Form to buy ticket and get emailed PDF ticket

Q Question: We need an option for people buying tickets to our event. We want them to complete an event registration form, get added to our email newsletter but also get sent a PDF of their event ticket instantly. I’m looking for an alternative to using Eventbrite as I want everything set up through the single event registration app that I control.

A Answer: Setting up this type of event registration app will involve the registration form, the connection to your email marketing software and the creation of your ticket. There are some simple ways to set this up but you’ll find they have limitations around the information you need to have included on your ticket. For a robust event registration and ticketing solution that is set up via an online form builder, I’d recommend that you look at FormStack as they combine forms and document creation in one product. You can quickly build forms that create tickets that are personalized for each event-goer. They are a more expensive online form builder but the time that you’ll save on the document generation side will make up for the bigger upfront investment.