# Share a public link

Open the same form to anyone: copy the link, embed it, or print a QR code. Give each link its own language, limits, and parameters, and track it in analytics.

## Share link or request?

Use a share link when anyone may answer. Use a [request](https://formstep.io/docs/getting-started/send-your-first-request/) when one named person owes you answers and you want to follow up. Both spend the same monthly allowance and land in the same inbox. See [public link or request](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/overview/#public-link-or-request).

## Copy the link

1. **Open Public link**

   Open your published form and click **Public link**, the link icon at the top right of the form page. Publishing already created the first link.

2. **Copy it**

   Click **Copy link**. The link is live: open it in a new tab and answer once, so you have a row to look at on the next page.

3. **Add more links if you need them**

   **Create new link** adds another link with its own settings and analytics, for example one for your newsletter and one for social media. Only you see the link name.

![The Public link sheet with the link, the QR Code, Embed, and Popup cards, and the Link, Appearance, Limits, and Query parameters sections](https://formstep.io/docs/images/building-forms/share-panel.png)

Public link: the link, three more ways to share it, and its settings.

## Ways to share it

| Way | Good for | Where to find it |
| - | - | - |
| Link | Email, chat, social posts | Copy link, at the bottom of the sheet |
| Embed or popup | Your own website | The Embed and Popup cards |
| QR code | Print, packaging, an event stand | The QR Code card |

## Link settings

Each share link has its own settings in the sheet. Give it a name that only you see, and on Pro an address on [your own domain](https://formstep.io/docs/branding-domains/custom-domains/). Choose the language it opens in and the preview shown when it is shared. Set a closing date or a [maximum number of responses](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/scheduled-close/#response-limits), and add [tracking tags](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/sharing-embedding/) to tell campaigns apart.

**Revoke** stops a share link from taking answers and keeps its analytics. You can turn it back on later.

## Next steps

[See answers arrive](https://formstep.io/docs/getting-started/see-answers-arrive/) — Where responses from both channels land

[Embedding & popups](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/embedding-popups/) — Put the form on your own site

[Response limits](https://formstep.io/docs/sharing-publishing/scheduled-close/#response-limits) — Cap how many responses a link accepts

[Your own domains](https://formstep.io/docs/branding-domains/custom-domains/) — Serve the form from your own domain (Pro)