From idea to first ticket sold

You can have an event live and selling in well under an hour. This is the order we would do it in.

1. Create the event

Title, date, and where it happens. Times are stored in the event's own timezone, so an event in Lisbon shows Lisbon time to everyone looking at it — you never have to do the arithmetic yourself.

2. Add ticket types before you publish

Start simple: one type, one price, one quantity. You can add early-bird pricing, bundles and per-type limits later without disturbing tickets already sold.

If your venue has assigned seating, build the seat map now rather than after go-live — attaching a map to an event that already has orders is possible but more work.

3. Connect Stripe

Paid events need a connected Stripe account so money reaches you directly. Free-only events do not need this at all; you can skip it entirely and publish today.

4. Decide who else needs access

Before the day arrives, add the people who will actually run it. Roles are scoped per event, so someone working the door does not get access to your finances, and your finance person does not get the check-in scanner.

5. Publish, then check the public page

Open your event page as a visitor would. Check the description, the images and the price, and try a test purchase if you are charging — a real one you refund is worth more than an assumption.

6. On the day

Check people in from the scanner app or from a browser. Both mark the same ticket as used, so a ticket cannot be admitted twice — including a ticket that was resold to somebody else.

Stuck on any step? The help centre goes deeper on each of these.