Event sign-up pages and QR check-in
Every event gets a public sign-up page and a check-in screen for the day. Attendees who consent become supporter records you can reach again.
How an event works
Build the page
The public page is built on a canvas of rows, each split into one to three columns. The title, the date and location block and the sign-up form are placed for you. Add text, headings, images and dividers around them and drag blocks between columns until the page reads the way you want.
The sign-up form always asks for first name, surname and email. Postcode can be required, optional or hidden. Add your own questions: short text, a dropdown, multiple choice, yes or no, a date or a tick box. Answers are stored with each sign-up and shown in the attendee list.
Check people in on the day
The check-in screen runs in the phone's browser. Point the camera at an attendee's QR code and they are checked in the moment it is read. Search a name and tap for anyone who cannot find their email. Add a walk-in with a first name and email. A running count of checked in against booked sits at the top throughout.
Build the door team before the day. Give an existing user the check-in job, or hand a helper with no account a one-time QR access code that opens the check-in screen for this event only and expires when you say.
In practice
A spring action day
Publish the page six weeks out with the venue, the timings and a question about which ward people would rather knock in. Send the link in the branch email and post it on Facebook with a tracking link for each. On the morning, one volunteer on the door scans codes while the organiser sorts people into rounds from the answers they gave.
A monthly branch meeting
Duplicate last month's event, change the date and publish. The same regulars sign up again and stay one record each. Everyone who came in the last year carries the event tags, so you can filter for regular attenders on those tags.
A hustings with a hard capacity
Set the maximum attendees to the hall's limit and switch walk-ins off. Turn on QR codes so the door team can move a queue quickly. Two reminders go out before the day, and the checked in count tells you how full the room is.
A season of events
Group the autumn's events into one public calendar page. Supporters see every date and sign up to several in one go. Tag events and the calendar picks up every event that carries those tags.
A ticketed dinner
Create a ticketed event instead. Set ticket types with prices, an early bird price that ends on a date, discount codes and a shared capacity across types. Payment runs through your organisation's own Stripe account and every ticket carries a QR code for the door.
FAQ
What does it cost per sign-up?
Nothing. Events and sign-ups are part of the plan. For paid tickets, Stripe charges its card processing fee and Cadrify takes a 0.5% platform fee at the point of payment. The money settles in your own Stripe account.
Does everyone who signs up become a contact?
Only if they tick the consent box. The sign-up itself is always recorded so they can attend, but the contact record, the event tag and any later contact depend on that tick. The wording names your organisation and links to your privacy policy.
How do the emails get sent?
Through the email provider your organisation connects in its settings, so confirmations and reminders come from your own address. Until a provider is connected, sign-ups still work but no emails go out. The confirmation is on by default and the two reminders are switched on per event.
Can a helper without an account run the door?
Yes. Generate a one-time QR access code for the event. It opens the check-in screen on their phone for that event only, needs no login and expires on the date you set. You can revoke it at any time.
What if someone turns up without booking?
Add them as a walk-in from the check-in screen with a first name and email. They are checked in at once and appear in the attendee list marked as a walk-in. Switch walk-ins off for events with a hard capacity.
Can I put the sign-up form on our own website?
Yes. Every event has an embed snippet that drops the page into any site as a frame that sizes itself to the content. Sign-ups through the embed land in the same list.
Can I get the attendee list out?
At any time, as a CSV with every standard field, each custom answer, consent, source and check-in status. Contacts created from sign-ups are in the activist database alongside everyone else.
What this means for your campaign
The person who came to the action day in March is a record with consent, a tag and a postcode, ready for the phonebank in April and the knock-up in May. Nobody retypes a sign-up sheet.
Check-in runs on a phone and the counts update as people arrive. Duplicate an event to set up the next one.
See Cadrify in action
Book a demo and we will walk you through it on a real ward.
- Electoral registerImport the roll, match records across imports and track every change.
- Marked registerScanned marked registers read into turnout on each elector's record.
- Filters & targetingDrag-and-drop filters over the register, used by rounds, drops and dashboards.
- Door-knockingRounds from the road network, recorded at the door on any phone.
- Leaflet roundsDrops on the ward's rounds, handed out by link, sheet or QR code.
- PhonebankingCall lists from your contacts, a script and a one-at-a-time call screen.
- GOTVTelling at the station, knock-up rounds and turnout live through the day.
- VerificationSample the count box by box and read a live projection with a margin of error.
- Supporter actionsPetitions, open letters and forms on a public link, with consenting signers saved as contacts.
- Fundraising betaDonation pages on your own Stripe account, recorded for the PPERA return.
- Posters & boardsPoster and board requests on a map, bundled into rounds for volunteers.
- Election paperwork betaPrint-ready nomination packs, each candidate entered once.
- Activists & CRMMember, supporter and volunteer records, matched to the register.
- Data & complianceAudit trail, subject access, erasure and access control.
- Gamify your campaigningLive leaderboards, a level ring and a trophy case for every volunteer.