Organizers can now automatically restrict access to the event for attendees who have not fully paid for their registration. This feature helps protect your event resources and ensures that only attendees in good financial standing can access the event experience.

How It Works

When a registration has a payment status "Balance Due", access to the event will be restricted automatically. This applies to the Event App and event check-in, helping organizers avoid manual follow-ups for unpaid registrations.

The following message will be displayed when accessing the Event App:

Unlock your event access
Your access is currently paused due to a remaining balance. Complete your payment to unlock full access.

Remaining balance due
Complete your payment to get full access to the event.
{confirmation_number}

A button will be available to Email payment link to the attendee.

• Their payment status is Balance Due
• “Allow access with balance due” has not been enabled

Attendees can regain access by:

• Completing their payment, or
• Receiving manual access from the organizer through the “Allow access with balance due” option in Studio
  
  

Allowing access with a Balance Due

In some situations, you may still want to grant access to an attendee who has not completed their payment. Organizers can override the restriction by enabling “Allow access with balance due” on an individual registration, allowing the attendee to access the event.

Key Details

• This option is applied per registration.
• Once enabled, the attendee will be treated as if their payment is complete and can access the event normally.
• If the outstanding balance later becomes zero or negative, the override will automatically be removed.

This feature gives organizers flexibility while keeping payment controls in place.

Organizers can now choose how the Promo Code field is displayed on the registration form. This setting allows you to control how visible the field is for attendees when they register for your event.

Depending on the option you select in Studio, the promo code field will appear differently to end users during the registration process.

You can choose between two display options:

1. Standard

With the Standard option, the promo code field is hidden by default on the registration form.

Attendees will see a link prompting them to enter a promo code. When they click the link, the field expands and allows them to enter their code.

2. Prominent

With the Prominent option, the promo code field is visible and expanded by default on the registration form.

Attendees can immediately enter their promo code without needing to click any additional link.

The added flexibility allows you to adapt the registration experience based on how frequently promo codes are used for your event.

Organizers can now control where guests are redirected to purchase tickets when using In-App Registration. This new feature allows you to choose between the default Swapcard registration page or an external registration URL, giving greater flexibility.

What This Feature Allows You to Do

Select the Swapcard registration URL or an external registration URL for guest-mode redirection.

• Swapcard URL – Users will be redirected to the default Swapcard registration page.
• External URL – Users will be redirected to a custom registration link that you provide.

If you select External, a field will appear where you can enter your custom URL.

Once a registration URL is selected:

• You can copy the link using the copy icon.
• You can open or access the link directly using the quick-access icon.

When an external URL is configured, guests browsing the event will be redirected to this external URL instead of the default Swapcard URL.

Event organizers often need flexible ways to structure and categorize their event content. Multi-level fields are a powerful way to organize complex information, making it easier for attendees to navigate exhibitors, people, sessions, and items.

Until now, multi-level fields were only available for exhibitors—and creating them required manual support from the Swapcard team. Organizers could not configure these fields themselves.

Today, this changes. Organizers can now create and manage multi-level custom fields directly from the Studio, and they can apply them not only to exhibitors, but also to people, sessions, and items.

Create Multi-Level Fields Directly in Studio

Organizers can now create a multi-level custom field independently from the Studio interface.

Once created, the field can be applied to four entity types:

• Exhibitors
• People
• Sessions
• Items

This allows organizers to define structured categories with multiple levels and assign values to each relevant entity.

For example, an organizer can create a hierarchical field such as a category structure and then assign the appropriate values to exhibitors, people, sessions, or items directly within the Studio.

This autonomy removes the need for manual configuration by the Swapcard team and gives organizers full control over how their event data is structured.

Visible in the Event App

Once values are assigned, the multi-level custom field is displayed within the detail pages of the corresponding entities in the Event App:

• Exhibitor pages
• People profiles
• Session pages
• Item pages

These values are visible on both web and mobile, ensuring attendees can easily understand how content is categorized throughout the event experience.

