Configure Options for Member-Restricted Events

You can sell online tickets to members only events. For example, you can offer access to special events, such as a Behind the Scenes Tour or a Meet the Author Night, as a benefit of membership. On scheduled programs and events, you can specify which types of members are eligible to purchase tickets and set the maximum number of tickets they are allowed to buy.

Members must sign in to your website to verify their eligibility to purchase restricted tickets. If users are not eligible members, customizable text and options appear on the form to encourage them to purchase the required membership.

You must configure options for each members only program event you want to sell online. From the Manage Program Forms page in Web, expand the event to configure. Then select the Options button. This button appears only for programs and events with members only restrictions.

On the Options screen, you can customize the buttons and text that appear on the form for this event.

• You can include a sign-in button to verify membership eligibility. (You must have User Registration enabled in Web.)

• You can include a button that directs users to the page where they can purchase the required membership. Enter the URL for the eligible membership form or for your main membership page, if multiple types of memberships are eligible. If you do not enter a valid URL, the purchase button will not appear.

• You can customize the form's headings and error messages. The Ticket limit per transaction field displays a default message with the ticket limit and how many tickets the patron currently has in the cart. You can edit only the words in this message—if you edit the existing merge fields ({0} or {1}), or add new merge fields, you will receive an error.