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Create or edit an event page on Eventbrite
Create or edit an event page on Eventbrite
- Settings and options when creating an event page
- Tips and tricks for power users
- Exhaustive product documentation
Here's a handy tutorial video. You can also find written instructions below the video.
If you already have an Eventbrite account, log in to your account to get started.
If you're new to Eventbrite, click here to sign up.
To get started, press the Create Event button on the home page or within your account.
On the Event Creation page, the event details you enter (Title, Tickets, Details, When, Where, etc.) appear on the page in the same place that they will appear on your live event registration page.
Note: You can preview your new page at any time by clicking the Preview button in the upper left corner.
Here is more information about each section of the event creation page:
Event Title - Enter the name of your event.
Logo - Upload a picture for your event page.
Ticket Information - Enter one or more ticket types for your event. This is how attendees will pay or (in the case of free events) register to attend your event. For paid events, you'll also indicate in this section--by clicking on Edit in the Collect Payments section-how you'd like to be paid. Learn more about the different credit/debit card processing options here. You can also offer your attendees offline payment options, which are in addition to a credit/debit card option.
Event Details - Describe your event and include any details you'd like your attendees to know. This section reads HTML, and you can customize this HTML code by clicking on the HTML button on the right side of the toolbar. Feel free to include images or a video!
Note: We recommend that you do not copy and paste directly from Microsoft Word into your Event Details, as doing so can alter the formatting of your text, due to the extraneous formatting data that is carried over from Word.
If you have text from a Word document that you’d like to include here, first copy and paste the text from Word to Notepad on your PC (usually found in the Accessories folder in the Start menu)--or to TextEdit on your Mac--which will strip out this extraneous formatting data, and then copying and pasting this plaintext from Notepad (or TextEdit on a Mac) into your Event Details. You can then use the formatting buttons in Eventbrite to format your text.
When - Indicate when your event will take place. You can hide the start and/or end date/time on your event page. Be sure to select the correct time zone for your event!
Where - Indicate where your event will take place. You can include a Google Map of the event location on your event page.
Hosted By - Choose an existing host from the drop-down menu, or else create a new host for this event. Each host that you create in your account will have a corresponding organizer profile page, which you can edit later in the My Profile tab in the top toolbar.
Personalized URL - Create a personalized link for your event (e.g., http://myevent.eventbrite.com), if you'd like. This can make the URL for your event page more memorable than the default alphanumeric URL randomly generated by Eventbrite. Click here if you'd like to learn how to reuse a personalized link from a completed event for your new event.
Colors - Choose from preset color templates or customize your own colors for the event page.
Set Privacy - By default, your event is listed as public, and so will be searchable in the Eventbrite directory and using the major search engines. You can also set your event to private, which will remove it from the Eventbrite directory and from the major search engines. For more information about the different privacy options available for your event, go here.
Additional Options - Choose from a variety of optional features including displaying how many tickets remain for your event, showing the attendee list on the event page, enabling the use of a custom header and/or footer, and entering your Google Analytics code to track your event page.
Press the Save and Publish button and your event registration page will be live! You can always edit your page, even after you've published it. Click here to learn more about the other features you can use for your event!
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Create or edit an event page on Eventbrite
- Settings and options when creating an event page
- Tips and tricks for power users
- Exhaustive product documentation
To get started, log in to your Eventbrite account, then click Create Event at the top of the screen.
If you’re new to Eventbrite, click here to sign up for a free Eventbrite account and start creating your first event page.
Tip: Need some advice? Go here to check out some expert tips on good event-page design from an Eventbrite pro. Remember, you can preview your new event page at any time by clicking the Preview & Customize tab at the top left of the page.
Let’s take a look at the three different steps on the Event Details page! Feel free to click below to jump ahead to the section you're interested in:
Step 1: Add your Event Details
- Event Title: Enter the name of your event. Choose a title that is both catchy and 75 characters or less.
Tip: The Event Title field has limited HTML-sensitivity, which offers more advanced users additional customizability with, e.g., increasing or decreasing the size of the title or adding a line break.
- Location: Begin by entering the Venue Name for your event. Then type the address for your event in the Street Address field. Google Maps will offer suggestions in a dropdown menu as you type. Just select your address when it appears! By default, a Google Map will display on your event page, though you can hide this map by un-checking the Show map on event page checkbox below the map that is displayed.
Make sure to zoom in or out to the perfect level of detail, as this level of zoom will be retained on the map on your event page each time you save your changes.
If Google Maps doesn’t show your address, click Can’t find your location? in the dropdown menu (or below the map, if one is displayed). In a new window, you can choose from previous locations that you’ve used for past events or manually enter a new address that will show on your event page.
Tip: Holding a webinar? Select online event to the left of the address box to disable the map. Click here for more tips for online events.
- Date & Time: Enter the start and end date/time for your event, which will display on your event page, and in the order confirmation email and PDF ticket. Make sure to select the correct time zone for your event, located to the left of the start date for your event! If you’d like to hide this information, uncheck the Display start/end time checkboxes.
If your event repeats, click here to learn more.
Note: If you choose to use our standard credit card processing after clicking Make Event Live, the five-day countdown to payout for the event will be triggered by the end date of the event that you set here.
- Event Details: Include all the information that your attendees will need to register for and attend your event. Spend some time crafting an appealing and persuasive message. Feel free to include images and/or a video!
