Vendor Marketplace

The vendor marketplace is where organizers find the businesses that help run an event — catering, photography, audio, décor, entertainment, logistics, security and marketing — and where those businesses get discovered without cold emailing every organizer in town.

Who it is for

• Vendors build a public profile (services, pricing, portfolio, reviews) once, and organizers find them through search and filters instead of the vendor having to pitch each one individually.
• Organizers (and admins) browse or search vendor profiles and send a quote request directly from a vendor’s page — no separate account or contract needed to make first contact.

What you can do here

• Search and filter — by keyword, category, specialization tag, price range and minimum star rating.
• Sort — Newest, Rating, Name, Price low to high, or Price high to low.
• Switch between grid and list view using the toggle above the results.
• Compare up to three vendors side by side — tick the checkbox on any vendor card, then open the comparison panel that appears.
• View a vendor profile — company bio, specialization tags, listed services with prices, a portfolio gallery, and published reviews with their average rating.
• Request a quote — from the sidebar on a vendor’s profile page, with a free-text message describing what you need.

How the two sides meet

1. A vendor builds their profile and lists services under the vendor portal.
2. An organizer finds them through the marketplace’s search/filter/compare tools, or is browsing the “For Vendors” landing page’s featured section.
3. The organizer opens “Request Quote” on the vendor’s profile and sends a message; the vendor gets a notification with the message and a link back to their dashboard.
4. From there, pricing, scope and booking are worked out directly between the organizer and vendor.

Good to know

• Only approved vendor profiles are listed — a new vendor profile is not searchable until it clears review.
• Requesting a quote requires being signed in as an organizer or admin. Signed-out visitors are prompted to log in; a signed-in attendee sees a message that they cannot request quotes from that account.
• Featured vendors (an admin/editorial designation) get a highlighted section at the top of the marketplace, separate from the filtered results below.
• “Starting from” prices on a vendor card reflect their lowest-priced active service, not a fixed quote — the actual cost depends on what you request.

Troubleshooting

• I do not see a Request Quote button on a vendor profile — you are either signed out (sign in first) or signed in as a role other than organizer/admin (the button is not shown for attendee accounts).
• A vendor I know is on the platform does not appear in search — their profile may still be pending approval, or your filters (price range, minimum rating, specialization) may be excluding them.
• The compare option is disabled on a card — comparison is capped at three vendors at a time; untick one before adding another.

Related

• Vendor: Getting Started
• Vendor Profile
• Marketplace Tips
• Event Requests