Cap Registrations for Events

[Anonymous]

There are many events in which having an unlimited amount of attendees could be a huge logistical problem. I'd love a way to cap the amount of attendees and automatically switch the landing page to a closed registration when registrations have hit its cap. Basically - "If list count = X, then show X landing page"

This was also discussed in this thead:
http://community.marketo.com/MarketoDiscussionDetail?id=90650000000PFSGAA4

[Keith_Nyberg2]

Hey Marketo,

Even just a program member filter by status that could be used in Smart Campaigns would allow us to build work arounds based on registration number. (Example: < 5 status attended as a filter in the SL or add choice in the Flow would suffice).

[Anonymous]

People have been requesting this since 2011 and it's still not on the roadmap? This is a must for live events. (And even some online events  where there's a technical capacity.)

I too, assumed this was built in before we purchased the platform.

[Anonymous]

AGREED!!! I am shocked that this is 5+ years in and is not done.  What more do we need to do to get this in the platform.  Clearly there is a HUGE need. 

[Anonymous]

How about a program token that's specific to events? A variable you could set that would return true if the number you set was exceeded. That way you could apply some CSS to the page whenever that variable returned true to hide the form and show some other message indicating that the event has reached capacity. Good idea? Bad idea? Personally, I think it'd be swell.

[Adam_Nathan]

This would be a great addition, reducing what we do manually currently much easier. For now we've been looking into other event management software to handle these events - although we haven't quite gotten there with it yet and are still watching manually and altering as needed.

[Jep_Castelein2]

Marketo Services is offering an add-on that will allow you to cap the number of event registrations. Also, it can show an 'event closed' page at a specified date. While it's obviously not a built-in solution, it provides an option for those who urgently need this. If interested, email services@marketo.com

[SanfordWhiteman]

Does it work on non-Marketo LPs?

[Adam_Nathan]

Just to update on what has happened with our event based activity. We've gone down the path with cVent to manage out events. Interestingly, as far as I understand, Marketo now owns cVent, so we may all see some serious investment and changes with event management (which includes that capping of events/sessions within the product). Hoping to work some of the processes and intricacies out with a couple of smaller events through this year.

It will take time but I'm keen to see what Marketo do with cVent and how it may get built into the core functionality.

[Anonymous]

Excited to hear this. We built something custom that works okay, but I'd like to see better built-in functionality in Marketo.

[Jep_Castelein2]

yes,it works with any type of landing page