Sponsor tables
A sponsorship level with Reserved table, or a bundle that reserves a table, gets its own table on the seating chart for each purchase, named for the sponsor's listing.
When a sponsorship includes a table, Ovante sets the table up for you. The moment the sponsor is recorded, a new table appears on the seating chart with their seats already at it, named after the sponsor's listing.
What makes a table
Either of these, on an event with Gala open:
- A sponsorship level with Reserved table on in its Benefits.
- A bundle with Reserves a table on, on the Tickets page. Each purchase gets its own table, named for the buyer.
Each purchase or recorded sponsor gets one table. Its seats are the seats the level or bundle includes; a level with no seats gets no table.
What the table looks like
| Part | What it is |
|---|---|
| Number | The next number after your highest table |
| Name | The sponsor's Name on the list, or the buyer's name for a bundle |
| Seats | As many as the purchase includes |
| Who's at it | Every seat of that purchase, from the start |
If the sponsor is anonymous, the table has no name. When the sponsor's listing changes, the table's name follows, unless you typed a name of your own for it.
In the seating editor
- The party shows Bought a table, and its table is marked as the sponsor's.
- Auto-seat keeps a bought table for its own party, plus anyone you joined to it with a rule. It never seats strangers there.
- Re-seat everyone leaves bought tables alone.
- You can still move people by hand, rename the table or change its seats.
Track it
Tick Reserved table on the sponsor's Benefits checklist once they're happy with it. That tick is yours to make; it doesn't happen by itself.
Good to know
- A sponsorship or bundle bought before Gala was turned on gets no table. Add one by hand in the seating editor.
- A refund doesn't remove the table. Remove it in the seating editor if you need the space.
- When
- A sponsorship level sells
- Then
- Each seat it includes is a ticket at the admission's value, and the rest of the price is a sponsorship gift. That's why most sponsorship money shows under Donations, not Revenue.