Use Multi-Level Fields as Filters

Multi-level custom fields can also be used to filter views inside the Event App.

Attendees can filter lists such as:

• People
• Sessions
• Exhibitors
• Items

This helps users quickly find the most relevant content based on the structured categories defined by the organizer.

Exhibitors Can Manage Their Own Values

Exhibitors also benefit from this flexibility.

From the Exhibitor Center, exhibitors can:

• Define the value of their own exhibitor multi-level custom field
• Assign values to the multi-level custom field for each of their items

This means exhibitors can manage their own categorization without relying on the organizer to configure it in Studio.

Greater Flexibility for Event Customization

The introduction of self-service multi-level custom fields across exhibitors, people, sessions, and items represents a major step forward in event customization.

Organizers gain greater autonomy in structuring their event data, while attendees benefit from clearer information and more powerful filtering capabilities inside the Event App.

Managing legal terms for an event is always a balancing act:

• You need the flexibility to fix or improve the wording
• You must stay compliant with what attendees already accepted
• You want to avoid forcing thousands of users to re-accept for a tiny typo

That’s exactly the problem this feature solves.

🚨 The core problem

Before this update, editing a term with existing acceptances was risky and unclear:

• What happens to past acceptances?
• Do I invalidate them?
• Do I need to reset everyone?
• Can I version my terms properly?

Organizers needed explicit control, not hidden side effects.

1) Nothing is saved by accident

Editing the description does not auto-save.
The Save button stays disabled until a real change is made.

➡️ This prevents unintended legal updates.

2) Smart save depending on real data

When you click Save:

🟢 No acceptances yet

Your change is saved instantly. Simple.

🟡 Existing acceptances

You get a decision modal:

“Manage existing acceptances”

You must choose how your update impacts users.

3) Attendees stay in control too

Acceptance is no longer a one-way action.

Users can revoke their acceptance at any time.

That means:

• They can withdraw consent if they no longer agree with the terms
• Their status is immediately updated
• Organizers always see the real, legally accurate state

➡️ This keeps the system aligned with consent regulations
➡️ And gives transparency to both sides

Get a clear view of your ticket revenue

We’re introducing Analytics for Money Collected, a new set of financial metrics designed to give organizers a precise and actionable overview of revenue generated from paid tickets.

🔎 Why this matters

Until now, understanding how much cash was actually collected and how much was still pending or overpaid often required manual exports or external reconciliation.

With these new analytics:

• You instantly see how much money your event has generated
• You gain better visibility for finance, accounting, and reporting

🎟️ Paid Tickets Purchased

Displays the total number of paid tickets purchased.

This metric reflects ticket volume only and excludes free registrations.

💵 Total Collected

Shows the actual cash collected from paid ticket sales.

Formula:
Total Collected = Total Charges – Total Refunds

This represents the net revenue received after refunds.

⏳ Total Balance Due

Displays the total monetary amount still due from registrations that are in a Balance Due status.

• This is a sum of unpaid amounts, not a count of registrations
• Optionally shows the number of registrations associated with this amount

Use this metric to quickly identify outstanding payments and follow up if needed.

With this release, organizers now have full control over how Extras are visually presented, including the ability to enable or disable images globally and upload custom visuals for each Extra.

Enable or Disable Images on Extras

You can now decide whether Extras should display images in your Marketplace.

Where?

Marketplace → Settings

🆕 Default Behavior

For newly created events:

• The “Display images on Extras” toggle is set to OFF by default.

Upload & Manage Images for Extras

Images help exhibitors visualize exactly what they’re buying.

You can now upload and manage a custom image for each Extra directly from the Create/Edit Extra page.

📤 Upload an Image

When uploading a valid image:

• If the file size is within the Studio’s maximum limit
• The image is successfully associated with the Extra
• It appears instantly in the Preview section

This lets you verify exactly how it will look before publishing.

