form without subscribing and many questions (fields)

Brouwer100

Hi
I am considering buying Acymailing but I am not sure if I am able to create several different forms or that I only am able to use one form, which probably is the subscription form. For instance, I need a form that visitors can fill out without subscribing with allot of questions (read: fields). Could anyone help me out with this matter.? Thank you in advance.

jvstratum

Hi,

You can add custom fields to your users and add these fields to your subscription form. But if you need to create forms with a lot of fields you would be better off to use a specialised form extension like RSForm or Gravity Forms.

Brouwer100

jvstratum

Thank you for your answer. In case I use RSForm or Gravity form
1) were are those extensions going to store the data? (in a separate table or in the standard Joomla table
2) Is Acymailing synchronizing with these extensions?
3) Could I also use CiviCRM for the forms and will the data be synchronized with Acymailing?
4) Could I also use AgileCRM for the forms and will the data be synchronized with Acymailing?

jvstratum

Hi,

These extensions store their data into their own tables in your Joomla database.

You asked for forms without subscribing your user. Now you ask for synchronisation. Can you explain what you are trying to accomplish, so we can provide you with relevant answers?

Brouwer100

Hi,

Sure. I like the features of Acymailing very much and therefore I am considering switching from Agile CRM to Acymailing. But I need to have a central CRM for all the customer related data that I receive from the different joomla elements. Now I am using

Joomla user database for registered users
Virtuemart for our online shop
Agile CRM for our e-mail marketing
Mailchimp for subscribing to our news letters

We like to use subscribe forms and information forms. For instance, if a visitor only wants to request information, I doesn’t need to create an account first and/or subscribe to our newsletter

I think that Acymailing can replace the e-marketing features of AgileCRM and Mailchimp. As I do understand it also can replace the joomla register form and the virtuemart account form (please confirm this).

I am aware of the fact that Acymailing is not a CRM, nor are the other elements that I mentioned. So I want to find a way to collect the data of these elements and manage them in a central CMS.

So far I found 2 suitable candidate CRM, namely: Filemaker and CiviCRM. But I need to be sure that we are able to collect the customer data from the different elements to Filemaker / Civi CRM (2-way synchronisation)

Hopefully I did explain well 😊