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What to Bring to Your GoForms Setup Session

GoForms Team · · 2 min read

A productive setup session begins with examples of how your business works. You do not need a completed CRM design, but a few concrete decisions help the team configure a useful starting point.

Bring the services and the exceptions

Prepare your service names, descriptions, pricing approach, coverage, and relevant exclusions. Include a typical quote and an unusual request that needs owner judgment. Use synthetic customer details when sharing examples for demonstrations.

Explain which questions customers repeatedly ask before booking. These questions help identify missing information in forms and the business facts an AI agent needs for reliable replies.

Decide the customer handoffs

Describe what should happen after an inquiry, after a quote, when the customer books, and when the job is completed. Include who handles exceptions and what the customer should see in their portal.

Clarify deposit and balance collection preferences, review-link configuration, and appointment messaging. Connected services may require the account owner to sign in and authorize access; do not send passwords or secret keys in ordinary chat or email.

Test before expanding

Work through a standard inquiry and a request that cannot be priced automatically. Confirm that the owner can find the conversation, the customer can understand the next step, and the workflow changes after booking.

The GoForms team works with you to customize forms, services, pricing, messaging, and automations. Assisted setup helps avoid tedious CRM configuration, but your business knowledge remains essential to accurate results.

Start with GoForms and use your first setup session to establish one dependable service journey before adding every possible variation.

One job. Two connected portals.

Interactive sample using the app’s portal colors and daily job actions. No messages, bookings, or payments are made.

Customer portal

Example Service Co. · Alex Morgan

Sample

Your service

Window cleaning

New inquiry

Your request is with the business. Find the conversation in Messages.

Business portal · Quick Manage

Example Service Co.

Window cleaning

New inquiry

Alex Morgan · Sample customer

  1. New inquiry
  2. Quote ready
  3. Booked
  4. Arrived
  5. Done

Customer follow-up

The inquiry and conversation are attached to this lead. Review the prepared quote before continuing the sample.

Visual walkthrough only. Actual notifications and payment collection depend on business settings, authorization, consent, and provider outcomes.

A customer request appears in the business portal. The AI conversation uses the details already supplied.