Online Registration Forms for Free Events
When an event doesn't require a fee for registering, registration forms are still useful for gathering registrant contact data, limiting space at the event, and providing an opportunity for registrants to give an additional donation.
Registration forms for free events require you to create at least one fee of $0 on the event. For more information, see Fees.
Tip: Ensure that you have an email type, address type, and phone type configured in database view in Tables. At this time, online registration forms only support phone types with a Phone number format of <none>.
1. Get Started
Under Get Started, enter the form details and the defaults for new constituents. See Online Registration Form Get Started.
You will not need to choose a merchant account under Process payments with as long as the form does not include any fees over $0.
Note: If you add fees over $0 to the form, you must select a merchant account or the form will not be able to accept payments.
Note: If you allow for additional donations on the form, you must select a merchant account to process those donations with.
2. Forms
Create the content of your form using the Form Designer. See Online Registration Form Builder
When the event has only a $0 fee, under Registration Options the $0 fee is preselected. It will display as Free on the form unless you select Hide Price column, which removes the fees on the form. Or you can change the Free label under Edit, Labels. See Registration Options.
3. Confirmations
Under Confirmations, set up the email that the registrant will receive as soon as they complete their registration. See Online Registration Form Confirmations.
4. Publish
Under Publish, copy your registration form's code to embed in your website. See Publish Online Registration Form.