For high-demand or invite-only events, Multipass offers three alternatives to selling tickets openly. Find them under Tickets → Ticketing Variations in your event. Using one is optional.
Promo codes keep working with every variation: anyone with a code can still redeem it, and you can invite each person who signed up with a single-use code. That's how invitations flow out of these tools.
Interest list
Collect sign-ups before tickets go on sale. Interested people leave their contact info, and you invite the ones you choose with unique, single-use promo codes.
- Choose Interest list as the Variation.
- Optionally set Show the sign-up form until. Leave it blank to keep the form up until you turn it off.
- Click Create interest list.
Use List on the interest form on each ticket type to control which types appear. Turn on Send invite promo reminder emails in your event's Settings to automatically nudge invitees who haven't used their codes.
Best for: capped events where you want control over the audience without full curation.
Ticket lottery
For on-sales where demand will crush supply, a lottery is fairer than a speed contest, and kinder than a waiting room.
- Choose Ticket lottery as the Variation.
- Enter a Lottery Name (e.g., "Festival Ticket Lottery") and an optional Description shown to people when they enter.
- Optionally set a Lottery Password so only people with the password can enter.
- Choose the Draw Date, when the lottery is drawn.
- Click Create ticket lottery.
You'll get a lottery overview summarizing entries and each entrant's status. You can remove entrants who aren't welcome at your event.
How it plays out
Before the draw, buyers go through the whole purchase flow. Their card is pre-authorized but not charged, and they don't need to be online at draw time. When the draw happens:
- All entrants are sorted into a random order.
- Multipass walks the list, approving orders while inventory lasts. Entrants can see their status almost immediately.
- Approved orders are charged and tickets are issued, with an email to each buyer.
- Everyone not selected gets an email and is never charged.
Anyone who tries to buy after the draw starts joins the end of the line in order of arrival. Once the lottery finishes, any remaining tickets go on general sale.
Curated event
Collect sign-ups, then approve each buyer yourself and send them a personal, time-limited invitation to purchase. The velvet rope, digitized.
Best for: exclusive dinners, private showcases, and membership-adjacent events where who attends matters more than how fast they clicked.
Which one should I use?
- Demand is bigger than supply and you want fairness → Ticket lottery
- You want a vetted audience with light control → Interest list
- You're hand-picking every attendee → Curated event
- You just want privacy, not selection → skip variations and use an event password or an unlisted event (see Customizing Your Event Page)
For the buyer's side, see Ticket Lotteries & Interest Lists (Buyer Guide).