Robin Pietersen

  • How to manage access at your events during the COVID-19 pandemic with FooEvents

    How to manage access at your events during the COVID-19 pandemic with FooEvents

    Planning a grand reopening? We’ve started to see a steady increase in the number of physical events taking place. While this is great to see and (hopefully) a sign of things to come, most venues are still required to follow stringent guidelines intended to reduce the spread of COVID-19. In this article, we run through…

  • How to scan ticket barcodes and QR codes using FooEvents and WooCommerce

    How to scan ticket barcodes and QR codes using FooEvents and WooCommerce

    One of the biggest challenges experienced by most event organizers is managing attendee access. Ensuring an organized and steady flow of attendee check-ins is critical, and if not done efficiently, it could lead to lengthy lines and angry customers. To help speed up attendee check-ins, FooEvents automatically adds a unique barcode to each ticket. These…

  • Block seats, add aisles and more with the latest FooEvents Seating update

    Block seats, add aisles and more with the latest FooEvents Seating update

    Venues around the world have had to rework their seating arrangements to ensure the safety of their customers and guest and comply with local COVID-19 guidelines. In order to help ensure that you are compliant with your seating and area management, we have included the ability to block off seats and add additional aisles in…

  • Introducing Bookable Zoom Meetings

    Introducing Bookable Zoom Meetings

    Early on in 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we integrated FooEvents with Zoom as a way for you to sell access to virtual events directly from your WordPress website. Our Zoom integration experienced massive uptake and has become a vital part of our offering. We also launched the FooEvents Bookings extension, which makes…

  • Introducing FooEvents Bookings

    Introducing FooEvents Bookings

    FooEvents Bookings makes it possible to setup managed time slots that can be used to create bookable events, activities, venues and services.

  • Celebrating 1 Million Attendee Check-ins!

    Celebrating 1 Million Attendee Check-ins!

    Last week was a really big week for us at FooEvents. Not only did we celebrate the launch of the revamped FooEvents Check-ins app, but the app has now also surpassed 1 million attendee check-ins since it was first released just a few years ago! This is a huge milestone and on behalf of the…

  • Introducing the all new FooEvents Check-ins app

    Introducing the all new FooEvents Check-ins app

    In recent years, almost 1 million attendees have been checked-in through the FooEvents Check-ins app. When dealing with large numbers like this, shaving off seconds can make a considerable difference and save thousands of hours collectively. To help you ensure that your attendee check-ins are processed in the fastest and most reliable way possible, we’ve…

  • Streamline your event checkout process with Multi-Step Checkout

    Streamline your event checkout process with Multi-Step Checkout

    When customers purchase a ticket using FooEvents, they will be directed to the checkout page so that they can complete all the relevant fields. This includes the default attendee fields such as name and email address, as well as customer attendee fields and seating selection. Depending on the nature of your event, you may want to separate these…

  • How to sell access to virtual courses, classes and conferences with Zoom and FooEvents

    How to sell access to virtual courses, classes and conferences with Zoom and FooEvents

    We recently released a secure integration with Zoom that makes selling access to virtual conferences, courses, classes, meetings and webinars an effortless process. As a follow up to this release, we have compiled various use case guides that outline how to setup various types of virtual events using FooEvents and Zoom. Each use cases outlines…

  • New Zoom integration makes selling tickets and managing virtual events effortless

    New Zoom integration makes selling tickets and managing virtual events effortless

    Over the years, FooEvents has made it possible for thousands of physical event organizers to sell tickets and manage attendees. Sadly, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many physical events have been forced to postpone or move online as virtual events. We are fully committed to helping event organizers navigate these uncharted waters and have been…

  • Sell Tickets to a virtual event with FooEvents

    Sell Tickets to a virtual event with FooEvents

    If you’ve already sold tickets to a physical event using FooEvents and would like to convert your event to a virtual event or give attendees access to webinars at a later stage, read on, otherwise we recommend that you rather read this blog post about the new FooEvents Zoom integration which automatically pre-registers attendees for…

