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Publish your first survey

Put your first survey on your online store in about 5 minutes.

This guide puts a survey on your online store. Want it somewhere else, like the thank you page or an email? See Choose where a survey appears.

1

Turn on the app in your theme

In your Shopify admin, go to Online Store → Themes and select Customize. Open App embeds, make sure Askly Customer Surveys is on, then select Save. Step-by-step help.

2

Pick a template

Go to Surveys and select Create survey. Pick a template, then select Continue. To see more templates, select Browse all templates.

Survey template gallery with the Post-purchase feedback template selected
Select a starter template to load questions and jump-start your survey.
3

Choose where it shows

Pick a place on your store, such as Home page or Product pages, and when it opens. Select Continue.

Keep the other settings as they are — you can change them later. Select Create survey.

Placement and timing step with Home page selected and the When to show it menu set to On page load
Choose where the survey appears and when it opens, then select Continue.
4

Change the questions

The survey opens in the editor as a Draft, so customers don't see it yet. Go to Questions, select a question to change its words, then select Save.

Survey editor with the Questions section open, a question's text changed, and the Save button highlighted
Select a question, change its words in the Question field, then select Save.
5

Publish it

  1. Select Publish at the top of the editor. You see it once all your changes are saved.

  2. A window lists each place the survey will show. A place marked Needs setup has steps left, like turning on the app embed. Select it to see the steps and a short video.

  3. Follow the steps, then select Publish.

Publish window showing Online store marked as Needs setup, with the app embed step and the Publish button highlighted
A place marked Needs setup lists the steps left. Finish them, then select Publish.

Your survey is now Live. From now on, when you select Save, your changes reach your store within a minute.

6

See it on your store

Open your store in a private (incognito) browser window and go to the page you chose. You should see the survey.

Online storefront page displaying the survey popup modal in the center
Your published survey appears as a popup when visitors open your store.

Answers show up in Responses.

Use a private window every time you check. Once you answer or close a survey, it stops showing to you.

Don't see it? Follow Survey not showing?.

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