.

A payment form is a simplified, more straightforward, and convenient version of a checkout page. And because payment forms are so practical, it can influence people to go through with the purchase more than they would with a full-scale checkout page.

Payment forms are great for any type or size of business. But especially beneficial to small entrepreneurs selling homemade products or providing services on a fee or commission, since it doesn’t require a storefront page or an in-house payment gateway.

Basically, besides displaying all common fields of a contact form, a payment form also includes a payment field to complete the transaction directly on the form.

In FormBuilder’s case, all you need to do is add the Payment field, easily located on the builder’s menu, to any form. And voilá, you now have a payment form processed by Stripe.

But FormBuilder payment forms go even beyond collecting the money, with notifications, integrations and form analytics built around the form.

Benefits of Automated Payment Forms

Managing online transactions must be uncomplicated so you can focus your time and resources on improving your brand, product, or service. If your payment method requires you to stay on top of it, manually managing each step of the process, it will hinder your progress – and cash flow.

Here are the benefits of the FormBuilder automated payment forms:

Security

Perhaps the most important criterion for conversions when it comes to payment forms is security. If 29% of people cite security reasons as one of the main concerns for submitting their personal data on an online form, imagine when it comes to giving out their credit card information.

You can put your visitors at ease by providing a safe payment form by FormBuilder. Card details are collected and processed by Stripe rather than stored by FormBuilder, every form is served over HTTPS, and stored responses are encrypted.

And when selecting a payment platform partner for our forms, we wanted the best for our users. Stripe is a reputable, well-known brand. Security is also taken very seriously by Stripe, which is certified to PCI Service Provider Level 1, the most stringent level of certification available in the payments industry.

You and your customers can stay safe from any data breach or fraud with automated payment forms by FormBuilder, powered by Stripe.

Compelling Layout and Responsiveness

All FormBuilder forms are fully customizable. You can easily build your payment form from scratch or from a template, and edit, reorder any field, and change fonts or colors. For a stronger statement, you can also add your own branding and logo.

You’ll get a great looking form, responsive from any device. This is essential when considering that mobile already accounts for the majority of e-commerce traffic, and Statista projects that 62% of all e-commerce purchases will be made through mobile channels by 2027. You simply can’t afford not to provide a mobile-friendly payment form anymore.

When you create your payment forms with FormBuilder, you’ll be able to preview its layout and responsiveness from desktop, tablet, and mobile before going live. If you’re a web designer or from a marketing agency, you can add clients or colleagues to a team so they can review and approve the form before it goes live.

Automation & Integrations

Payment forms taken to the next level are automated payment forms. It means you create and set up your payment form with FormBuilder then let its features keep it running for you.

Disclosing banking or credit card information when shopping online might leave some people insecure. You can set up a custom thank-you message or redirect to confirm the payment right after submission, and send an automatic confirmation email, with your own subject and message, so the customer knows the payment went through and what they ordered. Email notifications to you or your team let the order be processed as soon as payment is confirmed, and conditional notifications can route each order to the right person.

If you’re selling a variety of products, split the form into a multi-page form so customers pick their items step by step, with the payment on the last page. Answers save as people type, so a customer who leaves to find their card can come back and pick up where they left off instead of starting over.

But if sales are not taking off as expected, form analytics provide insight. You can see how many people viewed the form and how many completed it, so you know whether the problem is traffic or the form itself. Shorten it, move the payment to the end, or offer a discount and measure again.

Your automated payment form can be seamlessly integrated into other platforms like Google Sheets (native), webhooks, and Zapier for QuickBooks, Shopify, Mailchimp and more. All of the data captured with your payment forms can be automatically synced to another program. This means you can keep inventory, sales, and accounting reports as you receive the orders and manage them as you like.

Stripe Perks

Behold the power. By adding just one payment field to your form, you’ll discover a whole world of possibilities. The Payment field charges your own connected Stripe account, so everything Stripe offers for your online business is right there behind your form.

No need to direct prospects to another link or checkout page to close a deal. For instance, you can use a calculation field so the total shown on the form is worked out from the answers given (i.e. “I’ll attend both days of the seminar” instead of one) or previously selected items.

Each Payment field has one fixed amount, a currency and a description. If you sell a few different packages, add a Payment field per package and use conditional logic to show only the one that matches the customer’s choice. This comes in handy when you’re running a seasonal campaign, for instance, and want to offer only specific products.

Through your Stripe Dashboard, you’ll be able to see every payment, issue refunds and receipts, and export for accounting. And don’t worry about negotiating a payment gateway, Stripe will handle all of this process and it accepts all major debit and credit cards and popular digital wallets from customers around the world. Yes, your automated payment form can reach a broader, global audience.

Affordable

The days of improvisation and informality are over. You can be a one-person business, an independent instructor or contractor, or a well-staffed established company. The automated payment forms by FormBuilder are affordable for anyone and easy to set up, requiring no coding knowledge.

The Stripe payment field is available on ALL FormBuilder plans, including the free plan (5 active forms, 100 responses a month, no credit card required). You pay Stripe’s standard processing fees on each successful charge, and FormBuilder adds no platform fee of its own. With your FormBuilder and Stripe accounts, you can build your professional-looking payment form in no time. You can build your own empire from your computer.

How to Set Up Automated Payment Forms – Quick Tutorial

Uncomplicating your online business with FormBuilder automated payment forms powered by Stripe will be the easiest part of your endeavor. As it should be. So you can focus on growing your sales, instead of patching up online payment process issues.

Here’s a quick tutorial.

Step 1. Log in to FormBuilder

First, you need to log in to FormBuilder. You can create your own account for free in a few seconds; there is no credit card to enter.

Step 2. Create a New Form

2.1. From the main dashboard, click on the ‘Create Form’ button.

2.2. You can start your payment form from scratch, from a template, or by describing it to the AI form generator. FormBuilder offers ready-to-go templates by type of purpose or type of industry. Search the templates for “payment” or “order” to view our payment form templates, such as the Stripe payment form, in case you want to build from one.

Step 3. Add the Payment Field

3.1. From the builder, you can edit any element of your form. To transform your form into a payment form, add the Payment field from the field list on the left. Click on the added Payment field to set the amount, the currency and a short description that will appear on the customer’s statement.

Step 4. Stripe Account Set Up

4.1. Open Settings, then Payments, and click Connect Stripe. You’ll be redirected to Stripe’s authorization page. If you already have an account, go ahead and sign in. Otherwise, just fill out a new Stripe account form by adding your business details.

Once you have signed in and authorized your Stripe account to be connected to FormBuilder, you’ll be automatically redirected back to FormBuilder. Payments made through your forms now go directly to your Stripe account. Note that a form with a Payment field won’t accept submissions until Stripe is connected.

Step 5. Automation and Integrations Set up

5.1. Now that your payment form is created and synced to Stripe, it’s time to automate it. From the builder, open ‘Notifications’ to turn on email alerts for your team and the confirmation email to the customer, ‘Form Settings’ to write the thank-you message or redirect, and ‘Integrations’ to connect Google Sheets, a webhook, or Zapier for further management options.

You are now ready to publish your automated payment form and start selling!

A fast and reliable payment option vouched by a well-known brand like Stripe has the power to uncomplicate your online business while reassuring your customer their transaction is safe. The time for increasing your profit with automated payment forms by FormBuilder is now!