Require Advance Notice For Events

You may to require advance notice for online registrations for your events or limit last minute sign-ups. Occasion makes it easy to require advance notice and stop online registrations easily.

There are two types to advance notices:

1. Stop online registrations an amount of time before an event starts. Example: Stop online sales 4 days before an event starts
2. Stop online registrations at a specific time before an events starts. Example: Stop online sales at 3pm on the day of the event.

Example 1: Stop online registrations 4 days before an event starts:

1. When editing an event, go to the "Timeslots" or "Dates and Times" tab.
2. Look for the "Hide Timeslot" section and turn the switch "On".
3. Select the first option, "Hide timeslots an amount of time before it starts"
4. Under closing days dropdown select - "4"
5. Click anywhere to save changes

Example 2: Stop online registrations at 3pm on the day of the event:

1. When editing an event, go to the "Timeslots" or "Dates and Times" tab.
2. Look for the "Hide Timeslot" section and turn the switch "On".
3. Select the second option, "At a specific time"
4. Under closing hours dropdown select - "15" (for 15:00 or 3pm)
5. Click anywhere to save changes