On November 3rd and 4th, PayPal will be hosting their first dedicated developer conference - PayPal X Innovate 09 - to unveil their open platform. There will be hundreds of developers participating in more than 35 interactive technical sessions and Code & Build Labs. To find out more about the conference and what it takes to put on an event of this size and nature, we got the inside scoop from PayPal’s Naveed Anwar, senior director of the PayPal Developer Platform. What is PayPal X Innovate 2009 and what was the genesis of ... Continue Reading

From classes and conferences, to festivals and concerts, it seems like almost everyone is thinking about how to make their events more sustainable and eco-friendly. We recently enjoyed a conversation with Dave Rochlin from ClimatePath, who shared these great tips for how eventholders can 'green' their events: 1: Set a waste goal and arrange for recycling. The more you can keep out of landfills, the better for the planet. With a little planning you can divert 80% or more of your waste. Make sure that you or your site/facility has recycling and compost bins available, and that they are visible and placed in the right locations. Choose ... Continue Reading

Tyler is our resident party expert. He works with many of our major event planners to help them to throw sell-out events and does hands-on party research every Friday and Saturday night (and occasionally on Thursdays). His teammates describe him as "devilishly handsome" (we refrained from posting a picture for your protection), "a righteous dude," and "wrote the book on all that is social." Halloween party planning is in full swing and to help you prepare for a night free of horrors, here are some party planning tips from Tyler: 1. Tier your ticket pricing. Ramp up the ticket prices as the event approaches. This will incent people to buy tickets early ... Continue Reading

We've received more and more questions about Tweetups and have seen the number of Tweetups on Eventbrite skyrocket over the past few months. So we sat down with an expert, Joselin Mane from Boston Tweetup, to get the scoop (twips) on how to throw a successful Tweetup. For our readers who aren't familiar with the term, what is a Tweetup? Simply put, it’s an event that is primarily promoted on twitter, and allows people who have made connections through twitter to meet up and talk in person. The majority of Tweetups are primarily social and are simply meant to connect like-minded people or those who wouldn’t normally have a chance ... Continue Reading

Firmly rooted in our commitment to helping our customers succeed, we're pleased to announce that eventholders now have the ability to track conversions on their Eventbrite registration pages using their own Google Analytics account. To add your Google Analytics code to your event page, simply visit the "edit" page for your live or draft event, scroll down to the bottom of the page to the "Additional Options".  You will now see that there is a new option labeled "Track Registration Page using Google Analytics." Check the box and enter your full code (including the "UA") as shown below.  Enjoy and happy conversion tracking! ... Continue Reading

You've been asking for this feature for a while and Facebook finally opened up their API so that we could deliver! Without further ado we are excited to bring you Eventbrite Events for your Facebook Fan Page! In the past we enabled you to publish events to your profile wall, but now you have the option to publish to your Fan Page and promote your events directly to your Facebook fans. Here's what it looks like: Let your fans discover your event through Facebook, and then with our integration they can connect back to Eventbrite to register for the event. You can see ... Continue Reading

Today we are excited to announce a new partnership with MailChimp to bring our event-holders more options for email marketing! Our integration provides the perfect may to manage your events and get the word out with personalized email invitations. MailChimp automatically imports your event details straight from your event and creates a customizable invitation template, allowing you to get the word out fast — no coding required. MailChimp tracks responses to your event invitations, and with their powerful segmentation tools you can target subscribers by zip code, gender and other metrics that you choose. MailChimp also shares our obsession with the power of social media tools - you can share your ... Continue Reading

Our friends at Events Finder have put together a great iPhone app that lets you search for and find Eventbrite and other events on the go! You can filter events by distance, time, category and location to discover events happening right around you. Look at the event detail page to get more details about the event, share with a friend, get map, and add to favorites. If it's an Eventbrite event you can click through and buy tickets to the event. Go forth, find events!

Last week I had the privilege of attending an event put on by event organizers for event organizers. The hosts were Sandbox Suites and San Francisco Entrepreneurs for Coworking Meetup. Sasha Vasilyuk, Meetup Organizer and the founder of Sandbox Suites, gathered event experts Edith Yeung of BizTechDay, Myles Weissleder of SF New Tech, and Cassie Phillipps of SNAP Summit’s FailCon -- all three are prominent figures in the bay area events world -- to provide an evening of valuable tips and advice for event-holders. Here are my top five takeaways from the panel discussion: 1. Know your audience. The first ... Continue Reading

We're very pleased to announce that Eventbrite users can now easily add rideshare matching to their events.  By way of a new partnership with Zoompool, event organizers can place a widget on their event registration pages that facilitates carpool matching between attendees.  Zoompool matches drivers and riders according to their travel needs and their personal preferences.  Event attendees can specify their ideal rideshare partner by gender, smoker/non-smoker, even by degree of chattiness and what type of radio station they prefer.  Awkward discussions about driving costs are also avoided, as Zoompool calculates fair cost sharing before each ride and processes the transaction between rider and driver as soon as a trip takes ... Continue Reading