I had Events Calendar Pro last year — what do I need moving forward?

[Amanda]

Hi, I’m hoping for guidance.

I have a small business that features things to do with kids in Long island. I had Events Calendar Pro last year and it was good but now I’m confused by the Community Calendar.

In short, I’d love to:
1. update my own events (including reoccuring events)
2. allow users to input their own events

And added bonus
1. Automatically pull events from other sites/facebook events
2. Sell tickets to events (although, it seems it would be cheaper to just include my own link to eventbrite? I only have 3 events/year)

We are small and growing and budget concious. Please advise – thank you!

[Andras]

Hi Amanda,

Thanks for reaching out. Let me answer your questions one-by-one.

 

1. update my own events (including reoccuring events)

For recurring events you need Events Calendar Pro. Without this you cannot create recurring events.

 

2. allow users to input their own events

This calls for the Community Events plugin, which will allow your users to create their own events.

 

1. Automatically pull events from other sites/facebook events

This is covered by the iCal importer and Facebook Events plugins. Also note, we have a new service, Event Aggregator in the pipeline which should come in a couple of weeks that can cover this, and much more.

 

2. Sell tickets to events (although, it seems it would be cheaper to just include my own link to eventbrite? I only have 3 events/year)

You have 2 options here based on what you want to do. If you want to sell tickets on your website, then you’ll need Event Tickets Plus.

And we also have a plugin, Eventbrite Tickets, that can connect your events calendar with Eventbrite to sell tickets there.

 

You don’t need to get all this, you can simply choose what you need.

I also suggest you to take a look at our bundle options here, which give you a better value for money.

 

Please, let me know if you have any more questions.

Cheers,
Andras

[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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