The Goal: Configure "No Show Fees" so that attendees who register for an event but do not attend (and do not cancel in advance) are automatically charged a fee on their next registration invoice.
Before You Begin:
- Configure an event category for any events instituting a no-show fee.
- Create a good/service item for your no-show fee. Select the "Event no show fee" type.
- IMPORTANT! If implementing no show fees, event contacts must be fully matched to existing contacts in the database; unmatched or Not in CRM contacts will NOT accrue no show fees if they are not matched.
Step-by-Step Instructions
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Enable the "Charge No Shows Late Fee" option on your General Event Settings page, found under Events & Learning, Events section, click Settings.
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- Click the blue "+" icon to add a no show fee.
- Select the "No Show" event category you added/created in Before You Begin.
- Select the good/service item you added/created in Before You Begin.
- Adjust the price if needed.
- Adjust the "Days To Lookback For Prior No Show" (this will set the number of days previous the system will look for a registration flagged as a no show; 0 is unlimited).
- Enter your No Show Policy (this will display at the bottom of the registration page when an event is assigned a category with a No Show Fee configured).
- Create or edit an event as usual. Make sure to select a category with the No Show fee configured if you wish to charge a no show fee. If an attendee is a no show at an event that includes a category with a no show fee assigned, and if the event they did not attend is within the lookback days range, the next time they attempt to register for an event they will see a notification of the no show fee on their registration.
NOTE: If a staff user fills out the event registration form on behalf of an attendee that was a no show at a previous event, the no show fee does NOT get added. The fees will only apply when the attendee fills out the form on their own either by logging in with a username and password or by searching by email address.
Common Pitfalls
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Stacked no-show fees: Best Practice is to only have one event category with an assigned no-show fee PER EVENT. If an event is assigned multiple categories that have no-show fees configured, the registration may "stack" multiple no show fees.