Compare your options
Spreadsheets and forms, a ticketing site or your own events platform. Each suits someone; here is which suits you.
Which fits you
Which sounds most like you today?
Pick the one closest to you. The answer says which comparison to read.
Your own platform fits
Your own platform takes the copying off you
People book themselves; places and the waiting list count down on their own.
The comparisonSpreadsheets and forms, or your own platformRead the comparisonThe comparisons
Side by side, in full
Each one says when the other option is the better choice, and what happens to what you have if you move.
At a glance
The three options, side by side
| The question | Spreadsheets and forms | A ticketing site | Your own platform |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best when | You run a few events a year for people who already know you | You run one event, once, and want it on sale today | There are more events, more people and more of you running them |
| Where people find your events | A web page someone updates by hand, or an email | Some ticketing sites bring their own audience | One calendar on your own address, on your website and partners’ sites, kept up to date |
| Booking a place | A form; someone copies replies into the sheet | It takes bookings, for your events only | People book themselves; places and the waiting list count down on their own |
| The guest list | Whoever has the sheet | Yours to download, held under their terms | Yours, on your platform, to take or delete |
| What it costs | Your time | Usually a fee per ticket; check their current price page | A platform fee by proposal; who pays for what is your call |
| Setting up | Where many chambers and networks start | Minutes for one event | A few weeks for a platform, then minutes per event |
Before you decide
What it costs
A platform fee by proposal; who pays for what is your call.
Pricing says what changes the price and what every platform includes.
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