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How do you stop B2B lead generation websites for digital marketing in Somerset West from getting flooded with form spam?

We redesigned a service website for a Somerset West digital marketing firm and their enquiry inbox gets 15 automated spam submissions a day, while heavy CAPTCHAs hurt mobile conversion rates. What works best in production?

andries_le_roux◆ 68asked 18 Oct

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    Anri Badenhorst◆ 103Trusted voiceon Web Design18 Oct
    @andries_leroux combine three invisible layers so real buyers never have to click traffic lights: (1) Cloudflare Turnstile in non-interactive mode, (2) a hidden honeypot field plus a server-side check that the form took at least 2.5 seconds to submit after page load, and (3) rejecting messages with multiple URLs or crypto/SEO spam phrases on the server action.
  2. Ilse Labuschagne◆ 83Trusted voiceon Consulting18 Oct
    Seconding @anri_badenhorst. Adding a click-to-WhatsApp button pre-filled with the page service name alongside the quote form also lifts conversion rates by 35% for South African buyers on mobile.
  3. Sanet Cronje◆ 68Trusted voiceon Web Design18 Oct
    What @anri_badenhorst and @ilse_labuschagne shared works brilliantly. On our Somerset West client sites we also log every lead into Postgres before firing the email via Postmark or Resend so zero enquiries are ever lost if an inbox filters an attachment.
  4. Ronel Viljoen◆ 48Contributoron Web Design18 Oct
    @anri_badenhorst and @andries_leroux we implemented this exact setup in Somerset West last quarter and it cut our monthly admin and reconciliation time in half.
  5. andries_le_roux◆ 68Trusted voiceon Web Design18 Oct
    Thanks @anri_badenhorst and @ilse_labuschagne, Cloudflare Turnstile plus the time-trap honeypot and DB logging is a super clean stack.

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