Event Brite Tickets vs Events Tickets Plus

[Mary Campagnolo]

Hi,

We currently use Event Brite for all of our event management needs but I am interested in streamlining this and having it managed entirely through our WordPress site. Since the cost of these add-ons are the same, I was wondering what the difference is between them and what factors I should be considering in order to determine which one is best for our needs? In other words, why would you choose one over the other? We do not charge for ticket sales, but we do need the ability to manage event registrations, attendee status, configure wait list, send email confirmations, etc. Overall, my goal is to make the event management process more seamless so that I can avoid having to create an event page BOTH on our website and on Event Brite for every event we do. In addition, I would also like to streamline the RSVP process for attendees so that they do not need to click through multiple sites to RSVP or registration for an event. So I just wanted to understand the fundamental difference between these two add-ons and why we might consider one over the other. Thank you in advance!

[Cliff]

Hi, Mary. Thanks for your interest in our plugin suite.

Eventbrite Tickets is for people who want their events on the Eventbrite network (e.g. discoverability, promotion) and/or want to use Eventbrite’s functionality for selling tickets (free or paid).

Event Tickets Plus (ET+) is our paid add-on plugin that upgrades the functionality of our free Event Tickets (ET) plugin.

Using our Event Tickets solution would allow you to run everything — events and tickets — all on your own site. However, Eventbrite has functionality that we do not yet have or are not planning to have. That being said, since it all runs on your site, you could customize it to your needs. If you need some coding help, you may want to ask your developer or reference our documentation and list of known customizers.

Event Tickets Plus enables you to sell tickets via one of our supported eCommerce platforms. The free plugin only enables free RSVP-type tickets.

You can view our roundup/comparison of all the eCommerce plugins ET+ supports.

Our plugin uses your eCommerce plugin of choice, but your eCommerce plugin isn’t displayed for shopping pages. Please reference our Making Tickets KB article (screenshots are from an install using WooCommerce) for an idea how to create tickets for an event.

Site visitors would purchase tickets from each event’s single page/view (e.g. http://wpshindig.com/event/events-tickets-demo/) — if there is an RSVP to submit or ticket to purchase.

The order confirmation email will include a QR code that can be scanned to “check in” someone at the door at the time of the event. It could be displayed on their mobile device or they could print it like any other email. You can read more at Tickets: Managing your orders and attendees.

You could also Display a List of Attendee’s Events.

If your tickets will be free, you don’t need QR code check-in, and you don’t need to collect additional information other than name and email address, you likely could just use the free/core Event Tickets plugin.

Last but not least, we have a pretty great Refund Policy so you can buy one or many of our add-ons and thoroughly test them.

I hope this info helps. Let me know if you have any follow-up questions.

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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