If your event is attracting a lot of people and you want to manage who can come to it manually, you can. You can activate the manual waitlist whenever you want to.
Handle waitlist manually
If you got an RSVP event, and want choose who signs up for it, you can handle the waitlist manually by following these steps:
Click on `Settings`
Click on `Setup`
Scroll down and check the box `Approve all attendees manually`
This makes people who click the signup button automatically appear on a waitlist. They then get sent the Waitlisted email under Messages.
Find list of signups on waitlist
This is how you find the list of signups (or applicants) on the waitlist:
Click on `Attendees`
Click on `List`
Check the box `(number) waiting`
Move from "On waitlist" to "Attending"
To move a person from the waitlist to the list of the attending, follow these steps:
Click the name of the person in blue text
Click on `Edit`, the orange button up to the right.
Go to Status
Change the status from On waitlist to Attending in the drop down menu
Click on `Save`
The welcome email will be sent to the person who is now on the "Attending" list.
Change message appearing at signup
To change the message that appears when someone clicks the signup button, follow these steps:
Click on `Pages`
Click on `Design`
Scroll down and click on `Advanced content strings` in blue text
Scroll down to the box with the title RSVP
Press cmd + F (or ctrl + F)
Type "waitinglist" in the search window and press enter to mark the text boxes concerning the waitlist
Edit the texts as you please
You can choose to handle the waitlist manually whenever you want, even if people have already signed up to your event. The change to a manual waitlist will only affect only those sign up after you've chosen to handle the waiting list manually and not those who have already signed up.