Tickets Please - Managing event registration
I run a little networking event called Techludd. For an event we’re doing in Dublin with TechCrunch I decided to try out a new registration method for our meetup with TechCrunch on the 26th of June. Normally we use a comment hack to allow people to say who they are and that they’re coming. While this was fine I like to think I’m open to using a new service to see how it fits. Enter Amiando, a company operating in the same space as Eventbrite in the US. Also in this space is Mobaganda which takes a VERY minimalistic approach.
There are of course plenty of services like this (see Pingg, Socializr, MyPunchbowl, etc.). Mobaganda got started as a conversation between Web developer Jason Stirman and Twitter founder Evan Williams. the question they were pondering: “Would it be possible to create a better Evite, without even requiring a signup or login?”
Amiando is what we’re testing though and I have to say the setup is simple and the features are superb out of the box such as photo upload, carpooling and message boards. Importantly for me is that it’s free for free events, but if you have a commercial event and don’t want to handle the ticketing and payments they’ll do all that for you for a (very) small fee on a per ticket basis.
All-in-all I’m pleased so far but I will update this if anything changes my mind or based on the comments of those who use it.
Tags: , Amiando, Eventbrite, Mobaganda, MyPunchbowl, Pingg, TechCrunch, TechLudd
June 18th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Managing and organizing any event can be fun if that’s your thing but dealing with tickets, and attendance and things of that nature are always a huge hassle and eat up a ton of time. I began using online event registration software about a year ago and the four events I’ve planned since then have gone far smoother than they ever did.