QR Code for SurveyMonkey

Getting a scannable SurveyMonkey link

1. 1

   Open Collect Responses and choose a Web Link

   In your survey's collection settings, add a Web Link collector rather than an Email Invitation collector — the Web Link is the one made for sharing publicly.

2. 2

   Copy the generated link

   SurveyMonkey gives you a single address for that collector. Copy it in full, including the collector ID at the end.

3. 3

   Paste it into MakeQR as a URL

   Choose the website/URL type and paste the Web Link exactly as copied — an edited or shortened version can point at the wrong survey.

4. 4

   Test the scan before printing

   Scan the code and confirm the survey opens and, if it should be anonymous, that it doesn't ask for a name or login you didn't intend to require.

Choosing the right SurveyMonkey collector

An Email Invitation collector is built to track individual, named recipients, and its links are tied to that use — pasting one into a QR code either won't work as intended or will misattribute every response to whichever invitation link happened to be scanned first. A Web Link collector has no such attachment: it's one address, shared as widely as you like, and every scan is treated as a fresh, typically anonymous response, which is what a code printed for a crowd needs.

Closing the survey without breaking a printed code

Once a Web Link collector is closed, that same link usually shows a closed-survey message instead of the form, and a static code pointed at it keeps sending people there with no way to fix it after printing. A dynamic code avoids the dead end: repoint it to a thank-you page, a summary of results, or a new survey once the first one wraps, and the printed table tent or poster never needs to be reprinted.

Anonymity is set in SurveyMonkey, not in the code

Whether responses are anonymous depends on the collector's own settings, not on anything MakeQR does — the code only carries the link. Before printing a code for a crowd, check the collector isn't set to collect identifying information you didn't intend to gather from an anonymous audience.

What the code contains

The pattern holds the plain Web Link address SurveyMonkey generated for that collector, including its collector ID. There's nothing about the survey's questions or your account inside the code — only the address, and SurveyMonkey does the rest once it's opened.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AbC123X

Where it works best

Right after the experience it's asking about beats a generic flyer: a table tent by the register, a card at checkout, or a slide at the end of a session. A table tent code can be small, around 25 mm, since it's read up close.

Mistakes with a SurveyMonkey code

• Using an Email Invitation link instead of a Web Link

  These collectors serve different purposes, and pasting the wrong one into a code built for a crowd produces unreliable or misattributed results.

• Leaving a static code live after the survey closes

  A printed code with no way to change its destination keeps sending scans to a closed-survey message with no explanation, long after the deadline.

• Not checking the anonymity setting first

  A collector set to require sign-in or collect names defeats the point of an anonymous table tent or poster survey. Check this in SurveyMonkey before printing.

Where this gets used

• A café puts one on a receipt for feedback on that visit specifically.
• A conference session ends with a slide asking attendees to rate the talk.
• An HR team posts one in a break room for an anonymous engagement check.
• A landlord leaves one in a welcome folder for feedback after a stay.