Publish an event

An event starts as a draft: fill in its basics — name, description, dates, location or venue, and cover image — then set up how it sells tickets before switching it to active (published).

A free event can go live right away. A paid event — any ticket or seat priced above zero — can only be published once your organization's verification is approved (see "Organizer onboarding checklist").

Only teammates with manager-level access or higher can publish an event; anyone with editor access can prepare it up to that point.

Choose general admission (a quantity of each ticket type) or seated (an interactive map built from your seating chart) when you create the event — this choice is made once.

Each ticket type can have one or more phases: named, separately priced and timed windows (for example "Early bird" then "Regular"), each with its own quantity. A paid ticket type needs a phase priced at least 2,000 IQD for general admission, or 4,000 IQD for a seated category.

You can pause sales on a ticket type at any time without deleting it, and you can add, edit or remove ticket types and phases later — as long as nothing has sold on the ones you remove.

Create discount codes from Finance → Discount codes: a percentage or fixed amount off, limited to specific ticket types, a date window, or a maximum number of uses. A 100%-off code skips payment entirely for whoever uses it.

Need to send free tickets to guests, press, or performers instead of discounting a purchase? Use the Comp tickets tab on the event page to issue named tickets — they don't touch your Finance balance, but they still count toward sold numbers and check-in like any other ticket.