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 Distribution methods 

There are many ways how to distribute your questionnaire, each has its own advantages. The table below lists common use cases. Find the one that best meet your needs.

Ways to distribute your questionnaire
# Way of distribution Participants Guaranty a single response per user Help Plans More information
1

Publish a direct link to invite arbitrary users.

Everybody All plans

This is the simplest method to invite your blog readers or website visitors to respond to your questionnaire. You may also distribute the link to your mailing list.

2

Embed the questionnaire inside your web site using a web widget , or add a popup invitation in your web site without changing its layout.

Everybody All plans

These methods provide site integration. Some knowledge in HTML is required.

3

Configure the questionnaire to accept only registered members. Publish a direct link to invite arbitrary users. Please advise them to register with our system first (for free of course) before trying to access the questionnaire.

Everybody All plans

Most people will not bother to register just in order to respond to a questionnaire. Therefore this option should be used mostly when the potential responders are committed to you, for example, your employees or your students or any group of people who know you in person.

Theoretically some people might register multiple times and identify themselves by a different mailbox each time if they own more than one mailbox, but this is not likely to happen much (if at all).

Please note, that although the responders should register, their email addresses are not attached to the responses. The anonymity of the responders is kept.

4

Configure a password protected questionnaire. Disclose the direct link and the password only to relevant potential responders.

Closed group Premium

Should you choose this option you would probably distribute the questionnaire to people in a specific mailing list. Please note that anyone that knows the password can access the questionnaire, so this options is best choice when you can count on your addressees not to disclose the password to unauthorized users. Usually people who know you in person (such as your colleagues, employees, students etc) will honor the request to keep the password undisclosed.

5

Configure a mailbox-based filter . Publish the direct link to relevant potential responders. Only registered members whose mailbox matches the filter-rules can access the questionnaire.

Closed group Premium

For example, suppose you want to manage a survey at your workplace, you can configure the appropriate mailbox-based filter (e.g.: @mycompany.com) so only people from your company that have a mailbox with the relevant domain can respond to the questionnaire. Publish the direct link to the questionnaire to all employees, please advise them to register with our system first (for free of course) before trying to access the questionnaire.

Please note, that although the responders should register, their email addresses are not attached to the responses. The anonymity of the responders is kept.

6

Configure a password protected questionnaire. Use our invitation service to send invitation to specific mailboxes.

Specific users Premium

We send invitations on your behalf to respond to your questionnaire to all mailboxes listed in a mailing list you provide to us. Each mailbox receives a unique invitation-code, so we can make sure that each invitee can respond to your questionnaire only once.

The invitees are not required to provide the password (instead they provide the invitation-code which proves they were invited and are allowed to access the questionnaire). The purpose of the password is to exclude other users who might try to access your questionnaire without an invitation.

Please note, that although the unique invitations are sent to each mailbox, the email addresses are not attached to the responses. The anonymity of the invitees is kept.

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