Eventbrite: The Big, Orange Giant shines brightly
Everything about Eventbrite is friendly, reassuring and clean. With its cheerful orange buttons and instant accessibility, setting up my event page was fun and satisfying. It took me just 45 minutes...
View ArticleIs Eventbrite breaking the law in Canada?
I just registered for a workshop using Eventbrite and I have to say I’m a bit miffed. The registration process was smooth as silk. The page was clean and easy to navigate, the payment process was...
View ArticlePlanana: Going Bananas about Sharing Events
Planana is a young, hip new arrival on the online registration scene. This Eventbrite copycat is distinguished by a single big idea: to reward your attendees for sharing your event on their social...
View ArticlePlug and Play: 6 Event plug-ins for WordPress
If you have a WordPress site there are an impressive array of plugins to handle your event registration. Here we look at 6 plugins, each with different strengths. All of them will install directly...
View ArticleInstant Satisfaction: 8 Sign-up and go registration tools
These days online registration systems are more accessible and easy to buy than ever. Over the past few months we have reviewed 8 online registration systems that allow you to sign-up and get started...
View ArticleCase Study: 8 online registration systems put to the artist’s test
I recently reviewed 8 great online registration tools. Each has different strengths, so I was excited to try them out to create a registration form for an art workshop I am organizing . Every company...
View ArticleIt started with a KISS: Eventbrite make free events even simpler
Eventbrite are spreading the love with their new, simplified sign-up for free events. Free events usually don’t need the bells, whistles and options that fee-paying events might need. Applying the...
View ArticleEventbee vs Eventbrite: Anything you can do, I can do better!
Eventbrite and Eventbee are both companies that offer simple, convenient and relatively low-cost online registration for events. Like Annie Oakley and Frank Butler, each company seems to be on a...
View ArticleOnline registration for free events: Have your cake and eat it too!
If you are organizing a free event (e.g. a party, wedding, concert or training session) the chances are you don’t want to spend any money on technology. The great news is there are lots of free...
View ArticleOnline registration gets cheaper – but at what cost?
In The Red Queen Effect I predicted that there would be a price war between online registration companies and that we could expect to see prices keep coming down as companies compete to be the...
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