This is a nice small touch and one that will be appreciated among the non-iOS-toting-organizer crowd. In addition to the iPhone app, Eventbrite is also rolling out a browser-based event check-in screen, called “Eventbrite Entry Management” – which we’re assuming is like when you show up to a conference and check-in at one of the kiosks that have laptops. Obviously, this is more of an issue for large, paying events then for the multitude of smaller, often free, events that Eventbrite also serves, but if you use Eventbrite, having multiple Eventbrite enabled devices that sync is helpful, regardless of what other technologies exist. One of the main advantages to this app, according to Eventbrite, is that unlike more traditional event scanners, if there are multiple ticker collectors/scanners at the door, the Eventbrite app syncs all of the attendee arrivals from each phone/iPod Touch into the organizer’s central Eventbrite dashboard in basically real-time. Also, organizers can still look up attendees through the app through searching names or by scanning a list (which is how the previous app worked), and the app also offers settings for repeating events. student, press, etc) and payment method under the attendee’s name once they have been checked in.
The new version of the app also displays the attendee’s email, ticket type (i.e. People have become more accustomed to having ticket collectors scan their tickets, so scanning of a barcode on a printed out Eventbrite ticket makes complete sense and will help to move entry lines faster. Eventbrite has updated its Easy Entry iPhone app with a smart feature: barcode scanning.
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