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Every article tagged Event Registration from the eventcloud blog.

Struggling with event registration? Each article below breaks down a real problem event organisers face on this topic and the practical steps to solve it.

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Early Bird to Door: How Stacked Price Windows Should Switch Themselves
Conference IndustryEvent Registration

Early Bird to Door: How Stacked Price Windows Should Switch Themselves

Nobody should be awake at midnight to change a ticket price. How to stack early bird, standard and door windows that switch on their own.

Henrique B.
Training Course and CPD Day Registration: Capacity per Session and What You Can Prove
Event RegistrationTraining & CPD

Training Course and CPD Day Registration: Capacity per Session and What You Can Prove

Four workshops, four rooms, one clipboard too many. How to cap each session and record who actually walked in.

Henrique B.
Roadshow Registration: Ten Cities, One Account and No Event Cap
Corporate EventsEvent Registration

Roadshow Registration: Ten Cities, One Account and No Event Cap

Ten cities, ten events, one team. What a roadshow needs from registration when nobody is counting events or attendees.

Henrique B.
Registration Types for a Confex: Delegate, Visitor, Exhibitor Staff, Speaker, Press and VIP
ConfexEvent Registration

Registration Types for a Confex: Delegate, Visitor, Exhibitor Staff, Speaker, Press and VIP

One confex, six audiences, one lanyard each. How to give every group its own form, link and badge colour.

Henrique B.
Conference Registration Setup: A Checklist from Ticket Groups to Badges
Conference IndustryEvent Registration

Conference Registration Setup: A Checklist from Ticket Groups to Badges

Ticket groups, forms, price windows, capacity, badges and the door, in the order that stops you redoing the form the week before launch.

Henrique B.
How Do You Cap Registrations Per Ticket Type and Per Session at a Conference?
Conference IndustryEvent Registration

How Do You Cap Registrations per Ticket Type and per Session at a Conference?

A full workshop is a feature, a full event with no warning is a headache. How to cap by event, ticket type and session, and what the door shows.

Henrique B.
Exhibition Visitor Registration: Free Passes, Pre-registration and the Data You Need
Event RegistrationExhibitions & Trade Shows

Exhibition Visitor Registration: Free Passes, Pre-registration and the Data You Need

Free passes fill a hall and empty a car park. How to register exhibition visitors, plan for no-shows and ask questions exhibitors can use.

Henrique B.
Trade Show Pre-Registration Surge: What Scales When Visitors Double
Event RegistrationExhibitions & Trade Shows

Trade Show Pre-Registration Surge: What Scales When Visitors Double

Visitor numbers double in the last fortnight. Which parts of your registration setup get heavier, and which limits could actually touch you.

Henrique B.
Delegate Registration System: What UK Organisers Mean and What to Look For
Conference IndustryEvent Registration

Delegate Registration System: What UK Organisers Mean and What to Look For

A delegate is an attendee in a nicer jacket. What a UK conference registration system should do before, during and after the day.

Henrique B.
Unlimited Registrations for a Sold-Out Conference: What Scales and What Still Has a Ceiling
Conference IndustryEvent Registration

Unlimited Registrations for a Sold-Out Conference: What Scales and What Still Has a Ceiling

A sell-out should not change your bill. What unlimited registrations covers, the operational limits that remain, and five questions for any vendor.

Henrique B.
Trade Show Registration: Visitor, Exhibitor and Press Flows in One Event
Event RegistrationExhibitions & Trade Shows

Trade Show Registration: Visitor, Exhibitor and Press Flows in One Event

Visitors, exhibitor staff and press walk through the same doors. Give each their own form, link and badge, and keep the show floor moving.

Henrique B.
Grace Hopper Cancelled Two Weeks Out: What Your Registration Numbers Were Trying to Tell You
Conference IndustryEvent Registration

Grace Hopper Cancelled Two Weeks Out: What Your Registration Numbers Were Trying to Tell You

Grace Hopper 2026 was cancelled after registrations and sponsorships fell short. How to build a go/no-go calendar before the bills harden.

Henrique B.
Ticketmaster Brazil Confirms a Breach Through an Analytics Tool: Where Is Your Attendee Data Hiding?
Event RegistrationEvent Security

Ticketmaster Brazil Confirms a Breach Through an Analytics Tool: Where Is Your Attendee Data Hiding?

Ticketmaster Brazil blames a third-party analytics tool for a data breach. What it means for the attendee data you collect and the copies you forget.

Henrique B.
'Late' Registration Doesn't Exist: Your Attendees Decided Weeks Ago, Says Freeman
Event RegistrationIndustry News

'Late' Registration Doesn't Exist: Your Attendees Decided Weeks Ago, Says Freeman

Freeman's new report says late registration is really late decision-making. What that means for your registration page and your launch calendar.

