If you've run an event before, you don't need to build a new application or layout for the next one — create the event from what you already have, then activate it. This article covers adding the event and its days, then activating it so vendors can start applying.

Create your next event

1. In the left-hand menu, click Event Configuration, then Events.

2. Click Add event.

   

3. Fill in the event's details, choosing the application and layout you already have. For what each setting does, see Creating and Activating an Event or Event Season.

   

4. Click Save & add days.

Add your event days

1. Enter the date, then the start and end time, in the day that's already there.
2. Click Add day for each additional day, and fill in its date and times too.
3. Click Save days.

Activate your event

Your event gets an Activate tab as soon as you create it, with a warning icon until you turn it on.

1. Click the Activate tab.

   

2. Choose Market Based or Vendor Pass-through, then click Select under the one you want.

Activate with Market Based pricing

The market pays for the event, so vendors don't pay anything extra to apply.

1. If you're offered more than one payment plan — Monthly, Split or Seasonally (pay in full for a discount) — choose one and click Select under it.

   

2. Click Pay at the bottom of the page.

   

Activate with Vendor Pass-through pricing

Vendors cover the cost of applying, so you pay only a one-time activation fee to open the event.

1. Review the activation fee.

2. Click Pay at the bottom of the page.

   

Once payment goes through, your event is active and vendors can apply. Next, find and invite vendors to it.