Collect event sign-ups in a Google Sheet.
Skip the clipboard. People text a keyword or scan a QR code, answer your questions by text, and each person becomes a new row in your sheet, ready to share with your team.
14-day free trial. Connects to Google Sheets through Zapier.
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A sign-up sheet that fills itself in
Paper sheets come back with handwriting nobody can read, and someone has to type them up. With Textiful, people sign up by text and every answer lands in its own column.
No CRM needed
If your church, school, or club runs on a shared spreadsheet, every sign-up lands there as a row you can sort, filter, and import anywhere later.
A keyword or a QR code
Say “text DEMO to 33777” from the front of the room, or put a QR code where people can scan it. Either one starts your capture flow.
Every answer in its own column
A capture flow asks your questions one text at a time, and each answer maps to a column.
Connect it with Zapier
- 1
Start with Textiful
In Zapier, create a Zap. Choose Textiful as the trigger app and New Contact as the trigger, then sign in to Textiful.
- 2
Pick your flow
Choose the capture flow to watch. Finish the flow once from your own phone, then test the trigger so Zapier has a sample.
- 3
Add Google Sheets
Choose Google Sheets and the Create Spreadsheet Row action. Pick the spreadsheet and worksheet, then match each column to a field: email, name, phone, their answers.
- 4
Turn it on
From then on, everyone who finishes the flow becomes a row in Google Sheets.
See Textiful + Google Sheets on Zapier, or read the Zapier setup guide.
The Google Sheets action to use
Your Zap has two steps: Textiful’s New Contact trigger, then Google Sheets’s Create Spreadsheet Row action. Here’s every field Zapier shows for that action, and what to put in each one.
1. Trigger
Textiful: New Contact
Runs when someone finishes the capture flow you pick.
- Campaign NameRequiredYour capture flow
Always sent
Email, First name, Last name, Mobile number, Keyword (empty for a QR code scan), Number texted, Flow name and ID, Time they finished
Sent when your flow asks
Zip, City, State, Time zone, Company, Birthdate and age, Your custom fields, Poll answers
Each answer arrives as its own field you can map.
2. Action
Google Sheets: Create Spreadsheet Row
Create a new row in a specific spreadsheet.
| Field in Zapier | What to put here |
|---|---|
| spreadsheetRequired | Choose in Zapier |
| worksheetRequired | Choose in Zapier |
| drive | Optional |
| Use Timezone set up on the spreadsheet to format date values? | Your choice |
More Google Sheets fields, including any custom fields, appear once you connect your account in Zapier. Field names as listed on Zapier, checked November 2026.
Where people use a sign-up sheet today
- ChurchesA QR code in the bulletin fills your connection-card sheet.
- Schools and campus eventsClub fairs and orientation sign-ups, straight into a shared sheet.
- Galas and fundraisersGuests sign up at the table; the sheet is ready by the end of the night.
- WorkshopsAn attendee list with every answer in its own column.
Questions people ask
Yes. Each Zap watches one flow, so give each event its own flow and Zap. Use one worksheet per event, or add a column for the flow name so you can filter.
Planning Center can’t receive contacts through Zapier, and some other church systems aren’t on Zapier at all. Send sign-ups to Google Sheets and import them from there, or use Mailchimp or Constant Contact for your weekly email.
No. The short codes 33777 and 55444 work in the US only, and QR codes text those same numbers, so Textiful is for audiences in the US.
More spreadsheets and databases that work with Textiful
- AirtableCollect event sign-ups in Airtable
- Constant ContactGrow your Constant Contact list at live events
- KeapCapture workshop and talk leads into Keap
- FlodeskGrow your Flodesk list at live events
- HighLevelCapture event leads into HighLevel
- MailerLiteGrow your MailerLite list at live events
- All integrations
Put your next sign-up sheet in Google Sheets.
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