Henrique B.
Don't Look Back in Error: Oasis Sold Out 42 Stadium Shows Without a Single Public Onsale
Event RegistrationEvent Security

Don't Look Back in Error: Oasis Sold Out 42 Stadium Shows Without a Single Public Onsale

Registration was the only door in. Some of the people handed a key still could not get it open, and that gap is the lesson.

Henrique B.
Full House in Berlin: IFA Counted 240,000 Visitors, and Every One of Them Is a Line on Somebody's Invoice
Event RegistrationExhibitions & Trade Shows

Full House in Berlin: IFA Counted 240,000 Visitors, and Every One of Them Is a Line on Somebody's Invoice

IFA 2026 grew 9% to 240,000 visitors. Lovely headline. Now work out which of those records your registration platform would have billed you for.

Henrique B.
Heavy Metal Maths: IMTS Registered 80,697 People Before the Doors Opened, and Published the Ratio That Matters
Event RegistrationExhibitions & Trade Shows

Heavy Metal Maths: IMTS Registered 80,697 People Before the Doors Opened, and Published the Ratio That Matters

IMTS 2026 opened with 80,697 registrants and a forecast above 90,000. The number exhibitors care about is 142 visitors per 100 booth staff. Copy it.

Henrique B.
Now Serving Number 4,217: Eventbrite Puts a Counter on Its Queue, Moves Add-ons Up Front and Lets Questions Wait Until After Payment
Event RegistrationEvent Tech

Now Serving Number 4,217: Eventbrite Puts a Counter on Its Queue, Moves Add-ons Up Front and Lets Questions Wait Until After Payment

Eventbrite shipped seven changes in September. The three that matter: a numbered waiting room, a dedicated add-ons step, and questions after payment.

Henrique B.
Courtside Correction: The Knicks Paused Their Onsale Over a $1,408 Get-In, and Your Early-Bird Tier Should Take Notes
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Courtside Correction: The Knicks Paused Their Onsale Over a $1,408 Get-In, and Your Early-Bird Tier Should Take Notes

The champions published the wrong prices, paused sales and are refunding the difference. Three lessons for anyone who has ever fat-fingered a ticket tier.

Henrique B.
Register First, Pay Later: Oasis Live '27 Fixes Its Prices Before the Queue Opens
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Register First, Pay Later: Oasis Live '27 Fixes Its Prices Before the Queue Opens

38 stadium shows, no general onsale, prices published before the queue. What the Oasis Live '27 sale tells organisers about registration gates and fees.

Henrique B.
Drip, Drip, Sue: Seven Pennsylvania Prosecutors Just Put the Last-Screen Fee on Trial
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Drip, Drip, Sue: Seven Pennsylvania Prosecutors Just Put the Last-Screen Fee on Trial

Seven county prosecutors, one countdown timer and a $133 fee that showed up on the last screen. The drip-pricing case is a mirror for every checkout.

Henrique B.
Consent Forms: The FBI Says Fake Event Invitations Are Now Stealing Inboxes Without a Password
Event RegistrationEvent Security

Consent Forms: The FBI Says Fake Event Invitations Are Now Stealing Inboxes Without a Password

The FBI's 1 September alert names event invitations as a phishing lure that bypasses passwords and MFA. What to tell attendees, and ask vendors.

Henrique B.
Worthy Farm, Pricey Farm: Glastonbury Hits £408 and the £5 Booking Fee Has Not Moved in Eight Years
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Worthy Farm, Pricey Farm: Glastonbury Hits £408 and the £5 Booking Fee Has Not Moved in Eight Years

Glastonbury 2027 costs £408, up 61% on 2019. The booking fee inside it is still £5. What a flat fee on a rising ticket teaches every organiser.

Henrique B.
Measure for Measure: The Events Industry Just Put a Price on Proving It Works
Conference IndustryEvent Registration

Measure for Measure: The Events Industry Just Put a Price on Proving It Works

A $149 certificate in counting is an admission. Here is what EMMA's new course says about how events get reported, and what it means for your data.

Henrique B.
Show Me the Money: The $100 Deposit That Took a Free Event's No-Show Rate From 55% to 10%
Event Check-inEvent Registration

Show Me the Money: The $100 Deposit That Took a Free Event's No-Show Rate from 55% to 10%

Basecamp charged $100 to register for a free breakfast and handed it back at the door. Fewer sign-ups, fuller room. What the numbers say for your events.