The wait is over! After a successful launch on the web, Sherlock, the dedicated event AI agent, is now officially available on the iOS and Android mobile apps. 📱✨

The Sherlock mobile integration helps you put a personal concierge into the pocket of every attendee, ensuring they navigate your event with ease, even while on the move.

Your event, now in their pocket

Sherlock on mobile provides the same deep, context-aware intelligence as the web version but is optimized for the frantic pace of an onsite event. It understands who the user is, their specific permissions, and the unique layout of your venue.

You can now offer your participants a way to:

• Manage schedules on the fly: Participants can ask Sherlock to "Find a session about AI starting in 10 minutes" or "Show me my next meeting" while walking between booths.
• Surface leads in real-time: Exhibitors can use the app to quickly ask, "Who are the most relevant leads for me to meet today?" without needing to sit down at a laptop.
• Get instant support anywhere: Whether it’s finding the nearest restroom or asking "How do I scan a lead?", Sherlock handles the repetitive FAQs so your onsite staff can focus on high-touch VIP support. ☕

Why mobile changes the game

Bringing Sherlock to iOS and Android specifically aids in onsite engagement and logistics:

• Reduced Friction: No more switching between tabs or looking for information booths. Everything is a quick chat away.
• Better ROI for Exhibitors: By suggesting relevant products and booths to attendees as they walk the floor, Sherlock drives more spontaneous, high-quality traffic to your exhibitors.
• Find Leads: From finding the best leads to meet, or not, to exporting all your new business deals, Sherlock eases the Leads management, optimising sales time.

Key Mobile Capabilities 🚀

• Multilingual Support: Attendees can chat with Sherlock in their native language for a truly inclusive experience.
• In-App Guidance: Sherlock explains how to use the app (like lead retrieval or QR scanning) based on the user's role.
• Visibility-Aware: It only suggests sessions, exhibitors, or people that the specific user has the right to see or access.

How to get started

If you have already enabled the AI Assistant in the Studio, Sherlock will automatically appear for your users on the latest version of the Swapcard mobile app.

Not using it yet? Head to Studio > AI Assistant > Enable Assistant to give your participants the smartest travel companion they’ve ever had! 🕵️‍♂️✨

Organizing content across multiple item categories is now simpler and more flexible. This update improves how item views are configured, giving organizers clearer control over what is displayed, without adding complexity.

What’s New

When creating or editing an item view, organizers can now select several type of items and sub-categories at once instead of being limited to a single category or an “All” option.

The previous dropdown has been replaced with a checkbox-based selection, where:

• Each type of item and sub-category has its own checkbox
• Everything is selected by default
• At least one type of item must always remain selected

This makes category selection clearer, faster, and more precise, especially for events with complex item structures.

How It Works

• Multiple category selection: Organizers can select one or several types of item  to include in the page.
• Checkbox interface: Categories are displayed as a list of checkboxes, making selections easy to review and adjust.
• No “All” category: The former “All” option has been fully removed to avoid ambiguity and improve clarity.

Seamless Transition for Existing Views

This enhancement makes item views more intuitive to configure while supporting the growing complexity of large trade shows, congresses, and exhibitions.

We’ve redesigned the Community Home Page on web to offer attendees a clearer, more modern experience from the moment they log in.

A More Modern and Polished Interface

The new home page has been visually refined to create a cleaner and more contemporary look. The updated design makes navigation smoother and more intuitive, helping attendees quickly understand where to go and what to explore. For organizers, this means your community space feels more professional and aligned with the standards of large-scale trade shows, congresses, and exhibitions.

Clearer Event Grouping

Events within the community are now grouped in a much more comprehensible way. Instead of navigating through scattered listings, attendees can easily browse and understand how events are organized.

Better Visibility for Suggested Events

Suggested events now appear more prominently on the home page. Attendees can instantly discover relevant events tailored to them, without needing to search.