SkipThePaper

Online forms, workflows, and payments for agencies, clubs, and associations.

Online applications · Workflows · Fee collection

Move your applications online with SkipThePaper

SkipThePaper takes the paper and PDF forms you already use and turns them into online applications with validation, payments, and review workflows built in.

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Works for health departments, city and county permits, clubs, and associations — anywhere you need applications filled out accurately and routed to the right people.

Designed around how applications actually move

SkipThePaper keeps agencies, reviewers, and applicants on the same page, even when forms and rules are complex.

Agencies & departments

Replace paper packets with online applications

Agencies use SkipThePaper to bring their existing forms online without rebuilding their entire permitting or membership system.

  • Convert paper and PDF forms into online applications.
  • Configure questions, required fields, and dependency logic.
  • Set up application types for programs like temporary food, cottage food, land use, and more.

Start with one form, then expand to other programs as staff and applicants get comfortable.

Example use: A health department moves its Temporary Food Event Permit online, then later adds cottage food licensing and tattoo facility applications using the same tools and workflows.
Internal reviewers

Give reviewers a clear queue and fewer surprises

Reviewers work from a shared dashboard instead of email attachments and paper stacks.

  • Assign applications to reviewers or teams.
  • Add comments and request changes from applicants.
  • Attach internal documents and control what appears on the final approval.

Status changes can trigger notifications so applicants and internal staff know exactly what’s happening.

Example use: A reviewer opens a temporary food application, flags menu items that need changes, and moves the application to “approved” once the updates are complete. Final permits and approved menus are emailed automatically.
Applicants & members

Make it easy to apply and pay in one place

Applicants see a clear, guided form that validates answers as they go and collects fees at the end.

  • Apply online from any modern device.
  • Form validation reduces missing information and back-and-forth.
  • Fees are collected at submission using your approved processor.

Clear instructions and validation help reduce calls and walk-ins for basic questions.

Example use: A vendor completes a temporary food application on their laptop at home, pays the required fees, and receives a confirmation email with a copy of their application.

What SkipThePaper helps you do

SkipThePaper is flexible enough to handle simple registrations and complex, rule-heavy applications. Most programs focus on four areas.

  • Put forms online quickly without custom programming.
  • Collect fees in a way that works with your finance team.
  • Support reviewers with clear queues and status changes.
  • Keep data portable so IT can link it to other systems.
SkipThePaper interface showing an online application and workflow
SkipThePaper brings paper and PDF forms into a single online application experience with validation, payments, and review tools.

SkipThePaper is built for taking existing paper or PDF forms and turning them into online applications that feel familiar to staff and applicants.

  • Support for yes/no, free text, and multiple choice questions.
  • Required fields and dependency logic when certain answers are selected.
  • Custom look and feel so forms match your agency or organization branding.

You can collect your own application fees while SkipThePaper uses a convenience-fee model to fund the service.

  • Support for flat or percentage-based fees, including late fees.
  • Integration with modern payment processors that support APIs.
  • Line-item detail for base fees and add-on services on the payment page and final documents.

Once an application is submitted, SkipThePaper helps reviewers move it from intake to final approval.

  • Assign work to specific reviewers or teams.
  • Add comments and request changes from applicants.
  • Include or exclude attachments on the final permit or approval.
  • Change status to automatically notify all related parties.

SkipThePaper is designed so your IT team can keep control of key data and connect it to other systems.

  • Export tools for data backup and reporting.
  • Options for import/export links, web services, or remote server interaction.
  • Use your own IDs to tie applications into other databases.

Example application: Temporary Food Event Permit

Here is one way a Temporary Food Event Permit can move through SkipThePaper, from the first click through payment and review.

Temporary Food Establishment application screen showing applicant address fields.
Applicants start the Temporary Food Establishment Application online. Required fields and instructions help make sure nothing critical is missed before they move on.

How programs typically get started

Most SkipThePaper implementations start with one form, prove it, and then expand. Here’s a common pattern.

Magnifying glass over a program document Start

Pick one application

You choose a form that would benefit most from going online — commonly temporary food, land use pre-application, or membership.

Gear and checklist representing configuration of forms and rules Configure

Map questions, rules, and fees

We work with you to configure questions, required fields, dependencies, and fee rules (including any late or add-on fees).

Group of people with a checkmark badge for onboarding Pilot

Onboard reviewers and applicants

Your staff test the application, then you invite real applicants to use it. We refine instructions, emails, and workflow as you go.

Rocket taking off to represent going live Expand

Add more forms and programs

Once the pattern is working, you can add additional forms and programs, reusing the same fee model and workflow approach.