Survey Participant Links

Academic research surveys often need different links for collaborators, pilot testers, panel vendors, classroom participants, and live respondents. Domandata separates review and collection workflows so you can test a study before sharing the public version.

Choose the link type based on who should use it and what the response means. A collaborator reviewing wording should not use the same workflow as a paid panel participant whose completion status will be analyzed.

• Draft links: use for internal review while wording, Flow, quotas, and page breaks are still changing.
• Public links: use for live data collection after you publish the current version and test the public path privately.
• Personal links (Beta): use when each participant needs an individualized invitation, longitudinal token, or respondent-level tracking workflow. The Deploy tab shows live completion counts per batch and lets you send reminders to non-responders without regenerating tokens. See Distribute and Track Personal Links for the full workflow.

1. Step 1: Use the draft link for review. Share the draft link with collaborators while wording, Flow, quotas, or theme settings are still changing.

   Step 1: Draft Link for Review

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   Configure publishing, links, quotas, and theme from the Deploy tab.

2. Step 2: Run a small pilot. Use the same link type the real participants will use whenever possible and follow the pilot testing checklist.

   Step 2: Run a Pilot

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   Walk through respondent-facing behavior in the same preview surface.

3. Step 3: Open Deploy. Review draft, public, and personal link options before publishing.

   Step 3: Open Deploy

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   Configure publishing, links, quotas, and theme from the Deploy tab.

4. Step 4: Publish the current version. Publish when the editor version is ready for live collection.

   Step 4: Publish Version

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   Configure publishing, links, quotas, and theme from the Deploy tab.

5. Step 5: Test the public link privately. Open the public link in a private browser window and complete a final path.

   Step 5: Test Public Link

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   Configure publishing, links, quotas, and theme from the Deploy tab.

6. Step 6: Share the participant link. Send the public or personal link only after Preview, Deploy, and Export checks pass.

   Step 6: Share Participant Link

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   Configure publishing, links, quotas, and theme from the Deploy tab.

If your study uses quotas, experimental conditions, or eligibility screeners, test every major participant path before distributing the live link. For broad public distribution, consider adding reCAPTCHA survey verification and reviewing Survey Data Quality Checks.

• Panel recruitment: test the exact link and completion screen the panel vendor will see.
• Classroom studies: avoid sharing a draft link as the final assignment link unless the instructor expects test data.
• Longitudinal studies: use personal links or tracking variables consistently across waves; see Longitudinal and Panel Surveys.
• Public posting: confirm eligibility, duplicate prevention, reCAPTCHA, and quota behavior before posting broadly.

• Distribute and Track Personal Links
• Publish and Share a Research Survey
• Preview and Pilot Test a Survey
• Set Survey Quotas
• Team Collaboration for Research Surveys