What is Live Events?

Summary: Live Events is your point of sale for events — sell your products, scan guests in at the door, and settle every event without leaving your Shopify admin.

Live Events runs live events on top of Shopify. You set up the venues where your events take place, schedule events on a calendar, transfer inventory into the venue location from chosen stock locations, sell products, and close out each event with a settlement — all using your existing Shopify products, inventory, and payments.

The app spans two surfaces that work together:

• In Shopify admin — the embedded app where you plan ahead. Manage your locations, organize events into Event Groups (such as a tour or a season), build out your Event Calendar, set card fees and venue splits, generate barcode label pdfs for quick item scanning, and review Analytics and past Settlements.
• On the POS device — you run the event. Advance an event, transfer inventory, add comps, and settle the event when the night is over.

A few core terms to know:

• Venue — a location where events take place.
• Inventory location — a stock location (for example, a road trailer) that supplies products to an event.
• Event — an event on a chosen date, tied to a venue location.
• Event Group — a collection of related events, like a tour or a season.
• Settlement — the end-of-event record that reconciles attendance, gross, fees, and payout.

In this section

• Install & connect Live Events — install the app and grant the permissions it needs.
• Set up your first venue — create the location where your first event takes place.
• Create your first event — schedule an event so you can start selling.
• Quick-start checklist — the full path from install to your first event.