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Eventbrite registration form best practices
Your form asks for a job title, a shirt size and a postcode, and buyers quit before the second ticket. Simulated visitors register for a group and report the question where each one stopped.
What are the best practices for an Eventbrite registration form?
Ask only the questions the event uses, and make everything except name and email optional unless you cannot run the event without it. Ask once per order when the answer is the same for the whole group, and per attendee only when it changes from person to person. A simulated test registers for a group and reports the question where each visitor stopped.
What this looks like in a report
“It wants a job title and a shirt size for my colleague, and I do not know either. I could type a guess, but I would rather not give false details, so I am closing the tab.”
The fix. Make every question after name and email optional, or drop the ones you cannot name a use for. Keep dietary needs, and state next to the field what you will do with the answer.
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Every question on the form costs a buyer one more screen
A registration form feels short to the person who built it, because they know why each question is there. A buyer meets the questions in order, one screen after another, and each required one is a place to stop. The worst stops come on the second and third ticket, because a question asked for each attendee repeats for every name in the group. A buyer who is registering a colleague does not know the colleague's shirt size, so the screen becomes a choice between guessing and leaving.
- Count the required fields between choosing a ticket and the confirmation screen. Could a stranger answer each one from memory?
- Add a second ticket. Does the form ask the same question again, for the same person or another?
- Leave one optional question blank. Does the form still let you continue?
- Check whether the total appears before the questions or only after them.
Ask only for what the day depends on
Wrong: company, job title, how the buyer heard about you, shirt size and a postcode, all required. Right: name and email required, dietary needs optional with a line that says the caterer reads it, and nothing else. The wrong version asks for data the event never uses, and every field asks the buyer to stop and remember something. Before you add a question, write one sentence about what you will do with the answer. If you cannot finish the sentence, the question does not belong on the form.
Ask once per order when the answer is shared
A buyer who registers a group should answer the shared questions once. Wrong: the employer question appears on every attendee ticket, so a group of three types the same company name three times. Right: ask for the company once for the buyer, and keep the per-attendee questions to the few that differ, such as a name for the badge. If a question repeats on each ticket, ask whether the answer changes from person to person. If it does not, move it up to the buyer.
Put the price where the buyer can see it before the questions
A buyer who fills in six questions and then meets a price feels tricked, even if the price was on the event page. Check where the total first appears. If it sits only on the payment screen, a buyer who is unsure about cost can leave after the questions. A free event has a smaller version of the same problem: a buyer who expects a free seat and is sent to a payment step may leave before confirming. Show the price and the ticket count on the questions screen, so the buyer always knows what the next screen costs.
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The browser records relevant JavaScript errors and failed or slow app requests encountered during the run, attached to the step where they occurred. The visitors are simulated: they find problems, they do not predict how many real people will convert.
A sponsor or dietary question added for next year can close the form for a group
A question added for one sponsor or one caterer can end up on every ticket, for every guest, the next time the form is copied. Run a two-ticket order after each change, with a guest and with no guest. Keep a note of which questions you added and why, so the next edit does not bring back a question you already removed.
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Questions
Should I ask for a phone number on an event form?
Ask only if you will call or text, and say so next to the field. A required phone number stops people who will not give one to a stranger. A simulated visitor can see the field and any error it gets, but it cannot receive a text message, so it cannot test a code sent that way.
Does a shorter form mean more attendees?
Not on its own. A shorter form removes the questions that stop people, but it can also remove answers you need for badges or catering. Cut the questions you cannot name a use for first, and keep the rest optional so the form still gets the answers you need.
Will a run tell me how many people register?
No. It does not predict how many real people register. It shows which simulated visitors stopped, on which question, and what the screen said to them. Take sign-up numbers from your own sales data.
Can a simulated visitor complete a paid registration?
No. A paid ticket run goes up to the payment step and stops there, because a simulated visitor cannot pay with a real card. A free event can reach the confirmation screen, so test that path as well.
Do I need a separate test for group registrations?
Yes. A single-attendee path does not show the second or third attendee screens, which is where group forms often change. Run a two-ticket order with a guest, and read every attendee screen before you publish.
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