Make sure to include your contact email and phone number in case your attendees have any questions about your event. If this is a paid event, explain your refund policy here! We also suggest that you include answers to day-of-event FAQs. Click here to see a sample event page showing common attendee FAQs.
Tip: We recommend that you do not copy and paste directly from Microsoft Word into your Event Details, as doing so can alter the formatting of your text, due to the extraneous formatting data that is carried over from Word.
If you have text from a Word document that you’d like to include here, we recommend first copying and pasting the text from Word to Notepad on your PC (usually found in the Accessories folder in the Start menu)--or to TextEdit on your Mac--which will strip out this extraneous formatting data, and then copying and pasting this plaintext from Notepad (or TextEdit on a Mac) into your Event Details. You can then use the formatting buttons in Eventbrite to format your text.
- Organization / Host: Add the name of your organization here. If you've previously saved an organization, you can select it from the dropdown menu. Add in a description to tell a little bit about the organization or person behind your event.
Tip: Each host that you create in your account will have a corresponding organizer profile page, which you can edit later in the My Profile tab in the top toolbar. Organizer profile pages display all public events for a particular organizer or host, and are a great place to direct traffic so potential attendees can see all your events in one place.
Step 2: Create Tickets
Create one or more types of tickets for your event. This is how attendees will pay or (in the case of free or ticketless events) register to attend your event.
Note: You will choose your payment processor for your event after you make your event live.
- Global Service Fee: By default, the Pass fees on to the buyer option is selected, those you can choose to Absorb the fees or Customize per ticket type (in the Settings menu for each ticket type) instead. Go here to learn more about how to decide who--you or your attendees--should pay the fees.
- Remaining Tickets: Showing the number of tickets that remain on your event page can be a good way to increase anticipation for your event!
- Ticket Name: Give each of your ticket types a descriptive name, so your attendees understand what they are buying.
Tip: The Ticket Name field has limited HTML-sensitivity, which offers more advanced users additional customizability with, e.g., color or adding a line break.
- Ticket Quantity: This sets a maximum number of each type of ticket that can be sold.
- Ticket Price, Fee, and Buyer Total: When you set a Ticket Price for a ticket, you’ll see the Fee and Buyer Total (which is the amount the buyer will be charged) automatically update. Go here to learn more about how to decide who--you or your attendees--should pay the fees.
You can change the currency for your event's tickets by clicking the three-letter currency abbreviation in the upper right, then selecting a different currency from the Choose Currency window that opens.
- Sales Status: Here’s a look at the different statuses that might show for a ticket type in your event:
+ Incomplete: Ticket Name, Ticket Quantity and Ticket Price have not all been completed for this ticket type, and people will be unable to buy a ticket, even if you’ve made your event page live.
+ On Sale: You’ve filled in all required fields, and people will be able to buy a ticket once you’ve clicked Make Event Live.
+ Hidden: Hiding a ticket type will remove it from your event page, so that people will be unable to see or register for that type of ticket. If all your ticket types show as Hidden, people will not be able to register for your event until you change the status of at least one ticket type to On Sale.
+ Not Started: The Sales Starts date and time are set for a point in the future. To put this ticket On Sale, click Settings, then change the Sales Starts date/time.
- Settings: You can adjust a number of settings for a ticket type.
+ Ticket description: This description will appear in smaller type below the ticket name on your event page. It is hidden by default, so that an attendee must click more info to view it. This field has limited HTML-sensitivity, which offers more advanced users additional customizability with, e.g., color or adding a line break.
+ Date & time: Set when Sale Starts and Sale Ends for this ticket type. If you have more than one ticket type, you can start sales when another ticket type sells out or goes off sale by clicking the or when ticket sales end link.
Note: If you’re using credit card processing, the Sales End date does not act as the trigger for the five-day countdown to payout. The payout countdown is instead triggered by the Event Ends date/time found in Step 1: Add your Event Details (see above).
+ Tickets permitted per order: Set the minimum and maximum number of tickets per order, if you’d like. This comes in handy if you’d like to offer a group discount or sell tickets for entire tables.
+ Service fees: You can choose how to handle the fees on a per-ticket type basis, if you’d like. Doing so will override any selection you made for Global Service Fee (see above).
- Event Capacity: This is the total number of tickets—across all ticket types—that can be sold for the event, regardless of the mix in sales of individual ticket types. Click here to learn more about using the Event Capacity tool.
Step 3: Promote your Event Page (or Privacy Settings)
- Publicize, or keep it private: By default, your event will be classified as Public. Click here to learn more about public events and how to promote your event online.
If you’re holding a more private affair, you can mark your event as Private. Go here to learn more about the options for a private event.
- Customize web address: Personalize the web address/URL for your event page to make it more memorable for your attendees! If you’d like to reuse a customized web address/URL from a past event, go here to learn how.
Preview & Customize
Click Preview & Customize in the upper left to review your event page while making edits to see how everything’s looking!
Choose from a preset color theme, or else create your own color scheme by clicking modify colors. Upload an Event logo; display a list of attendees on your event page; or, for more advanced users, modify the custom header and/or footer using HTML and/or CSS for a more graphics-rich event page.
Make your event live or save your changes
Once you've finished designing a great event page, click Make Event Live in the upper right, or Save if your event is already live. You can edit anything on your live event page--with the exception of the price of a ticket after a ticket sale--so go on, get your event out in the wild!
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