I'm researching better ways to sell fundraising events online. Currently I have TNEW forms that we make due with but they are far from ideal. I'm using the TNEW giving forms because we want the money to end up on the contribution screen. We have events of all different sizes throughout the year. At a basic level, I need people to be able to select the number of tickets they want and for the form to know how much to charge for that. For larger events I need to be able to collect guest names, dietary restrictions, seating info, etc. My questions are:
1. Is anyone successfully using TNEW giving forms to sell events in a way that is patron friendly?
2. If you aren't using TNEW forms, what other vendors are you using?
Thanks!
So we use TNEW for our events, and here are some of the things we do to make it work:
First, in regards to the number of tickets, in our drop down menu we've got options for both specific sponsorship levels as well as single ticket purchases of multiple amounts. So there's an option for one ticket, two tickets, three tickets, etc. Not sure how it is for you, but for us by the time folks purchase seven tickets they may as well just become a sponsor so we can it at six tickets for that reason. You can assign how much each of those sponsorship levels/ticket purchases cost so it will auto-populate that amount once they choose the drop down.
In regards to collecting names, dietary needs, seating and all, you can set that up so that they fill it out on the donation screen and it gets saved as a CSI on their record once they make the payment. You would set up the fields in the TNEW_CUSTOM_FORM_DATA table and then set up what CSI it populates with the TNEW_CUSTOM_FORM_SAVE_DATA.
I hope this helps! I would link you to our event giving page, but we're not currently having one so there's nothing really set up for it.
Thanks, Colleen. Having people pick the number of tickets they want on the website and then linking to different forms depending on how many they choose was the only thing I could think of with TNEW. I was trying to avoid it but it might be the only way to make TNEW forms a little more friendly. We are also using CSI's to collect guest names, etc. and that generally works well. I should have noted that - was just trying to give an idea of what we generally need to be able to do no matter what the solution. Appreciate your insight!