A company wants 25 passes for its team. The catch: the team isn't finalized, and forcing them to name 25 people at checkout is the fastest way to stall the sale. Anonymous Group Registration removes that blocker. Buyers reserve and pay for a whole block of registrations in a single transaction, then hand out the seats on their own schedule, so the sale closes now and the roster catches up later.

How It Works

1. Turn it on. In Registration Settings, enable Anonymous Group Registration and pick what buyers can bulk-buy: tickets only or packages only (one type per event, matched to your package and classification setup).
2. Build the purchase flow. A dedicated page builder gives you a fixed five-page flow — Landing, Purchaser & Financial Contact, Review, Payment, Completion — with the same elements, theming, conditions, and languages you already use everywhere else.
3. Buyers purchase in bulk. The new Bulk Quantity Selector lets a purchaser choose how many of each item they want, watch the order total recalculate live, and pay once, with no per-attendee fields anywhere before payment.
4. Slots are created, unassigned. Every pass bought becomes a slot with a status of Unassigned, linked to its item and the group order. The buyer lands on a Pass Assignments dashboard, also linked in their confirmation email.
5. Seats get filled, two ways. From that dashboard, the group contact can assign a pass directly (enter someone's email and name) or invite by email (send a tokenized link and let the person complete their own registration).
6. Badges unlock on assignment. A slot only earns a badge and check-in once it's tied to a real, completed registration. No name, no badge.

Key Behaviors

• One payment, zero names. The whole block is a single transaction and a single group order; attendee details are collected later, never at checkout.
• Tickets or packages, not both. Each event runs one bulk type, and a cart can't mix a package with a ticket.
• A clear slot lifecycle. Every pass moves through Unassigned → Pending → Assigned, with Canceled for anything pulled back, so you always know what's still open.
• Revoke and reassign. Pull back an invitation that was never completed and the slot frees right up for the next person.
• Tiered quantity discounts. Set promo codes that unlock at a quantity threshold, and buyers get a nudge as they approach it ("you're 1 registration away from your discount") to push the cart higher.
• Cancel and refund from Admin. Recover unused inventory and process refunds against the original group payment, straight from the group's Financial tab.
• Reporting and reminders, built in. Track fulfillment with Unassigned / Pending / Assigned counts on the Group Registrations report, filter searches and advanced reports by Assigned status, and fire off Unassigned Slots and Incomplete Invitation reminder emails to chase the stragglers.

Why Organizers Will Love It

Group and corporate sales are where a lot of registration revenue lives, and they're exactly the deals that stall when you demand a full roster upfront. This flips the order: buyers commit budget and lock in passes the moment they're ready to buy, and the names arrive on their timeline instead of yours. You get cash and committed capacity earlier in the cycle; your buyers get a checkout that doesn't punish them for planning ahead. And because assignment, badge gating, reporting, and reminders are all part of the same flow, an unnamed pass never quietly becomes an unusable badge on-site.

💡 Pro tip: Decide tickets-only vs packages-only before you open sales. It's tied to your event's package and classification setup and it shapes the entire bulk-buy flow.

💡 Pro tip: Set your tiered discount thresholds where they'll actually bump buyers into the next bracket. The "you're X away" nudge does the upselling for you, but only when the next tier is within reach.