Lead capture

Turn a shared PDF into a lead magnet

Put a custom form in front of the document - name, email, phone, company, up to five fields - and every reader becomes a contact in your dashboard, with their page-by-page reading attached.

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Free to start · lead capture forms are a Pro feature · gate settings come on the next step

A gate form you design

Choose up to five fields - name, email, phone, company, or your own labels - and mark each required or optional. The email is validated server-side, so a made-up address does not pass.

Leads with reading attached

Every captured contact lands in your readership dashboard next to their session - so you know not just who took the whitepaper, but who read it to the pricing page and who came back.

B2B domain allowlist

Restrict viewing to specific email domains and the gate becomes a door: a partner deck only @yourclient.com can open, an internal doc only your own domain gets past.

CSV export for your CRM

Export captured contacts together with their reading behaviour to CSV and feed your pipeline - the follow-up list writes itself, sorted by who actually read.

What is a PDF lead magnet?

A lead magnet is a document worth trading contact details for - a whitepaper, a guide, a case study, a price list. The classic setup needs a landing page, a form builder, an email tool, and a file host stitched together. FileDroppr collapses that: upload the PDF, switch on the gate form, and the link itself is the lead magnet - the form, the delivery, and the analytics in one URL you can share anywhere.

And because the document opens in the FileDroppr viewer, the exchange keeps paying after the form: you see how far each lead actually read, which pages held them, and whether they returned - signals a download-and-goodbye funnel never captures.

A form you shape to the ask

The gate form is yours to design, up to five fields. Ask for just a name and email when the document is light; add phone and company when the offer justifies it; use your own field labels when you need something specific. Each field can be required or optional, so you decide how much friction the document is worth.

The form appears before the first page renders, and the email address is validated on the server - the same enforcement as the email gate, so your contact list is made of addresses that work, not keyboard mashing.

Qualify at the door: the domain allowlist

For B2B sharing you often do not want more leads - you want the right ones. The domain allowlist restricts viewing to email domains you choose: share a proposal that only @yourclient.com addresses can open, or a partner enablement pack limited to the three companies in the deal. Everyone else is politely refused at the gate.

Allowlisting works with the plain email gate too, not only the full form - so even a single-field "sign the register" gate can be scoped to the companies that matter.

From reader to pipeline

Captured contacts appear in your readership dashboard attached to their reading sessions: name, email, company - and then pages read, time spent, return visits. That combination is the qualification step done for you. The lead who read all fourteen pages twice is not the same call as the one who bounced off page two.

Export the lot to CSV whenever you like and feed your CRM or mail tool. The reading detail comes from the same PDF read tracking every FileDroppr link gets - the gate form just puts a name on it from page one.

PDF lead capture questions.

How do I add a lead capture form to a PDF?

Upload the PDF to FileDroppr and enable the lead capture form in the document settings - a Pro feature. Pick up to five fields and mark them required or optional. Anyone opening your link fills in the form before the document renders, and the contact lands in your readership dashboard with their reading session attached.

What fields can I ask for?

Up to five per document - name, email, phone, and company are the usual set, and you can label fields yourself for anything else. Email addresses are validated server-side, so invented addresses do not get through.

Where do captured leads go?

Into your readership dashboard, attached to each contact's reading sessions - pages read, time spent, and return visits included. You can export everything to CSV for your CRM at any time.

Can I restrict viewing to specific companies?

Yes - the domain allowlist limits viewing to email domains you choose, so a deck can be openable only by @yourclient.com addresses. It works with the full lead form or with the simple email gate.

Do readers need an account to get the document?

No. They open your link, fill in the form in the browser, and read - nothing to install, no account to create. Only you need a plan.

Which plan includes lead capture?

Lead capture forms and the domain allowlist are Pro features ($29/month, or $24/month billed annually). The simpler email-only gate is also Pro; core readership starts free.

Make the document earn its keep.

Upload a PDF, put your form in front of it, and share one link that delivers the document, captures the contact, and reports the reading.

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