Custom questions

Add custom questions to your events and collect the information you need from attendees at checkout. Choose from multiple-choice or free-text answers.

Collect what you need to know

Custom questions let you collect additional information beyond name and email at checkout. You add questions to any event, and attendees answer them during the booking process.

Admins create questions with a set of answer options (for multiple-choice) or a text field (for free-text answers), then assign them to one or more events. For multi-event group bookings, questions are automatically deduplicated so attendees only answer each question once, even if the same question is assigned to multiple events in the group.

All questions are required, keeping your data complete and consistent.

Saturday Bread Workshop checkout filled in with bread-making experience and food allergy answers
Collect structured choices and free-text details during booking.

Two answer types

Questions support two answer types:

  • Multiple-choice - attendees pick from a set of options you define. Useful for meal preferences, t-shirt sizes, transport options, or accessibility requirements.
  • Free text - attendees type an answer into a text field. Useful for dietary details, emergency contact information, or anything that does not fit into a fixed list.

A question cannot be switched between types once it has answers, so the data stays consistent. If you no longer want to offer a multiple-choice option, you can deactivate it instead of deleting it, which keeps historic answers valid.

Answers that affect the price

You can link a multiple-choice answer to a price modifier. When an attendee picks that answer, the modifier applies automatically. This lets you offer pricing tiers - VIP upgrades, meal add-ons, parking, or concessions - directly from the question, without separately configuring a promo code or add-on.

The answer-triggered modifier uses the same pricing engine as promo codes and add-ons, so stock limits, scoping, and the live running total all work the same way.

Answers everywhere you need them

Custom question answers are not buried in a separate report. They appear throughout the admin interface:

  • Event view - see answers when viewing an event's attendees
  • Groups view - answers visible in group booking summaries
  • Attendees table - answers appear as columns in the attendee list
  • CSV export - answers included in exported data
  • Webhooks - answers sent with webhook payloads for integrations

Free-text answers are encrypted with the same owner key as other personal data, so they are only readable when you are signed in.