Hello, so I want to create a custom form with file upload. No, I don’t want to use an app, I want to have full control on the design + pay no monthly fee for such a basic feature. To start with, I’m quite surprised Shopify has just a basic default contact form with name/email/message and that’s it…

Well, and is there any way Shopify realized it kept stuck in 2010 and would develop this feature in a few months? In my opinion this is barely a 15 min work for a developer from Shopify to implement this. There were other discussions related that are dated since 2018 (see below)! And Shopify appa…

I tried all the apps this week and they are all awful! I just want to place into the contact form. It’s a really basic thing!! and have a file upload to Flickr or google drive or email itself to me .. but Shopify has identified that a lame way to make money even that jot forms thing is a bit lame.…

I would also love this feature. Indeed it is very basic and needs to be a SHOULD have priority. No need for 3rd party apps…

Did you get anywhere with this issue? It’s driving me crazy that Shopify makes this so difficult, and like you, I REFUSE to pay monthly for such a trivial basic need! Shopify needs to get this on the product roadmap ASAP!

This is so disheartening to hear that something this simple is being ignored by Shopify. Don’t they care that 3rd apps and home brewed codes can break the site? This should be available as a standard feature.

Conveniently those discussions have been archived so we can no longer point fingers and let them know they have been ignoring something for years.

I’ve never used System.io , but if you can find the link to where the forms created in System.io gets submitted to, you should technically be able to simply change the and use them as a proxy instead of relying on Shopify’s form? Just a thought..

It is now october of 2023 & shopify has still not added this feature… I have to have clients fill out pdf then send via email versus allowing them a simple document upload via my shopify store…

Hi! Have you found any solution to this but paying someone else to do it?

I’m with you 1000%. I’ve been after this feature for over 5 years using Shopify and still nothing.

How can I create a custom form with file upload on Shopify without using an app?

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marcoswata October 13, 2022, 1:46pm 2

No, you can’t.

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How can I create a custom form with file upload on Shopify without using an app?

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