In this video, we go over an example of how to make a professional-looking merchandise order form that can accept payments in about 10 minutes.
Content Covered in this Video
0:00 - Introduction to creating a T-Shirt or Merchandise order form with Google Forms. We want to collect sizes and other information as well as calculating a total due.
1:18 - Setting up your Google Form Title, Description, Theme, and Questions.
5:35 - Installing the Payable Forms Add-On from the Google Workspace Marketplace and configuring your default currency settings.
6:36 - Using the Payable Forms sidebar to complete the Form configuration steps and update settings.
6:50- The Customized Google Sheet: This is where your Form responses will go automatically. Payable Forms adds some extra columns to automatically keep track of payment status and the generated Payable ID.
7:03 - Syncing the Theme: This process automatically takes your Title, Description, Colors, and Header Image, and syncs it with the Payable Secure checkout. This allows your users to see a consistent look and feel as they move from your Google Form to the secure checkout page, which is hosted by Payable.
8:24 - Connecting a Payment Provider: In order to accept payments, you will need to hook up your payment provider of choice. In this video, we show how to connect a PayPal account to your Payable Form.
9:55 - Functional Demo: Making a Test Transaction to see what your users would see while experiencing the secure checkout and taking a look at how the connected Google Sheet automatically updates.
14:54 - Advanced Configurations: Adding Taxes and Handling Charges.
17:25 - Making Shirts? - A super fast introduction to Printful.com and how I used them for creating the merchandise in this video.
18:38 - Going Live: We walk through the steps for turning off "Test Mode" when you are ready to move real money.