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Create your first event

Summary: Schedule an event on the Event Calendar, tie it to a venue and one or more inventory locations, and you're ready to sell.

An event is a single instance on a date. Once you've created one, it shows up on the Event Calendar and can be advanced and accessed on the POS device.

Before you begin

  • Live Events must be installed and open in your Shopify admin. See Install & connect Live Events.
  • You need at least one venue. See Set up your first venue.
  • Optionally, set up an inventory location (such as a road trailer) if products will be supplied from a stock location, and create an Event Group if you want to organize this event into an Event Group.

Steps

  1. In the Live Events admin, open the Event Calendar from the navigation (labeled Events) or the Pages grid.
  2. Optionally select the date for your event on the calendar — the new event form prefills that date.
  3. Select New in the top right to open the event form.
  4. Set the Date, Start, and End times for the event. A start date is required.
  5. Choose the Venue from the dropdown.
  6. Select one or more Inventory locations to supply products for the event.
  7. Optionally assign an Event group, enter an Estimated attendance, and configure Credit card fees and Venue splits for this event.
  8. Select Save. The event now appears on the Event Calendar — select its day to see it in the list below the calendar, and select the event to edit it later.

Card fees and venue splits set here flow into the settlement at the end of the event. See the Fees, splits & payouts hub for how each is calculated.