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Event software for awards ceremonies and gala dinners
- Nominations540
- Judges18
- Seats · tables420 · 42
- Dietary requirementsCollected at registration
Nominations, ticket sales, and the seating plan in one place.
Common challenges
People buy tables, not tickets
A company buys a table of ten and supplies the names later — often much later, sometimes on the night.
Catering needs numbers, early
The venue wants menu choices and dietary requirements before you have final names, and every change after that costs money.
Not every guest is equal
Sponsors, nominees, judges, and press each need different access, different seating, and a badge that says so.
What to look for in awards and gala dinner software
An awards night sells tables before it sells seats, needs a menu choice from every guest, and has to look right at the door. Six checks.
- 01
Table sales with names later
A table is a group ticket: one buyer pays for the whole table at a bulk rate, and guest details can be filled in later without blocking the sale.
- 02
Menu choices and dietary needs from every guest
Make the menu a required add-on group or a form field on each guest's registration, so nobody finishes without answering, and export the counts when the venue asks.
- 03
Different guests, different badges
Sponsors, nominees and press each get their own ticket type, and badge templates bind to ticket types — the desk prints the right design without anyone choosing it.
- 04
Changes right up to the night
Guest names can be completed or swapped until the evening. Anyone who turns up unlisted is registered and badged at the desk, and while the desk is online a walk-in can pay by card QR code or in cash.
- 05
Sponsor places kept apart
A hidden ticket type only appears to someone who enters its access code, so sponsor and partner places never show on the public page.
- 06
Payments into your own account
Table and seat sales settle to your own Stripe or PayPal account with 0% platform fee, and refunds go back through the original payment method.
Tools for awards and galas
Sell tables and individual seats side by side. The buyer pays now and fills in guest names later, so a booking is never blocked.
Menu choices, dietary requirements, and extras like drinks receptions, captured per guest and counted for the venue.
Scan guests in at the door and print a badge that carries their name, company, and category.
Table sales in the currency the sponsor pays in, settling to your own account with 0% taken.
A site that carries the nominee list, the format of the evening, and the booking form in one place.
Table sales, attendance on the night, and how the evening compared with last year's.
Your event workflow
- OPEN SALESSell tables and seats
Corporate tables alongside individual places, each with its own price.
- COLLECT NAMESGuests fill themselves in
The table buyer shares a link and guests complete their own details and menu choice.
- BEFORE THE NIGHTSend the venue the numbers
Menu counts and dietary requirements, exported when catering needs them.
- ON THE NIGHTCheck in and print
Scan at the door, print the badge, and see who is still to arrive.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. A table is a group ticket: one buyer pays for the whole table at a bulk rate, and the individual guest details can be filled in later rather than blocking the sale.
As add-ons and form fields on each guest's own registration. Make the menu choice a required group so nobody completes without answering, and export the counts when the venue asks for them.
Yes. Guest names on a table can be completed or swapped right up to the night, and anyone who turns up unlisted can be registered at the door and given a badge on the spot.
Yes. Each category is its own ticket type, and badge templates are bound to ticket types — so a sponsor, a nominee, and press each get the badge design you set for them.
Pro is $129 per month and Business $599 per month, billed monthly, with Enterprise quoted individually. Add-ons and the desktop check-in app with badge printing are included on every plan. BagEvent takes 0% of ticket sales on every plan; the only deduction from an order is the payment provider's processing fee. There is a 14-day free trial with no credit card.
0% platform fee on every plan — from $99 a month billed annually, with a 14-day free trial, no credit card, fair use on paid tickets (50 registrations / $500).
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