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One ticket for several events: how "Also valid at" works

Your own gift card for your shop, restaurant or salon: from printed card to till

Sharing out tickets: download a separate PDF per ticket

From free to paid: what a Dutch festival's first ticketed edition teaches other organisers

One gift card, a handful of shops: the city card at small scale

Sell gift cards on your own website, without sending your visitor away

A photo on the membership card: see at the entrance whose card it is

Private events cost € 50 per event from 5 November. Free tickets for public events stay free

Selling tickets by payment request or with a ticketing system? An honest sum

Planning an event in the Netherlands in 2027? Many towns want it on their calendar by 1 October

Private ticket sales: an event that can only be ordered with a code

Many events, still a calm ticket shop

Seven in ten walk away: where your ticket checkout loses buyers

AI connector (MCP): run your MijnEvent dashboard from ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor

Save time: duplicate your event or course in one click

Membership only for residents of your village

Putting your poster on your event page

Who is on the waiting list? Now you can see

A visitor gave the wrong email address — now what?

Let your board look before you publish

Enter the address once, get directions everywhere

Two performances on one day in a single event

Hiring crew, security and catering: in the Netherlands, misclassification can now cost you a fine

Choosing a ticketing platform: the 8 things that actually matter

Promoting your event: 12 channels that actually work

Applying for council funding for your 2027 event? Your numbers weigh more than your story

One course on your own site, not your whole catalogue

Signed up for the wrong course? Move them instead of charging them twice

Multi-day events: day tickets and a pass from a single event

Since 1 September, a Dutch GDPR fine goes online with your name on it

Booking a city voucher in your own till: four ways

One platform instead of five separate tools — and now your website too

GDPR for event organisers: handling visitor data properly

Raffles and bingo at your event: when Dutch gambling law kicks in

What does a ticketing platform cost?

Paying out shops on your city voucher: from till to bank, with four eyes

The tickets are sold — and half your attendees are still a blank

From October your iDEAL payments run on Wero: what organisers need to know

Scanning at the gate: install the app, prepare and test it together

Permissions per team member: decide exactly who can do what

The first red alert for heat: what June's cancellations mean for your event

Lost or stolen city card? Link your card and freeze it right away

Printing and reusing physical city cards: how it works

The second bill: what payment processing really adds to your ticket sales

Multilingual ticket sales: your visitors now pick their own language

Automatic membership renewal: collecting fees within Dutch renewal law

The evacuation record: why the day after your event matters for the next permit

Weather monitoring in your safety plan: how KNMI warnings land in your alerts and logbook automatically

The rental calendar: seeing occupancy, blocking days and booking by phone

Europe goes after ticket touting: what the new rules mean for organisers

The safety plan for your event: what goes in it, and how to substantiate your crowd monitoring

Safety & permit: live view of your inflow, and your permit substantiated

Attendee mailings in practice: from audience to an email with QR codes

Email your attendees from the dashboard: reach exactly the right group, QR codes included

Event feedback: ask the visitors who were actually there what they thought

Event feedback in practice: from finished event to anonymous results dashboard

Early bird without the busywork: let the price change itself

Sending a floor plan: attachments on your confirmation email

Link a floor plan and price your tiers: seating setup per event

Swapping your seat after buying: pick another chair yourself

A separate FAQ per module: questions about that product line only

Since 2 August your AI has to introduce itself: what the AI Act asks of organisers

Multi-day event? Copy your time slot day schedule to the other days in one go

Buying and spending a city voucher

Creating an event with the AI assistant

Handling a GDPR request: access and erasure in your dashboard

Integrating ticket sales: embed, API and member linking

Redeeming a city voucher as a shop

Setting up your own FAQ — with a little help from AI

The activity log: who did what and when in your organisation

Newsletter integration: let visitors subscribe at checkout

Draw your own hall: the floor plan editor

Reserved seating: let visitors pick their own seat

AI helpers in your dashboard: the setup work handled, the control yours

Creating a rental item: price, deposit, availability and handling the booking

Festivals are selling out later this year: how to adapt your ticket sales

Free to use as a shop or food truck — and earn a little extra as an ambassador

MijnEvent or Stadsie for your city card? The question that matters: where does the money sit

The food truck portal: operators manage their own truck, menu and register

The Groupcard bankruptcy: how €14 million in balances evaporated — and why that cannot happen at MijnEvent

Topping up your city card: how to add new credit to your pass

Your city card in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet: the balance travels with you

Cashless payments with a digital wallet: no more tokens

Issuing a city voucher for your town: keeping the money local

Selling courses and workshops with a series pass: one sign-up, every class

Selling merchandise with pickup at your event: how the web shop module works

Selling memberships and season passes: from sign-up to a membership card with QR

White label: your city card on your own domain, without a trace of MijnEvent

Confirmation emails in your own tone: customise them per module

Photos and video at your event: what portrait rights and the GDPR require

Your city card page in your own look: header photo, logo and sponsors

Selling tickets and raising extra money for your charity: here's how

Your parking pass in your wallet — with your license plate on the pass

Your membership card in your wallet: member number and QR always on you

Selling tickets in WordPress (without a plugin)

Your ticket in Apple Wallet or Google Wallet: always at hand

A PDF proof with every order: print it, forward it, show it offline

Why MijnEvent doesn't place tracking pixels (and how to measure conversions anyway)

What does your ticket platform do with all that visitor data? Here: as little as possible

How visitors create their own VAT invoice

Rental deposits: paid online, automatically back after return

A donation field at ticket checkout: let visitors chip in voluntarily

Point of sale in the check-in app: sell tickets at the door

Sell gift cards for your event: extra revenue that arrives up front

Capacity groups: share one capacity across multiple ticket types

Peak sales without the stress: how the virtual waiting room works

Sponsors on your tickets: give your partners a spot on the ticket PDF

Demo mode: test your whole event before going live

Serving alcohol at your event: how the Dutch Article 35 exemption works

Connect ticketing to your existing website (with code examples)

Fewer no-shows: staying in touch with your visitors until the gate

Members free, non-members pay: connect ticketing to your club website

Whose account holds your ticket money? The payout model organisers underestimate

Music licensing at your event: how Buma/Stemra and Sena work

Ticket fraud peaks in festival season: how to protect your audience

Why your small event deserves tickets — even when entry is free

Free events with ticketing: benefits, free entry and kids' tickets

Inviting inspectors and setting a PIN

Which MijnEvent plan fits your event? An honest decision guide

Enabling resale as an organiser

Payouts and invoices as an organiser

Why MijnEvent masks buyer e-mail addresses in the dashboard

Setting up service fees per ticket type

Setting up magic login and two-factor authentication

MijnEvent and WCAG AA accessibility

Creating and publishing your first event

Creating discount codes for your event

Setting up ticket types and capacity

How to connect Mollie to your event in 5 minutes

Can you earn back the cost of your ticketing system? Yes — in two ways

Registering your organisation with MijnEvent

The European Accessibility Act: your ticket shop must be accessible

Downloading your tickets after purchase

Viewing statistics and exporting data as CSV

Check-in and QR scanning for inspectors

Which payment methods does MijnEvent support?

Reselling tickets safely — how it works at MijnEvent

Sell tickets without high fees — how MijnEvent does it differently

Setting up your own subdomain and branding

Enabling a waitlist for sold-out tickets