Henrique B.
Water, Water Everywhere: Brazil Just Wrote the Rulebook for a Well-Behaved Checkout
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Water, Water Everywhere: Brazil Just Wrote the Rulebook for a Well-Behaved Checkout

Brazil's new ticketing decree: all-in pricing from the first screen, a price lock at checkout, honest queues and free transfers. And free water over 1,000.

Henrique B.
Just in Time: 37% of Tickets Now Sell Inside the Final Seven Days
Event Industry TrendsEvent Registration

Just in Time: 37% of Tickets Now Sell Inside the Final Seven Days

New platform data says 37% of ticket sales land in the last week, and 60% of those late buyers take a single seat. Your catering deadline just moved.

Henrique B.
Thank U, Next Flight: A Third of an O2 Residency Crowd Bought From Abroad
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Thank U, Next Flight: A Third of an O2 Residency Crowd Bought from Abroad

Overseas buyers now make up 9.6% of O2 ticket sales. If a third of your audience flies in, your registration form has questions to answer.

The eventcloud Team
Ballot Box Clever: Arsenal Binned 19,000 Accounts and 45,000 Suspicious Entries
Event RegistrationEvent Security

Ballot Box Clever: Arsenal Binned 19,000 Accounts and 45,000 Suspicious Entries

Arsenal cancelled 19,000 accounts last season. The scarier number is the 45,000 suspicious ballot entries it deleted before a ticket was allocated.

The eventcloud Team
Print Charming: The $499 Check-In Tool That Refuses to Be a Platform
Event Check-inEvent Registration

Print Charming: The $499 Check-In Tool That Refuses to Be a Platform

A badge supplier just launched software that proudly does less. The $499 check-in tool, and the pricing maths organisers should run before buying.

The eventcloud Team
Six of One, 277 of the Other: The FTC Just Put a Price on Ignoring Ticket Limits
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Six of One, 277 of the Other: The FTC Just Put a Price on Ignoring Ticket Limits

The FTC just settled a $300,000 case over bypassed ticket purchase limits. What it means for your early bird tiers, promo codes and comp allocations.

The eventcloud Team
Gate Expectations: A Trade Show Just Grew 41% in a Single Edition
Event RegistrationExhibitions & Trade Shows

Gate Expectations: A Trade Show Just Grew 41% in a Single Edition

Farnborough drew 141,580 visitors, up 41% show on show. The marketing win is obvious. The registration and check-in maths is the part nobody posts.

The eventcloud Team
Demo Ergo Sum: An Accreditation Platform Just Deleted the Sales Call
Event RegistrationEvent Tech

Demo Ergo Sum: An Accreditation Platform Just Deleted the Sales Call

The Event Verse has opened AccredTix to everyone with a free tier, no demo call and setup in ten minutes. Why that precedent matters to organisers.

The eventcloud Team
Badge of Honour: Your Ticketing Platform Now Wants the Lanyards Too
Event RegistrationEvent Tech

Badge of Honour: Your Ticketing Platform Now Wants the Lanyards Too

Ticketbud added credential printing, RFID wristbands and onsite badge services in one week. Why every ticketing platform now wants the lanyard business.

The eventcloud Team
ID, Robot: Ticketmaster Now Wants Your Face Before It Sells You a Ticket
Event RegistrationEvent Security

ID, Robot: Ticketmaster Now Wants Your Face Before It Sells You a Ticket

Ticketmaster now asks some buyers for a selfie and a government ID. What the backlash teaches anyone designing a registration form.

The eventcloud Team
Faster, Higher, Slower: LA28 Got 12 Million Registrations Before It Sold You a Thing
Event RegistrationIndustry News

Faster, Higher, Slower: LA28 Got 12 Million Registrations Before It Sold You a Thing

LA28 has 12 million ticket registrations two years out. The real lesson is not the number, it is the form that captured it.

The eventcloud Team
Face the Music: Madison Square Garden Just Showed Everyone the Bill for Watching the Door
Event RegistrationEvent Security

Face the Music: Madison Square Garden Just Showed Everyone the Bill for Watching the Door

MSG's three year facial recognition fight ended in a $30,000 paperwork fine. The real lesson for organisers is what your check-in desk collects.

The eventcloud Team
Jack of All Trades: The 17,407 Questions Your Registration Page Isn't Answering
AI in EventsEvent Registration

Jack of All Trades: The 17,407 Questions Your Registration Page Isn't Answering

An AI concierge on the Belgian Grand Prix ticketing site held 17,407 conversations in 30 days. Every one was a question the page failed to answer.

The eventcloud Team
How to Choose Event Registration Software: A Practical Checklist for 2026
Event Registration

How to Choose Event Registration Software: A Practical Checklist for 2026

A fair, practical checklist for choosing event registration software in 2026: pricing, payouts, branding, check-in, data ownership and more.

The eventcloud Team
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