  • FooEvents Check-ins Apps update

    FooEvents Check-ins Apps update

    The FooEvents Check-ins apps are a critical part of our offering and have helped event organizers manage the check-in process for hundreds of thousands of attendees. We recently released updates to both the iOS and Android apps that are aimed at ensuring improved connectivity and a faster check-in process. QR Code Support In order to…

  • New FooEvents Reports and Navigation Revamp

    New FooEvents Reports and Navigation Revamp

    The latest FooEvents for WooCommerce plugin update (Version 1.11) includes significant changes which are aimed at making FooEvents easier to navigate and more insightful before, during and after your event. Introducing FooEvents Reports Selling tickets and checking-in attendees is an integral part of any event and something FooEvents already does extremely well. That said, we…

  • Release notes: 18 November 2019

    Release notes: 18 November 2019

    FooEvents for WooCommerce 1.11.0 ADDED: New event report features ADDED: New settings page FIXED: Various small bugs FooEvents Custom Attendee Fields 1.4.0 ADDED: Support for new settings page FIXED: Various small bugs FooEvents Express Check-in 1.4.0 NEW: Support for new reporting features FIXED: Various small bugs FooEvents Multi-day 1.2.0 NEW: Support for new reporting features…

  • Release notes: 20 March 2019

    Release notes: 20 March 2019

    FooEvents for WooCommerce 1.8.17 FIXED: Various small bugs 1.8.16 ADDED: Various compliance updates FIXED: Bug with seating chart selection FIXED: Timestamp equal 0 bug FIXED: Various other small bugs FooEvents Custom Attendee Fields 1.2.10 ADDED: Various compliance updates FIXED: Various small bugs FooEvents Express Check-in 1.3.8  ADDED: Various compliance updates FooEvents Multi-day 1.1.18  ADDED: Various…

  • Release notes: 14 January 2019

    Release notes: 14 January 2019

    FooEvents for WooCommerce 1.8.9 ADDED: Option to print all event tickets ADDED: Support to display seating chart on checkout FIXED: Various bugs FooEvents Seating 1.0.4 ADDED: Option to display seating chart on checkout FIXED: Various small bugs FooEvents Custom Attendee Fields 1.2.9 FIXED: Label character count increased FIXED: Various bugs FooEvents PDF Tickets 1.4.12 UPDATED: DomPDF to…

  • Setup an event website and start selling tickets in only 6 minutes

    In this video we will show you how to add event and ticketing functionality to your WordPress website in under 6 minutes! Using WooCommerce and FooEvents we will add ticket selling capabilities to a standard WordPress website. At the end of the video, we will purchase a ticket and make payment using PayPal. We hope…

  • Release notes 23 August 2018

    Release notes 23 August 2018

    FooEvents For WooCommerce 1.7.25 (23 August 2018) – FIXED: Multi-day event date bug on date selection – FIXED: Various small bugs FooEvents PDF Tickets 1.4.10 (23 August 2018) – FIXED: Date and time display bug FooEvents Multi-day 1.1.15 (23 August 2018) – FIXED: Initial selection bug – FIXED: Various other small bugs FooEvents Calendar 1.3.14…

  • Manage access to your events like a pro with our free check-ins apps!

    There’s no need to struggle with clumsy spreadsheets or kill trees when you can manage event check-ins with our free, easy to use iOS and Android apps. The FooEvents Check-ins apps gives you the tools to manage access to your events like a pro. View all attendees registered for your event View attendee information Search…

  • How to prepare for large events like a pro with FooEvents

    How to prepare for large events like a pro with FooEvents

    You’ve used FooEvents to sell tickets, and now your large event is fast approaching. When you’re checking in thousands of attendees at an event, every second counts. Even if you have less than 1,000 attendees, a delay of a single second for each check-in amounts to over 16 minutes of lost time. In this post…

  • How to sell tickets for workshops and sessions using FooEvents

    How to sell tickets for workshops and sessions using FooEvents

    The WooCommerce attributes and variations functionality allows you to easily sell tickets for different workshops, sessions and groups. In this tutorial, we’re going to create an event that includes 5 different workshops, each able to accommodate 50 attendees. Attendees will purchase a ticket for the main event and specify which workshops they would like to…