How to build a contact form in 60 seconds with Filly

A contact form is the most common thing people build with a form builder. It is also the one that should be the fastest to set up. In this post, you will learn how to build a contact form with Filly in under 60 seconds, share it with a link, and export your responses to CSV. No website required, no code, no credit card.

Why Filly for a contact form?

Filly is a free online form builder with unlimited responses. You sign in with Google, build a form in a clean editor, and share a link. The form loads from Cloudflare Workers at the edge, so it is fast for visitors anywhere. No third-party trackers follow your respondents around. No account is required for the people filling out your form. You get a shareable link at /f/your-slug that you can send by email, embed on a site, or post in a chat.

Most contact form plugins are bloated, slow, or locked behind a paywall. Filly strips the process down to what matters: add your fields, publish, share. That is it.

Step 1: Sign in and create a form

Go to filly.app and sign in with Google. You land on your dashboard. Click “New form” and you are in the editor instantly. No setup wizard, no template gallery to wade through. You start with a blank form and a palette of field types on the left.

The editor supports nine field types: short text, long text, email, number, single choice, multi choice, dropdown, date, and rating. For a contact form, you need three fields: a short text for the name, an email field for the reply address, and a long text field for the message.

Step 2: Add your fields

Click to add a short text field. Type “Your name” as the label. Add an email field and label it “Email”. Add a long text field and label it “Message”. That is your contact form. Three fields, three clicks.

You can reorder fields with up and down buttons. You can click any field to edit its label, help text, or options inline. There is no separate preview mode because the editor is the preview. You see exactly what your respondents will see, in real time, as you type.

Set a thank-you message so people know their message was received. Something like “Thanks for reaching out. We will get back to you within 24 hours.” This guides people to the next step and confirms the form worked.

Step 3: Publish and share

Hit the publish button. Your form is now live at /f/your-slug. Copy the link and share it by email, chat, or social media. If you have a website, embed the form with an iframe. If you do not have a website, the link works on its own. No hosting required.

You can share the link once and reuse it everywhere. Put it in your email signature, post it in a Slack channel, or add it to a LinkedIn profile. The link is permanent, so you never need to rebuild the form for each channel.

Step 4: Read and export responses

When someone submits the form, the response lands in your dashboard instantly. Open the form to see a clean table of every response. Download all responses as a CSV file at any time, with no row limits on the free plan. Import that CSV into Google Sheets, Excel, Notion, or any CRM you use.

Because Filly gives you unlimited responses for free, you never have to worry about a contact form stopping in the middle of a busy week. The form keeps collecting messages, and you export when you are ready to reply.

Tips for a better contact form

Keep your form short. Name, email, and message are enough for most contact forms. Every extra field you add reduces the chance someone finishes the form. If you need more context, use a dropdown for a topic category instead of a long list of open text fields.

Write a clear thank-you message. Tell people what happens next and when they can expect a reply. This sets expectations and reduces follow-up emails asking “did you get my message?”

Test your form before you share it. Fill it out yourself, check the response in your dashboard, and confirm the CSV export works. This takes 30 seconds and saves you from sharing a broken form.

Start building

A contact form should take minutes, not hours. Filly gets you from zero to a live form in under 60 seconds. Sign in with Google, add three fields, hit publish, and share the link. You get unlimited responses, CSV export, and edge speed for free. No credit card, no paywall, no bloat. Start building your contact form today.