WooCommerce is one of the most popular ecommerce solutions for WordPress, powering 22 percent of the top 1 million ecommerce sites in the world. So it comes as no surprise that WooCommerce, with all of its extensions and capabilities, can add tons of useful functionality to your site. At some point, you might want to…
You’ve organized a major event and you’d like to get a head count to estimate how many people are coming. But guests don’t have any way to respond and let you know they’re planning to attend. The solution? Add event registrations to your WordPress site and streamline the RSVP process so you have one less…
Who hasn’t dreamed of impressing their loved ones with a perfect four-course meal? Well, the folks at Whisk in Bellevue, Washington have made it their mission to help customers take their home cooking skills to the next level. Run by husband-and-wife duo Ann and Don Perinchief, this culinary school offers both in-person and online cooking…
What makes a successful Virtual Event? Our Virtual Event Planning Checklist will help you determine your online event strategy and get amazing feedback!
This post was originally published on Aug. 6, 2019. It was last updated on Jan. 13, 2021. To most people, “events” is just another way of saying “cool stuff to do”: concerts, birthday parties, nature walks, Zoom happy hours, book club meetings, Independence Day parades, you name it. But for event planners and promoters, we…
Creating your own events marketplace doesn’t have to be a pipe dream. It’s totally possible to build a revenue-generating hub for events on your WordPress site. All you need is a few plugins. How does a marketplace work? Think of Eventbrite or Etsy, for two examples. Both sites take a cut from each event organizer…
There’s no way to look back at 2020 without acknowledging how difficult this year has been. The pandemic added an enormous amount of complexity, uncertainty, and heartbreak to the world. It took lives, and it put lives on hold. It also presented major challenges to anybody in the businesses of planning events. But the events…
We’ll admit it: Our ticketing plugins can be confusing if you’re not familiar with their features. In this post, we’ll help you determine whether you need Event Tickets, Eventbrite Tickets, or both. Before we dive in, here’s a quick overview of each plugin. Event Tickets is a free tool that lets you sell tickets and…
Some events are general admission. Some are virtual. And others require assigned seating. When it comes to selling tickets for an event where seat assignments matter, the topic is always going to turn to seating charts. Seating charts add a whole additional layer of planning to an event. In this post, we’ll walk through the…
In this post we’re going to dive in to one of our favorite Promoter features: triggered messages. What does that mean? Well, in addition to scheduling messages, you can now create messages automatically when one of your attendees performs a specific action, such as submitting an RSVP or purchasing a ticket. With more than 10…
Creating a calendar for Higher Education or university group can be tricky. With so many events across departments, you need the right tools to simplify your complex calendar. Luckily, if you run your university group or department website on WordPress, you have tons of great calendar tools right at your fingertips. A calendar makes it…
Meg Chaloner is the founder and co-CEO of Sip & Script, a business that started in Boston and expanded two years ago when Cahon and her team brought their signature calligraphy workshops to cities around the United States. By partnering with artists across the country, Sip & Script delivers hands-on calligraphy workshops at local businesses…
If you’re embracing virtual events, you’re in good company. These days, event planners are hosting classes, performances, and even conferences virtually. But figuring out how to make money on your virtual events can be a challenge at first. With an online event, you can’t sell tickets at the door, so you need to adapt your…
The mere thought of planning an event can be daunting: All that time and effort, all the logistics to coordinate, and all the costs that can add up quickly, plus a whole different set of concerns for virtual events, like choosing the best livestreaming platform or figuring out online ticketing. But creating a new event…
Big news for anybody running Event Tickets Plus on their WordPress site: for the first time, Event Tickets Plus officially supports shortcodes! Easily display tickets anywhere on your WordPress site, and an added bonus of the ability to display content based on whether a user has registered for the event or not. We really couldn’t…
