Events Extension

Challenge

Selling goods in the ecommerce marketplace can be a challenge in itself, but figuring out how to market services and events to consumers can be a real logistical hurdle for the venue of ecommerce. Ecommerce businesses that market intangible items such as classes, seminars, conferences and social events have the potential to greatly expand their audience by offering online registration for these services.

However, event organizers need to find ways to accurately present information about their services and collect important data about participants, just as easily as in person sign-ups. Consumers need to feel secure and informed about the services they are ordering and signing up for.

Solution

The Upshot Commerce Events Extension makes marketing and registering for events and services simple and secure. Customers are able to view scheduled events from your Google Calendar, obtaining vital event details in a linear format. Selecting an event from the calendar takes customers directly to your online store, where events may be registered and paid for just like a standard product.

All registrations will also behave in your back office just like standard product orders. Customers can be looked up and orders modified by customer service representatives or administrators as necessary. When an event has reached capacity, your online store will display the event as Sold Out in order to prevent further registrations.

When it is time for your event to take place, the customer sign up list can be easily exported to an excel document to display important meta data such as names, paid status, addresses or special requirements.

Benefits

• Integration with Google Calendar
• Simple and secure method for selling classes, seminars, conferences and more
• Limited Seating prevents your store from overselling your event
• Easy Export Customer List makes check in easy
• Can be sold on same platform with standard products

What do you need?

• Events Extension
• Upshot Commerce Core Platform