The great thing about technology is that it can help your audience find you in many different places at once. Whether it’s an event listing on Eventbrite, posts on social media accounts, or your blog or website, ticket buyers can find your event information as long as you keep your accounts current.

Technology moves fast – but so does Eventbrite. Instead of just listing your events on Eventbrite, you can now enjoy integration with your website, making functions like calendars and checkouts more easily accessible. Thanks to our calendar integration, your guests will get an up-to-the-minute look at your events. Then, once sold on your event, they’ll no longer have to click over to Eventbrite to get a ticket – they can complete the entire transaction right from your webpage. Here’s how it works.

See into the future with Eventbrite calendar integration

Eventbrite’s calendar seamlessly integrates into your website or blog to add a helpful calendar that lets you – and your guests – keep track of what’s on schedule for the coming days and weeks.

Showcase upcoming events by syncing your calendar with Eventbrite, Google Calendar, or Outlook Calendar to stay connected across various platforms. Take your pick of colours to fit your site’s style and choose a monthly, weekly, or agenda view, depending on how many events you host.

With a prominent calendar on your website, visitors can quickly find all the whens and wheres of your events. Every little reminder for busy guests helps keep your event top of mind.

Use the Eventbrite embedded checkout feature for seamless sales

For a truly seamless connection between your website or blog and Eventbrite, use Eventbrite’s embedded checkout technology. It lets you sell tickets to your events directly from your site without having to leave the page. Just embed the checkout module into your site for easy ticketing.

For someone like Rebecca Jessop, Executive Director of the Havre de Grace Arts Collective in Havre de Grace, Maryland, choosing to integrate Eventbrite into website listings on her organization’s WordPress page was a no-brainer. She hosts a wide range of performances – in “all five disciplines,” as she puts it, including music, theatre, dance, film, and media arts.

With such variety, staying organised is key. “We’ve used Eventbrite for our events since we opened in 2017, and the integration lets us use our WordPress website to get our word out,” she says.

Here’s how this Eventbrite integration improves your website experience:

1. Having Eventbrite embedded gives you control

Control the ticketing experience for your site’s visitors by choosing one of two ticketing options:

  • An embedded display that shows available tickets on your webpage automatically, or
  • An embedded “Buy Tickets” button that opens a pop-up window to display the available tickets.

Either way, the user can complete their ticket purchase without leaving your website.

2. It keeps users on your site

Adding the embedded checkout function to your website can help increase your site’s traffic and activity. And because your event-goers never have to leave your website, you can reduce dropoffs and maintain brand awareness throughout the experience. Plus, the user will more likely remain on your website after purchasing the ticket.

3. It’s mobile-friendly, too

Mobile-friendliness is a crucial part of being technology-focused, agile, and adaptable – so naturally, we designed the embedded checkout feature to work on mobile, requiring no additional setup. Mobile visitors can buy tickets just as easily as desktop users, which makes converting interest to sales even easier.

Eventbrite website integration for integral displays

Alongside our embedded calendar and ticket checkout tool, WordPress now offers a plugin that displays your Eventbrite events directly onto your WordPress page. Without needing additional or custom code, you can easily manage all your events from one place.

Any changes to your Eventbrite listing will appear on the display when you integrate your Eventbrite events listings. You won’t have to maintain updated information across various platforms, so you can keep all your event details in one central location. This will help your audiences stay better informed, so they don’t miss a beat.

You can find more website integrations and add your own stylings to fit your webpage for a more customised look.

How to integrate the Eventbrite plugin into your website

If you have a website built with WordPress, then Eventbrite website integration is easy. Follow these steps to display your upcoming events on your website, using the plugin.

1. Add the plugin

Search for the Eventbrite plugin in WordPress, click install, and activate it to get started. Then, copy and paste the API key into the dialog box.

2. Choose your layout

Select your preferred layout for your event display. Then, copy the shortcode to the plugin once designed to suit your preferences.

3. Add the plugin to your preferred page

Paste the shortcode onto the website page where you want the plugin displayed. You can incorporate it into your homepage or feature it on a separate events page.

4. Adjust the plugin as needed using the shortcode builder

Over time, you might want to adjust how the Eventbrite plugin looks on your website. Click the shortcode builder to change the layout or the number of events displayed. View the left sidebar, where you can select your display options and customise the plugin. Click the copy icon to copy and paste the new code onto your page when you want to update it.

Integration for a better tomorrow

Taking full advantage of all the newest tools keeps your website fresh and updated. Integrating the latest technology lets you stay connected to potential event-goers, no matter their preferred platform.

And if you’re worried that new tech will come with new headaches, don’t sweat it – Eventbrite’s technical support and help articles can help ensure your new tools work seamlessly from the start. Explore all the apps that allow integration with your website and see how you can expand your event’s reach.