There are many different ways to manage registration and payments for events from your website. Squarespace has its own built-in features or you can connect to a third-party event management system.

There are four different phases in managing an event: Announcing, Registering, Collecting Payments, and Communicating. Each phase offers both easy, intermediate, and advanced ways to accomplish what you want to do. The system you choose depends on your time, your budget, and your comfort with technology.

Integrating automatic appointment scheduling with your website frees you from tedious back-and-forth conversations to set up appointments. I’ve tried and tested a number of scheduling programs and have two that I recommend to my website clients.

Classes are a type of recurring group educational event, held in person or online. Each time the class runs, it will have a different date and possibly a different time. You should make the classes easy to find and sign up for on your website. Using a scheduling program can automate the processes of registration and payment.

I always love it when I find something that speeds up repetitive tasks. So when I discovered the Squarespace shortcut of copying website pages to create backups, placeholders, and archived pages early in my website design career, I was sold.