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Event Essentials

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Cloud-based management tools for event & festival organizers

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Event Essentials FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Event Essentials offer?

Event Essentials has the following pricing plans:
Pricing model: Subscription

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Q. Who are the typical users of Event Essentials?

Event Essentials has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Non Profit, Public Administrations, Small Business


Q. What languages does Event Essentials support?

Event Essentials supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Event Essentials offer an API?

No, Event Essentials does not have an API available.


Q. What level of support does Event Essentials offer?

Event Essentials offers the following support options:
24/7 (Live rep), Email/Help Desk, Chat, Phone Support

Event Essentials product overview

What is Event Essentials?

Event Essentials is a cloud-based software solution built specifically for the online management of festivals, fairs and events. With the deployment of a series of modular apps, organizers can leverage a range of tools for promoting events, selling tickets, holding auctions, accepting donations and processing registration data. A fully integrated system, Event Essentials can be seamlessly integrated with an existing event website, while organizers can also create a new one from a template or request the build of a wholly customized, bespoke presence. Users can then configure all content and settings, requiring no specialist programming skills and all accessible via an intuitive password-protected dashboard.

Key benefits of using Event Essentials

  • Event Essentials provides organizers of Festivals, Fairs and Events a web-based set of tools that streamline tasks, promote their events, organize data and provide online sales for the event tickets, donations, auctions and products. This is a completely integrated event organizing and management system borne and refined through actual use with significant customers. If you have a Website, great, you can use any of our modules that you need, and we'll match your site's design. If you don't have a Website or need an update, perfect, with Event Essentials is great for both. You can choose from a template or we'll build you a customized event Website.


  • Ticket, Table, Seats VIP Sales Online Sales with Print-at-Home Ticketing plus mobile QR features makes it will draw large crowds to your Event. But large crowds can be a bigger challenge to manage. Event Essential's online ticketing not only lowers your ticketing costs as your Event grows and makes "gate management" easier! Coupons, Discounts, Comp Tickets, Offers and On-Site sales are no problem, we've got you covered.


  • Vendors and Exhibitors always weigh the benefits versus the cost of any Event they attend. How will their Brand be presented at your Event? What type of marketing opportunities will attract them to exhibit at your Event? These are only a handful of important questions an Event Planner needs to answer to attract a vendor or exhibitor but also give them a reason to attend year after year. Event Essential's Online Vendor Registration Features makes managing them easier! Spaces, Extras, Permits, Waivers, Load-In and Out Communication and more, we help you corral those Vendors in.


  • Registering Attendees and Speakers for an Event is very different than just selling Tickets and it can be simple or extremely complex. Event Essentials' Registration Module is feature rich and data strong. Whether your goal is to quickly sign them up or collect and manage mounds of data and scheduling we have it all. Choose your needs from our functions, Breakouts to Sessions, Room management, Badges, Presenters and Speakers, Meals, Buyers, Sellers, Lead Generation, Scheduling and more. If we don't currently have it, we'll make it. Ask about our tailored Module for Bands, Artists, Parades and Cars too.


  • Silent Auctions are hard work! They require time, manpower and management when many event planners lack the time or resources. Event Essentials' module will help you with Auction item descriptions, pricing, collection, numbering, bidding, payments and delivery.


  • Support an integrated event website with a News/Press module, adding CMS features including real-time content uploads and the embedding of photos, files or hyperlinks into news story postings.
  • Typical customers

    Freelancers
    Small businesses
    Mid size businesses
    Large enterprises

    Platforms supported

    Web
    Android
    iPhone/iPad

    Support options

    24/7 (Live rep)
    Email/Help Desk
    Chat
    Phone Support

    Training options

    Live Online
    In Person
    Documentation

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    Event Essentials features

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    Total features

    83

    6 categories

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    Event Essentials users reviews

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    4.9

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    69

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    Rating breakdown
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    • Features
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    • Likelihood to recommend9.73/10
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    Pros
    We are continually impressed with EE’s quality and professionalism and are very happy with their product and customer service. Give them a try and add them as a supplement to your team.
    I also love their exhibitor profile feature that allows each exhibitor to have their own bio page. Best of all, their prices were very competitive.
    Thank you again for the customer service, support and especially the marketing help with our event. Feel free to contact me at 805-490-4024 for an outstanding reference anytime.
    Cons
    My biggest disappointment was that we didn't get started sooner. I am already looking forward to next year's event knowing we have these tools at our disposal from day one.
    The only downside that comes to mind is that they are located on the West Coast and we are on the East Coast.
    If it weren't for Event Essentials professionalism and expertise, our event would have suffered the pains of our past years with slow attendee registration and processing through the event gates.

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