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Customer Portal Overview

Learn how your customers can access their bookings and what actions they can take

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What is the Customer Portal

The Customer Portal makes it easier for customers to access and manage their bookings in one place. To use it, customers need to create an account when making a booking. If they didn’t do this at the time, they can request a password reset later to set up their account.


How customers access the portal

Your customers can access the portal in a few ways:


Booking confirmation email

Customers can access the portal directly through their booking confirmation email by selecting the View booking button within the email.

For example:

Booking confirmation email example with an arrow pointing at the 'View booking' button

This directs them straight to the portal:

Customer portal showing the 'You're accessing this page via the link in your booking confirmation email' message


Logging in directly from your page

The login option is located in the top right-hand corner of your public page:

Public page with an arrow pointing at the 'Log in' button

When selected, customers can log in by filling out their email address and password before selecting Log in:

Log in pop up showing the log in button


Logging in directly from our main marketing page

Customers can log in via our main marketing page: www.bookwhen.com. The login option is located in the top right-hand corner of the page:

Marketing page with arrow pointing at the 'Log in' button

Once selected, a window pops open. They need to ensure they choose Booker Account, where they can fill out their email address and password, then select Log in:

Login page with an arrow pointing at the 'Booker account' tab


What customers can do within the portal

The portal has four main sections:


Events

Customers can switch between the available tabs:

  • Upcoming: Shows all upcoming bookings.

  • Waiting list: Displays any events where the customer is on a waiting list.

  • Cancelled: Lists any bookings the customer has cancelled.

  • Past: Contains a history of completed bookings.

Upcoming

The upcoming tab shows all upcoming bookings:

'Events' screen of the customer portal with an arrow pointing at the 'Upcoming' tab

Customers can select Manage to transfer/cancel their booking or ticket, depending on your settings:

Events screen of the customer portal with arrow pointing at the 'Manage' button

Transfer ticket

When customers select Transfer ticket, their first option is to choose the event they wish to transfer to:

Transfer ticket screen with an arrow pointing at the 'Choose an event' screen

Then the ticket they'd like to transfer to:

Transfer ticket screen with an arrow pointing at the ticket option

Then they can review their transfer details, before selecting Confirm to complete the transfer:

Cancel ticket

When customers Cancel ticket, a pop-up appears asking them to confirm the cancellation. To proceed, they need to select the Confirm button to confirm the cancellation.

Cancel ticket screen showing the 'Confirm' button

Rebooking

Customers can select the Options drop-down menu to review the event and order details, booking form responses, find the event organiser information and book again.

Events screen with an arrow pointing at the 'Options' drop-down menu

  • The Book again option redirects them to the public page where they booked the ticket.

Past

The Past events tab shows whether the event was cancelled, the customer's attendance status, and who they attended with. Any highlighted names with a person icon next to them indicate a child attendee:

Past events tab showing an 'Attended' status highlighted

💡 Please note:

  • If you have the attendance tracking feature enabled on your account, attendees will be automatically marked as attended, though you may still need to manually mark attendance for some.

  • If you do not have the attendance tracking feature, the status will appear as Booked.


Waiting list

Under the Waiting list tab, customers can select the Options drop-down menu. The two options are:

  • Event details: Opens the event details for review.

  • Leave waiting list: Allows customers to remove themselves from the waiting list.

Events tab with an arrow pointing at the 'Options' drop-down menu


Memberships

If you offer a membership option (available on the Standard plan and above), your members can use this section to manage their subscriptions by viewing their active and inactive memberships.

They can select the three dots next to their membership to:

  • View their invoices

  • Update card details

  • Cancel their membership

Memberships screen with arrow pointing at the three dot menu


Passes

If you offer a pass option to your customers (available on the Standard plan and above), they can use this section to view their active and inactive pass details.

Passes screen with arrow pointing at the 'View details' hyperlink

When customers select the View details hyperlink, they can review the pass details, such as the purchase date, the number of uses included or remaining, and the events or pages where the pass can be redeemed:

Pass overview screen showing purchased, usage, validity and restriction details


Vouchers

If you offer vouchers to your customers (available on the Standard plan and above), they can use this section to review any purchased vouchers and their details, including the voucher name, expiry date (if set), and the booking reference of the voucher booking.

Purchased vouchers screen showing a voucher including expiry date


Managing their account

Customers can manage their account by selecting the person icon 👤 in the top right-hand corner of the customer portal, then Account:

Customer portal screen with arrow pointing at the person icon in the top right-hand corner

Within their account, they can update their email, change their password and delete their account:

Account screen with the update account details and delete account sections highlighted

💡 Please note: When customers delete their accounts, their personal data will be removed from your account. However, the booking data will remain intact for reporting purposes.


Helpful Customer Portal articles

There are a few articles that you can send to your customers to help them navigate the portal.


💬 Any questions or feedback? There are two ways to get in touch:

Thank you! 🕺


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