Create an event

Creating an event takes two screens: first you pick a page style, then you fill in one form. The event saves as a draft, so nobody can open its page until you publish it.

Before you start

• Door staff and Viewers can't create events. Owners, Admins and Managers can.
• Have a banner image ready if you want one. You can add it later in Edit event.

Create the event

1. 1
   Open Events in the sidebar and click Create event.
2. 2
   Pick Standard, Showcase or Interactive. You can change the style later in Edit event.
3. 3
   Type the event's name where it says Event name.
4. 4
   Click the description box to write what guests should know before they come.
5. 5
   Under When, set Starts, Ends and Time zone. The time zone starts as your computer's.
6. 6
   Under Where, pick In person and search for the place, or pick Online and paste the Meeting link.
7. 7
   On the left, add a banner and choose the look.
8. 8
   Click Create event. Ovante opens the event's page in the app, where you add tickets and publish.

Start from a day on the calendar

On the Events page, switch to Calendar view and hover a day from today on. Click the plus button, Create event on this day, and the form opens on that day at 7:00 PM. Past days don't offer it.

What a new event starts with

• A draft. Only your team can see it until you publish it from the status button at the top of the event.
• On sale. There's no Sales picker when you create an event. Each ticket sells within its own sales window once the event is live.
• Visible on calendar and Anyone can register. Change both under Visibility before you create it, or in Edit event later.
• No tickets. Add them under Sales → Tickets.

On an Interactive page, the form also asks for Seats. The page counts down the seats left, so you can't create the event without a number.

Good to know

• Ovante won't save an event that ends before it starts, or an in-person address you typed but didn't pick from the suggestions.
• On Free, up to 3 events can be live at a time. Drafts don't count, so you can create as many as you like.