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How to set up early bird registration

You can offer an early bird price for a limited period by creating an Early bird participant category and a Standard participant category. Using automatic opening and closing dates, you can ensure that the standard category opens when the early bird category closes.

1

Open participant categories

Start by opening the participant categories for the event.

The eventBasic setupParticipant categories
Planning The event Website Invite and remind Participants Questionnaire Communication 0 / 200 CM
Basic setup
Webinar
Options
Accommodation
Programme
Seats
Confirmation and ticket
External login
Setup
Basic setup
Payment
Participant categories
Personal details
Display on website
Detailed display of participant categories when signing up
Approval
Not active
Information regarding sign up Participant description Companion description
Exhibitor
Orderer
No image
Exhibitor
Seats          ∞
Signups at a time  min. 0, max ∞
Unnamed participants:  Not allowed
Access:  Possible without invitation from the system
Type:  Physical
1 First name* Text field
2 Last name* Text field
3 E-mail* Email
* These fields are required.
  1. Open The event → Basic setup → Participant categories.
  2. Click Create participant category.
2

Configure the Early bird category

Set up the Early bird category with its price and the date and time when it should close.

  1. Enter Early bird as the category name.
  2. Complete the relevant settings, including the Registration fee if the Early bird category should have a reduced price.
  3. Under Automatic opening and closing, leave the Activation date and time empty if the category should be available as soon as registration opens.
  4. Enter the Deactivation date and time for when the Early bird category should close.
  5. Click Save.
Related guide Add prices to your event Learn how to add prices to the participant categories in your event. Read the guide →
3

Create the Standard category

Create a Standard category that opens when the Early bird category closes.

  1. Create another participant category and name it Standard.
  2. Set the Standard category’s Activation date and time to exactly match the Early bird category’s Deactivation date and time.
  3. Leave the Standard category’s Deactivation date and time empty if it should remain available for the rest of the registration period.
  4. Click Save.
Early bird – deactivation 01.09.2028 · 09:00
Standard – activation 01.09.2028 · 09:00
Elisabeth Bjørn Andersen
Elisabeth Bjørn Andersen
Published: 04.08.2026
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