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Overview

Guest lists are a special type of sale item designed for events where attendees sign up rather than purchase tickets outright. Unlike regular tickets, guest list items use deferred payment — customers register during checkout but are not charged until an admin approves their signup. This makes guest lists well suited for:
  • Invite-only events where attendance needs to be reviewed before confirming
  • Free events that still need to track and approve attendees
  • VIP or media guest lists where approval is required before entry is granted
  • Events where capacity needs to be managed through an approval workflow

How Guest Lists Differ from Tickets

Regular TicketsGuest Lists
Payment timingCharged at checkoutCharged after admin approval
ApprovalNot required (unless item approvals are enabled)Always requires approval
StockConfigurable limitsUnlimited by default
Purchases per customerConfigurableOne signup per guest list
Order line groupingEach item is a separate lineMultiple guests bundle into a single order line

Creating a Guest List

Guest lists require the Guest list sales feature to be enabled for your company. Contact your account manager to request access. To create a guest list:
  1. Open the event you want to add a guest list to
  2. Navigate to Guest Lists
  3. Click Add guest list
  4. Configure the item settings (see below)
  5. Click Save

Configuration Options

Guest list items share many of the same settings as regular sale items:
  • Name and description — what customers see when signing up
  • Pricing — set the price per guest (can be free)
  • Purchase settings — minimum and maximum number of guests per signup
  • Prerequisites — require customers to hold another item before they can sign up (e.g., must have a ticket before joining the VIP guest list)
  • Display settings — control visibility across sales channels
  • Scanning settings — configure barcode validity windows and grace periods for access control
  • Print and wallet settings — control whether guest list entries generate printable tickets or mobile wallet passes
Guest lists always have unlimited stock. The stock setting cannot be changed — capacity is managed through the approval process rather than a fixed limit.

The Customer Experience

Signing Up

Customers add guest list items to their basket like any other item, selecting the number of guests they want to register. During checkout, they complete any required data capture questions. Because guest lists use deferred payment, the customer is not charged at checkout. Their order is created with a pending status while the signup awaits review.

After Signup

Once an admin reviews and approves the guest list signup:
  • Payment is collected from the customer
  • The order is confirmed
  • Tickets or passes become available for download (subject to any deferred download settings)
If the signup is rejected, the customer is notified and no payment is taken.

Managing Guest List Signups

Filtering Orders

Use the guest list registration filter on the orders list to find guest list signups:
  • Hide guest list only — excludes orders that contain only guest list items
  • Guest list only — shows only orders that contain exclusively guest list items
This helps separate guest list administration from regular order management.

Approving and Rejecting

Guest list signups appear as orders awaiting approval. Admins can approve or reject individual signups, triggering the appropriate payment collection or cancellation.

Attendance Tracking

Guest list items integrate with the access control system. When attendees are scanned at the event, the system records:
  • The number of guests who attended
  • When attendance was recorded
This data is available in guest list reports for post-event analysis.

Reporting

Three dedicated reports are available for guest list data:
ReportWhat it shows
Guest list salesRevenue metrics — gross sales, discounts, refunds, and net revenue per guest list item
Guest list signupsIndividual signup details — barcode, holder name, purchaser, approval status, and attendance
Guest list scanningScanning activity by zone and date

Item Approvals

How the approval workflow operates for items that require review before payment.

Access Control

Scanning attendees at event entry, including guest list holders.

Data Capture

Collect attendee information during the signup process.

Invoice Payments

Another deferred payment flow where payment is collected after the order is created.