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nigelpengelly
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November 12, 2014 at 3:48 am
Hi,
I’m just about to purchase two Event Espresso licences, but before I do I’d like to ask a few questions to check that the plugin can do all the things that I require.
1. Can Events Espresso send out a series of automated emails to people once they have registered to attend an event?
2. Does Events Espresso allow for a login / registration facility on the home page – allowing users to then register for events on another page? The website I have taken on is http://www.ukfootballtrials.com/, which I intend to build as a WordPress website.
My client wants a homepage login / registration that then results in the person who has registered receiving a series of automated emails (one email every three days for six emails).
Then those who have registered / logged in can go to another page (http://www.ukfootballtrials.com/site/events) and sign-up for an event.
If there person has not registered / logged in from the home page, then they can still login / registered from the events page.
3. For some of my events, the ticket price increases as it gets closer to the event (ie/ each calendar month) – is this something that can be achieved with Events Espresso?
4. Finally, can Events Espresso create a registration form, like on this homepage – http://www.ukfootballtrials.com/, and then all the data goes into a database that can be downloaded?
Sorry for all the questions.
Thanks,
Nigel.
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Dean
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November 12, 2014 at 5:04 am
Hi,
Thanks for your interest in Event Espresso. If you have not already done so, please check out our free test drive of EE4 over at http://demoee.org
1) EE will send out emails automatically after a person registers. However, looking at your next question I don’t think the standard registration confirmation emails are what you mean.
As such you could use the MailChimp addon to sign your users up to a MaiChimp mailing list and use that to send out a series of emails.
2) The homepage registration simply looks like a site registration, is that the case? If so, then EE does not handle site registration. It also looks like the events will be blocked to non logged in users. EE3 can handle this via our WP User Integration addon, but EE4 has yet to have that addon added to it. It should be possible though to use a standard membership plugin to block access to events unless logged in (EE4).
3) EE3 has an early bird system, but it’s only two tier (two prices). EE4 allows this type of ticket functionality much more easily as you can set up multiple tickets, each with varying start and end sale times, and prices, so you can open and close access to the tickets depending on date.
4) The only form I could see was the site registration form. EE3 and EE4 can be used to create quite complex forms if you need them to, and the data is saved within the database. The attendee details (and answers to questions) can be exported to CSV (spreadsheet).
I would strongly recommend giving the EE4 test drive a whirl so that you can get a better idea whether the plugin is a suitable match for your needs.
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nigelpengelly
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November 12, 2014 at 6:02 am
Dean,
Thanks for getting back.
I can use another automated email service, to send custom emails.
Once registered on the homepage, you can then sign-up to an event on another page – is that something EE can do? If not, would your support staff be able to help me set such a system up?
What is the difference between EE3 and EE4? I can only see a pricing table for EE3.
Another function is that, if someone has registered and paid for one event – could they be transferred to another event that is running?
Thanks,
Nigel.
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nigelpengelly
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November 12, 2014 at 6:06 am
Sorry, Dean – one more thing.
My client adds: The main thing for us is that we can see and export data of visitors that have looked at each event and those that have booked an event etc this is crucial for our email and SMS marketing efforts, as the most responsive people to email are those that have already looked at an event or booked previous events.
Is there a way of achieving this?
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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November 12, 2014 at 6:51 am
Hi Nigel,
We have a page that highlights the differences between Event Espresso 4 and Event Espresso 3 here:
https://eventespresso.com/differences-ee4-ee3/
Event Espresso will register attendees/registrants from a single event page. For example, this would be the URL for a single event page in Event Espresso 4:
example.com/events/my-new-event/
This is the URL for a single event page in Event Espresso 3:
example.com/event-registration/?ee=123
A registrant/attendee can be registered for an existing event through the WP dashboard and then cancelled from the original event.
Event Espresso does have a registrations CSV export. This will let you export the attendee/registrant information for a specific event.
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Lorenzo
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nigelpengelly
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November 12, 2014 at 6:59 am
Thank you Lorenzo.
However, could you answer this question?
Sorry, Dean – one more thing.
My client adds: The main thing for us is that we can see and export data of visitors that have looked at each event and those that have booked an event etc this is crucial for our email and SMS marketing efforts, as the most responsive people to email are those that have already looked at an event or booked previous events.
Is there a way of achieving this?
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nigelpengelly
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November 12, 2014 at 7:11 am
If someone, who is registered, clicks on a ‘more info’ button that is part of a registration form – can this be data (ie. the email of the person and the date) be saved to a database?
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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November 12, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Hi Nigel,
That would fall under the Registrations CSV export. You are looking for a list of registrants that have provided their information while registering for an event.
Is this correct?
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Lorenzo
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nigelpengelly
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November 13, 2014 at 7:18 am
Dean wrote: 2) The homepage registration simply looks like a site registration, is that the case? If so, then EE does not handle site registration. It also looks like the events will be blocked to non logged in users. EE3 can handle this via our WP User Integration addon, but EE4 has yet to have that addon added to it. It should be possible though to use a standard membership plugin to block access to events unless logged in (EE4).
So, could a system be set up where you have to sign in / register to the website – before you can book an event.
If so, which EE would this be?
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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November 13, 2014 at 10:51 am
Hi Nigel,
A membership plugin such as Wishlist Member would be needed to handle this (limiting access to event registration page for members who have logged-in).
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Lorenzo
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nigelpengelly
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November 14, 2014 at 8:37 am
I don’t need to limit the access to the event registration page, I need the page to be seen – but then people can go to the page and not login again – having logged in on another page.
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nigelpengelly
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November 14, 2014 at 8:38 am
Which plugin would you recommend – could you help me with this?
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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November 14, 2014 at 10:03 am
Hi Nigel,
It sounds like you want the events to be accessible for registration for only members that are registered on your site. Does this sound correct?
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Lorenzo
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nigelpengelly
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November 14, 2014 at 10:29 am
That’s it Lorenzo. If you look here: http://www.ukfootballtrials.com/ you can see the registration form. If you register here, then you don’t have to login on here – http://www.ukfootballtrials.com/site/events- to book a place.
However, this page – http://www.ukfootballtrials.com/site/events – is always open to all to see. Only the buttons change in their function.
I’ve got two sites that I’ll be using EE for – the other site http://www.tuff-enuff.co.uk – won’t be a problem.
It’s the football site that I have to get right.
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Dean
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November 17, 2014 at 4:46 am
Hi,
“If someone, who is registered, clicks on a ‘more info’ button that is part of a registration form – can this be data (ie. the email of the person and the date) be saved to a database?”
If I understand that correctly, then no this is not a feature, but would require custom (JavaScript most likely) development, as in effect you want to track which users have merely viewed a page rather than taking any specific action (such as registering).
Regarding the membership access, it should be possible in both EE3 and EE4, but will likely require some template edits to make the event description still visible otherwise they will be blocked off to non logged in users.
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nigelpengelly
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November 17, 2014 at 7:29 am
Yes Lorenzo, that is correct.
Dean – editing the templates, is this something that you could undertake?
Based on what you know of my requirements – should I buy EE3 or EE4?
Nigel.
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Lorenzo Orlando Caum
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November 17, 2014 at 11:57 am
Hi Nigel,
Event Espresso 3 would be a better fit as it has the WP User Integration which will save time on registering for events in the future.
A few template files will need to be edited to add a check for is_user_logged_in:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_user_logged_in
If they are not logged in then they should see a button to login and if they are then they should see the register button.
We could make these edits for in exchange for a support token.
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Lorenzo
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