Difference between confirmed and unconfirmed events

This article is for training companies and trainers.

When you add a new event, there is a chance it won’t take place. The most frequent reason for it is a lack of attendees. In many cases, trainers have a policy that an event is on if there are more than 6-10 participants, and it could be cancelled or postponed two weeks prior to the start date. This state is called  unconfirmed and it’s a default one.

When you realise that you’re ready to run an event, you can change its state to confirmed.

The system handles confirmed and unconfirmed events differently. For a confirmed event:

• the event reminder is sent to registered attendees
• follow-ups and post-event emails are active
• statistics on evaluations is visible
• a generation of certificates is active if it’s possible to create certificates for the event
• you get an invoice after the event ends if the event is a licensed one (you have to pay a fee for it)

None of the above is true for unconfirmed events.

A  confirmed state is passed through API so you can show on your website if the event is confirmed or not.