Creating your first event

When you sign up for IO, you'll be prompted to create your first event right away.

What you need

The only required field is your Event title. Everything else is optional and can be updated later in Settings.

You can optionally add:

• Date and time - When your event takes place
• Location - Venue details (these appear on calendar invites and digital passes)
• URL slug - An internal unique identifier for your event for accessing it via the IO dashboard (with Landing pages, you have full control over the URLs your attendees use to access your event.)

That's it! Once your event is created, you'll land on your event dashboard.

Created events are initially private, with no public access. For invitation-only events, if you want to use all the defaults, you’re essentially ready to go, but more than likely you’ll want to customize the experience.

The first port of call is usually to enter Test mode. Test mode allows you to run through the process of registering for an event exactly as an attendee might, but completely separate from live data. For paid events, test mode allows you to use Stripe test cards to test the full payment flow.

What to do next

Depending on the type of your event, you may want to do a number of things.

• If your event is invitation-only, you probably want to customize your event, before using test mode to send invitations
• If your event will be ticketed, read our guide on setting up a ticketed event