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| Enabled for | Public preview | Early access | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | 
Oct 14, 2025 |
Business value
Whether you're managing a product launch, a training session, or a customer summit, knowing your attendee count in advance brings structure and predictability to event planning. It helps you finalize logistics, allocate resources efficiently, avoid last-minute surprises, and reduce unnecessary costs from overbooking or under-preparing. By enforcing registration deadlines, teams can plan smarter and deliver more polished events with better decision-making and operational efficiency across event workflows. With minimized uncertainty and improved coordination, this functionality enhances the overall experience for both organizers and participants.
Feature details
Define a registration start and end date for events. This feature gives you more control over attendee signups and enables smart, proactive planning.
- Set open and close dates for event registration to match your planning timeline.
- Attendees can only register during the defined window, which helps prevent last-minute surprises.
- When the registration period ends, the registration form is automatically disabled, so you don't need to take any manual action.
- Works seamlessly with reminders and communications, so attendees know exactly when to register.
Scenario: A marketing team plans a hybrid partner summit. In previous years, last-minute registrations created chaos—overbooked meeting rooms, insufficient catering, and scrambling for extra materials. This year, they set the registration to close two weeks before the event. That cutoff gives them a stable attendee count, allowing them to finalize meals, print name badges, and schedule breakout sessions with confidence. The result is a smoother, more professional event experience.
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Additional resources
The Form tab (docs)