Stop the Email Madness: How to Get Clear Client Feedback on Website Projects
“The Button Doesn’t Look Right”
You know the email. It arrives at 4:47 PM on a Friday:
“Hey, the button doesn’t look right. Can you fix it? Thanks!”
Which button? On which page? What browser? What doesn’t look right about it? Is it the color? The size? The position? The text?
You fire back five questions. Radio silence until Monday morning. The client responds with a full-page screenshot and “this one.” You zoom in, squint, and still can’t tell what they’re talking about.
Sound familiar?
The Real Cost of Email Feedback
Let’s be honest about what’s really happening when clients give feedback via email, Slack, or text:
Time Wasted on Clarification
Every vague comment becomes a 3-5 message thread. “Can you be more specific?” “Which section?” “What did you expect to see?” By the time you understand the actual issue, 30 minutes are gone.
Screenshots That Don’t Help
Clients send you a screenshot of their entire browser window. Maybe they drew a red arrow in Preview. Maybe they didn’t. You’re left playing “Where’s Waldo” with their feedback.
Lost Context
You have no idea what device they’re on, what browser, what screen size, or what they clicked to get there. Half your time is spent trying to reproduce the issue they’re seeing.
The Endless Thread
The feedback email gets forwarded. Then replied to. Then someone replies all. Now you have 47 messages in a thread and you’re not sure which issues are fixed and which ones are still pending.
Feedback Gets Lost
“Didn’t I already tell you about the footer?” Yes, the client mentioned it. Three weeks ago. In a different email thread. That you can’t find now.
What If Clients Could Just Show You?
Imagine this instead:
Your client sees an issue on your staging site. They click exactly where the problem is. A pin drops on that spot. They type “This should be blue” and hit submit.
You get a notification with:
- A screenshot showing exactly what they’re looking at
- A pin marking the exact element they’re talking about
- The URL they’re on
- Their browser and device info
- The exact time they reported it
No back-and-forth. No confusion. No hunting through email threads.
This is how FixPin works.
Real Scenarios, Real Solutions
Scenario 1: The Vague Design Change
Old way:
- Client: “The homepage feels off”
- You: “What specifically feels off?”
- Client: “Just the overall feel”
- You: “Can you be more specific about which section?”
- Client: sends full-page screenshot “All of it”
- You: dies inside
With FixPin:
- Client clicks on the hero section and pins: “This headline should be bigger”
- Client clicks on the pricing section and pins: “Can we move this up?”
- Client clicks on the CTA and pins: “Make this button green”
- You see three specific, actionable items with visual context
Scenario 2: The Mobile Mystery
Old way:
- Client: “The site is broken on mobile”
- You: “What’s broken specifically?”
- Client: “Everything is overlapping”
- You: “Which page? What device?”
- Client: “My iPhone. All the pages.”
- You: Opens every page on iPhone simulator, sees nothing wrong
- Client: “I’m on an iPhone 8”
- You: Doesn’t have iPhone 8 to test
With FixPin:
- Client clicks the overlapping element on their iPhone 8
- You get automatic device info: “iPhone 8, Safari, iOS 15”
- Screenshot shows exactly what’s overlapping
- You fix the responsive CSS issue in 10 minutes
Scenario 3: The “It Worked Yesterday” Bug
Old way:
- Client: “The contact form is broken”
- You: “What error are you getting?”
- Client: “It just doesn’t work”
- You: “Can you tell me what happens when you click submit?”
- Client: “Nothing”
- You: Tests form, works fine “It’s working for me”
- Client: “Well it’s not working for me”
- Three days of back-and-forth
With FixPin:
- Client submits feedback with screenshot
- You see they’re filling out the “Message” field but leaving “Email” blank
- You realize the validation error message isn’t visible enough
- You make the error message red and prominent
- Issue solved in one round
Why Email Fails for Website Feedback
Email was built for correspondence, not collaboration. Here’s why it breaks down for website projects:
No Spatial Context
Websites are visual. Email is text. Describing a visual problem in words is like describing a painting over the phone.
No Technical Context
Your client doesn’t know what browser they’re using. They don’t know their screen resolution. They just know “it looks weird.” You need that technical info to fix issues.
Linear Threading
Website feedback isn’t linear. One page might have five issues. Email forces everything into chronological order, making it hard to track what’s fixed and what’s pending.
Context Switching
You’re coding. You get an email. You switch to email. You read the feedback. You switch back to your code. You forgot what you were doing. Multiply this by 20 feedback items per day.
How FixPin Fixes This
Visual Pinning
Clients click exactly where they see an issue. No more “the button in the top right near the logo but not the other button.” They click it, you see it.
Automatic Technical Details
Every feedback item includes browser, device, screen size, and URL. You get everything you need to reproduce and fix the issue.
Organized Dashboard
All feedback flows into your project dashboard. You see everything in one place. Drag cards to “Done” as you fix them. No more hunting through email threads.
One Tool, Not Twenty
No more email + screenshots + annotating tools + project management software. FixPin handles feedback collection and tracking in one place.
Getting Clients to Actually Use It
Here’s the beautiful part: your clients don’t need to sign up, install anything, or learn a new tool.
It’s Just There
You add the FixPin widget to your staging site. It appears as a small button in the corner. Clients click it when they want to give feedback. That’s it.
No Training Required
If they can click and type, they can use FixPin. We’ve had 70-year-old clients figure it out in seconds.
They Actually Prefer It
Clients are tired of email threads too. When you show them “just click where the issue is,” they light up. It’s easier for them and clearer for you.
The Process That Actually Works
Here’s what successful agencies are doing:
1. Set Expectations Early
In your project kickoff, tell clients: “We’ll share a staging link with a feedback button. Click anywhere you see an issue and tell us about it. We’ll get everything fixed in one go.”
2. Review in Batches
Instead of fixing feedback one email at a time, check your FixPin dashboard once or twice a day. Knock out everything in one focused session.
3. Show Progress Visually
Share your screen during status calls. Drag feedback cards from “To Do” to “Done” as you discuss them. Clients love seeing progress in real-time.
4. Keep Email for Decisions
Use email for “Which logo do you prefer?” and “Are we launching Tuesday or Wednesday?” Use FixPin for “This text should be blue” and “The image is too small.”
What Teams Are Saying
We asked agencies how FixPin changed their client feedback process:
“Our projects finish 2-3 weeks faster now. No exaggeration. We spend way less time clarifying what clients mean.” — Design agency with 12 active projects
“Clients used to send us emails with six issues buried in paragraphs. Now we get six separate pins we can actually track.” — Freelance developer
“The automatic screenshots save us SO much time. We’re not asking ‘can you send a screenshot’ every single time anymore.” — Small web studio
Try It On Your Next Project
Here’s our challenge: add FixPin to your next website project’s staging site. Tell your client to use it for feedback instead of email.
We’re betting you’ll:
- Finish the project faster
- Waste less time on clarification
- Feel less frustrated with vague feedback
- Actually enjoy client reviews again
Getting Started Takes 5 Minutes
- Sign up for FixPin
- Create a project for your client
- Add the widget code to your staging site
- Send your client the link and tell them to click the feedback button
That’s it. No complicated setup. No integration headaches. Just clear feedback that actually helps you ship.
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