Capture project scope
Required: project type (branding / web / app / packaging / illustration / multi), brief description, target audience, current state (greenfield / rebrand / refresh).
Form template · Design project brief
Design agencies don't quote on 'just curious' inquiries. The project brief form captures scope, budget, and timeline — and lets prospects upload an RFP or existing brand assets so the studio can decide before the discovery call.
This template is one of our free HTML form templates. See more form templates by industry.
Every template is free and fully editable in the drag-drop builder — swap fields, colors, and the button label before you publish.
No server, API route, or SDK — your Design Agency Contact Form posts straight to one endpoint.
Every submission is emailed to you and saved to a searchable dashboard — spam filtered before it reaches you.
It's plain HTML you own — paste the Design Agency Contact Form snippet, swap in your access key, and ship.
Copy and ship
HTML by default — the same field set also renders as React, Next.js, PHP, and cURL in your dashboard. Every variant posts to the same /api/submit endpoint. Replace YOUR_ACCESS_KEY with the key from your dashboard; that's the only edit.
<form action="https://splitforms.com/api/submit" method="POST">
<input type="hidden" name="access_key" value="YOUR_ACCESS_KEY">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="New design project brief">
<label for="name">Full name *</label>
<input id="name" type="text" name="name" placeholder="Marcus Lim" required>
<label for="email">Email *</label>
<input id="email" type="email" name="email" placeholder="[email protected]" required>
<label for="company">Company / brand *</label>
<input id="company" type="text" name="company" placeholder="Acme Inc" required>
<label for="project_type">Project type *</label>
<select id="project_type" name="project_type" required>
<option value="">Choose…</option>
<option>Branding / logo</option>
<option>Website design</option>
<option>Web design + build</option>
<option>Illustration</option>
<option>Print / packaging</option>
<option>Pitch deck</option>
<option>Other</option>
</select>
<label for="budget">Budget *</label>
<select id="budget" name="budget" required>
<option value="">Choose…</option>
<option>< $5k</option>
<option>$5k–$15k</option>
<option>$15k–$30k</option>
<option>$30k–$75k</option>
<option>$75k+</option>
</select>
<label for="timeline">Timeline *</label>
<select id="timeline" name="timeline" required>
<option value="">Choose…</option>
<option>ASAP / rush</option>
<option>1 month</option>
<option>2–3 months</option>
<option>3–6 months</option>
<option>Flexible</option>
</select>
<label for="brief">Project brief *</label>
<textarea id="brief" name="brief" placeholder="Goals, audience, references / inspiration, deliverables…" required></textarea>
<!-- honeypot — bots fill every field -->
<input type="checkbox" name="botcheck" style="display:none" tabindex="-1" autocomplete="off">
<button type="submit">Send</button>
</form><p class="splitforms-attribution" style="margin-top:12px;font-size:11px;color:#888;text-align:right">
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</p>
<!-- drop-off analytics + partial leads (the form works without it) -->
<script src="https://splitforms.com/embed.js" async></script>How to add it
To add a Design Agency Contact Form to your site you need three things: a free splitforms access key, the HTML snippet above, and your key pasted into it. No backend, database, or CAPTCHA library — the form posts to one URL and every submission lands in your inbox and dashboard.
Required: project type (branding / web / app / packaging / illustration / multi), brief description, target audience, current state (greenfield / rebrand / refresh).
Budget ranges ($10-25k / $25-75k / $75-150k / $150k+) and timeline (1-3 months / 3-6 months / 6+ months). Both filter mismatches before the discovery call.
Storage-backed file upload lets clients drop in an RFP, brand guidelines, or competitor analysis. Pre-call research becomes possible; close rate climbs noticeably on calls where the studio walks in informed.
What's included
Design agencies quote 6-figure engagements for branding (identity, guidelines, deliverables across 6 months) and 5-figure engagements for web design (10-20 page marketing site). The discovery call is expensive — partners and creative directors burn an hour each. The form filters before that hour gets booked: scope (branding / web / app / packaging / multi), budget range, timeline, and an optional RFP / brief upload. Studios that ship the file-upload variant on their inquiry page report 60% drop in unqualified discovery calls. Brief uploads also let the studio do informed pre-call research — clients notice and the close rate climbs. RFP upload (paid plans) · webhooks into HoneyBook / Notion / Linear.

Where submissions go
Reply-to is wired to the visitor's email, so one tap on Reply answers them directly — while the built-in honeypot and automatic spam scoring filter out bots before they reach you. Every submission is emailed to your inbox and can forward to a webhook or Slack the moment a visitor hits send.

How SplitForms works
splitforms receives the submission, filters spam, saves it to your dashboard and emails you — then, on paid plans, sends it on to your webhooks and integrations. No backend infrastructure to build.

Point your form to your unique SplitForms endpoint. That's it.

We instantly capture and organize every submission in your inbox.

Send data to email, spreadsheets, CRMs, webhooks, and 7,000+ apps.

No credit card required. Set up in under 60 seconds.
Connect & automate
On paid plans, submissions can also go to Slack, Discord, Google Sheets, Notion, Airtable, Zapier or any signed webhook — and splitforms works on the platforms you build on, from WordPress and Shopify to Next.js. With Stripe connected, your forms can take payments too.

Questions
Project pricing always — clients want a fixed-scope quote, not an open-ended hourly engagement. Day rates leak only on retainers and discovery sprints. The brief form captures enough scope to ground the proposal in a fixed-price range.
Yes — webhook the JSON. HoneyBook accepts inbound leads via Zapier; Notion has a database webhook receiver; Linear accepts issue creation via API. Most studios route to HoneyBook for the proposal phase, then to Notion / Linear once the project starts.
Add 'I need help scoping a budget' as a budget option. These leads are slightly less qualified but still real — route to a paid scoping engagement ($2-5k for a 2-week strategy sprint that ends in a fixed-price proposal). Much better than free discovery.
The current splitforms limit is 5 MB per file, up to 5 files per submission. For larger asset libraries, capture a Dropbox / Drive link in the message field instead of asking for direct upload.
Simple pricing
Free gives you 500 submissions for $0 — no card, no time limit. Pro is $5/month for 5,000 submissions a month, and Annual is $49/year for 15,000 a month with every Pro feature.
For side projects and indie devs.
Every paid feature, for agencies and growing products.
Every Pro feature with triple the volume — $0.27 per 1,000 at full use.
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