August Product Updates: New App Home Screen, Abstract Management, Ticket Booking Fee & More

Hello event professionals, we are back to simplify your event workflow and provide a smoother experience for both organizers and attendees. We’ve been hard at work bringing you a suite of new features as well as an improved version of all the best tools and features to make your events a success. 

Mobile App Updates

Discover Key Event Info Much Faster with the New Home Screen

Scrolling through endless menus of the event app must be tiring. Now navigating and finding everything you need at your events doesn’t hassle you. Now your attendees see all the information on speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, and sessions in one go. 

Not only that, but you can have a whole new experience while using the mobile app’s home screen. Simply open your event app and experience the transformation! The new home screen puts all the essential information at your fingertips.

What makes it beneficial for you?

• Improved User Experience: Enjoy a more intuitive and enjoyable app experience.
• Increased Engagement: Keep attendees informed, engaged, and entertained with easy access to key information.
• Enhanced Event Navigation: Find what you need quickly and easily, reducing confusion and frustration.

Virtual Event Platform Updates

Easy Management of Abstracts From Submission to Approval

Managing abstract submissions and reviews is quite a struggle in the events. The upgraded Abstract Management system is here to simplify the process for you and provide a seamless experience for everyone involved.

What makes it beneficial for you?

• Management made easy: Organized abstract submission, review, and evaluation processes.
• Provision of admin roles: Empower admins with specified access to manage the workflow better.
• Less time consumption: Save time and reduce administrative burden.

How it works:

1. Provide submitters with a user-friendly platform to submit and manage their abstracts.
2. Equip reviewers with the tools they need to evaluate abstracts effectively.
3. Customize the abstract management process to meet your specific event requirements.

Event Management Platform Updates

Manage Speaker Web-Based Listings with Precision

Managing multiple settings to control speaker visibility on a mobile app and a web-based event management system is a tiresome project. Now you can hide and show speakers in the session listing area on both web-based and mobile app separately.

What makes it beneficial for you?

• Precise control: Decide exactly where your speakers appear – on the web, mobile app, or both.
• Flexibility: Customize your speaker listings to match your event’s requirements.
• Improved attendee experience: Provide more focused and relevant information to your audience.

How it works:

1. Find the “Hide in Web-based Listing” toggle when creating or editing speakers.
2. Enable this toggle to hide speakers from the speaker hub, landing page agenda, or webinars.
3. Speakers will remain visible on the mobile app unless you use the existing “Hide in Mobile App Speaker Listing” toggle.

Add Booking Fee to the Ticket Price

Recover additional costs associated per ticket sold with a new booking fee feature. Charge an additional fee for your event tickets when configuring the client’s required payment gateways. 

What makes it beneficial for you?

• Increase revenue: Generate additional income without raising ticket prices.
• Manage costs: Offset expenses associated with processing payments.
• Flexible option: Choose to charge a fixed fee or a percentage based on ticket price.

How it works:

1. Navigate to your event’s payment gateway settings.
2. Locate the new field for adding a booking fee.
3. Set a fixed amount or percentage based on your preferences.

Display Custom Fields in the Attendee List

Facilitate connections between attendees with similar interests. The custom field addition option in the attendee list gives you the ability to display the fields that matter most to you.

How it works:

1. Navigate to the “QR Code, Check-in, and Contact Exchange Settings” section in your event backend.
2. Activate the “Show Custom Field Under Name in Attendee List” toggle.
3. Choose the registration form field you want to display.

That concludes our product updates from August. We hope these updates will make your experience with vFairs more engaging and you will be able to scale with your events. 

Get in touch with us today to start using these features and stay tuned as we come back with a lot more excitement next month!