Changelog
Promo Codes Launched
We're excited to announce the launch of our new percentage-based promo codes! This feature allows users to apply a single discount code you've set to take a percentage off the final booking price (excludes donations, one promotional code per booking allowed).
Whether it's a special promotion or a reward for VIPs, you can configure multiple promo codes per event with varying percentages. Manage promo codes and track usage in the Edit section for your event under the Promo Codes tab.
Introducing Booking Links 🔗
Previously, we offered 'multi-use' Invites for the purpose of tracking booking sources or as a way of offering exhibitors a link to share with their clients (capped at a maximum number of bookings). However, we found that this caused confusion about the purpose of an 'Invite' and have decided to redefine Invites to be exclusively used for individuals. Invites provide a highly personalised booking experience and can be conveniently sent through the ARTSVP platform so are best suited for specific people.
We have sunset ‘Multi Use Invites’ and replaced them with Booking Links.
If you want to quickly create a link to track the booking source for your Event or Collection (e.g. Instagram, Newsletter, etc.), you should use a Booking Link. Simply create a custom name for the link, such as 'VIP', so that your link looks like fair.artsvp.com/xxx/link/vip.
You can also use Booking Links to allow partners, exhibitors, or anyone else to book your event (without an invite) and control the number of bookings that can be made through the link.
Feature Updates
This week, we've made significant enhancements to our Exhibitor Portals.
In the past, Exhibitor Portals were limited to inviting guests solely to Events. However, with our latest feature, exhibitors can now extend invitations to guests for a variety of occasions, including entire VIP Programs. Allocating these invites for fairs has never been easier, thanks to an improved allocation interface for both Collections and Events.
As the year kicks off, the team has made the resolution to be more active on the changelog. We love sharing what we've been building, and you've been knocking down our doors asking what we've been up to, so it only seems appropriate. Expect to hear from us weekly as we share all the new features, improvements, and fixes we're making here at ARTSVP.
Feature Updates
Some major improvements that have been made over the last couple months
Events and Collections are now organised into Spaces. You can create new ones or swap the space you are in with the dropdown on the left side of your screen. Feel free to use them as you wish. We recommend creating a new Space for each Art Fair you run.
Users can now manage their contacts seamlessly through ARTSVP. With contacts; quickly curate lists for invites, tag and add notes for personalisation, and track activity across fairs and events. Request Access.
Click 'Search' in the navbar or simply use CMD/CTRL + K on your keyboard to bring up global search. This will search everything within the current space you are in.
No longer do you have to click on an Event or Collection to view the bookings. Simple go to the All Bookings view to search, filter and download the bookings you need.
Add to Wallet
Guests can now effortlessly store their tickets in their smartphone wallet for easy access and quick entry scanning. See how it works with an example pass for Apple Wallet or Google Wallet
Banners
All users now have the functionality to enhance their booking pages with banners. Additionally, you can now personalize confirmation and reminder emails by adding a banner image at the top. Find out more.
Event Waitlists
Now, visitors have the option to join a waitlist for fully booked events or time slots, providing an effective method to expand your mailing list. Additionally, these waitlist bookings can be swiftly confirmed if capacity increases or cancellations occur. Find out more.
Unique bookings
Prevent repeat bookings for the same event by enforcing a 'one booking per email' policy. This keeps your data clean by reducing the likelihood of multiple reservations for the same event. Find out more.
Accept Donations
Are you a charity? Looking for an easy way to handle donations when clients attend your events? You can now accept donations in addition to selling Tickets on the same page. Request access.
Sending invites
You can now send personalized invitations directly from ARTSVP. Inviting VIPs is fast, with the added benefits of high deliverability and easy reminders to book. Request access.
Exhibitor Portals
Enable your exhibitors to send their own invites and monitor their guests' attendance at the fair with a real-time exhibitor portal. This not only resolves GDPR issues but also reduces the need for galleries to request names to be added to the list. Find out more.
Technical Updates
The team has worked hard at enhancing our API by structuring JSON outputs across the board, expanding our range of endpoints and providing brand new documentation.
You may have also noticed some in-app speed improvements as we make continuous efforts to optimize pages that are event-critical. The Bookings view for each event now supports skeleton loading and a 5x speed increase on loading booking data.
This week we're rolling out Unique Bookings. You can now restrict events to only allow bookings from unique emails. No more double bookings!
As always, let us know what you think of this feature via live chat 😊