How do I use a QR code at an open house?

A paper sign-in sheet has two problems: handwriting you cannot read, and a line at the door. A QR code puts the form on each visitor's own phone.

Set it up

1. Make a sign-in form. Use the form tool you already have, such as Google Forms or the one in your CRM. Ask for a name, a phone number or email, and whether the visitor has an agent.
2. Make a code for the form's link on the home page. Label it with the address and "open house".
3. Print it on a letter-size sheet for the door or the kitchen counter, with one line of text: "Scan to sign in".

A code on a sheet that people read from 2 to 3 feet should be 3 to 4 inches wide.

Sign-in first, then the listing

Most form tools can show a link after the form is sent. Set that link to the listing page, so a visitor signs in and then sees the photos and the price. After the open house, change the code's link to the listing page itself. Any flyer with that code now opens the listing, not a closed form.

Use a separate code from the yard sign

The yard sign must keep pointing at the listing all weekend. Make one code for the sign and one for the open house. Each code counts its own scans, so you also see how many people each one brought.

What it costs

For one open house, nothing. Below 50 scans you change a code's link for free, and one open house is unlikely to pass 50. If you use the same "open house" code every weekend, it will pass 50, and then a change to its link needs Pro ($10 a month or $100 a year).

What TangoQR does not do

It does not make the form, and it does not store your visitors' details. It makes the code and sends each scan to your form. Your form tool keeps the answers.

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