Creating Your First Event
Creating your first event
An event is where most of your work happens, it's the thing people register for. Creating one takes just a few details to start, and then you'll flesh it out with tickets, questions, and a landing page.
(Screenshot: the new event form)
The basics
From your dashboard, start a new event and give it:
- A name, what people will see when they find your event.
- Dates and times, when it starts and ends.
- A venue and time zone, where it's happening. Setting the correct time zone matters, because it makes sure start times, deadlines, and emails show up correctly for everyone.
You can change all of these later, so don't worry about getting every detail perfect right now. Get the essentials in and move on.
Double-check the time zone. It's the detail most often overlooked, and getting it right prevents confusion about when things actually happen.
The main things to set up
Once your event exists, three areas do most of the heavy lifting:
Tickets, Decide what people can register for. Tickets can be free or paid, limited in quantity, and available only during certain dates. This is also where pricing lives. Learn more in Tickets & Pricing.
Registration questions, Choose what information to collect from each attendee, such as name, email, dietary needs, or a t-shirt size. Ask for what you need and keep it short so people breeze through sign-up. Learn more in Registration.
Landing page, Build the public page where people learn about your event and register. Add your description, images, and details so it looks polished and on-brand.
If you want to show different tickets or questions to different kinds of attendees, like members versus guests, you can turn on groups for your event. Otherwise, everyone shares one default setup.
When these three pieces are in place, you're close to going live. Next up: Publishing Your Event.