Payment Not Going Through? Troubleshooting Online Ticket Payments

Payment Not Going Through? Troubleshooting Online Ticket Payments

 

You’ve published your event, the schedule is live, tickets are selling; until someone tells you they can’t complete their payment. Few things frustrate attendees more than a failed checkout. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the most common payment failures in Dryfta and how to troubleshoot them using the built-in Payment Setup.

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Smarter Matchmaking, Bigger Email Campaigns, and Ticket-Specific Payment Methods

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As events continue to evolve, so does Dryfta. Our latest round of updates is focused on giving you better ways to connect people, manage complexity, and stay organized without friction. Whether you’re coordinating speakers, handling payments, or helping attendees find the right people to talk to, these new tools are here to make your job easier.

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Schengen Business Visa for Exhibitors: Complete Checklist and Downloadable Templates

Schengen Business Visa for Exhibitors

 

Planning a booth in Barcelona, Frankfurt, Paris or Milan is exciting until you hit the visa page and your brain taps out. This guide keeps it practical: what to do, when to do it, and which papers consulates really look for. We’ve also included ready-to-use templates you can download in one bundle: cover letter, flight and hotel itineraries, day-by-day travel plan, and a home-office confirmation letter for founders who work from home.

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Reimagining Research Events With Live Meetings and Webinars

Reimagining Research Events With Live Meetings and Webinars

 

In a world that's rapidly pivoting toward hybrid and virtual engagement, universities and nonprofits find themselves at a crossroads. Traditional in-person conferences are wonderful, but let's be honest; they aren't always practical. Travel costs, global crises, accessibility issues; the hurdles are real. And when it comes to research events, the need for dynamic interaction isn't just a preference, it's a necessity. Researchers need to discuss, not just present. They want to engage, not just observe.

Enter Dryfta's Virtual Meeting Platform: a breath of fresh air designed specifically to meet the complex needs of academia and mission-driven events.


Quick Insight: 71% of event organizers say audience engagement is the hardest thing to achieve online. Dryfta tackles this head-on.

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How-To: Hosting Conferences on Tight Budgets and Tight Borders

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In July 2024, dozens of African health experts with accepted talks to a major HIV/AIDS conference in Munich found themselves watching from home as their visas denied by the host country. Around the same time, U.S. government agencies facing new budget cuts outright banned their scientists from traveling to conferences (even on personal time) until an outcry forced a reversal (Source: US NIH reverses conference travel ban for scientists). These incidents underline a stark reality: academic and nonprofit public health conferences are being squeezed by a perfect storm of shrinking travel grants, slashed research funding, and record-high visa restrictions. The stakes are high. If we don’t adapt, we risk conference halls filled only with those privileged enough to afford airfare and visas, and an empty seat where a young scientist from the Global South should have been sitting, sharing insights that could save lives.

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Fresh Features, Bigger Webinars & Our UPenn Spotlight

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How’s planning going? We’ve been busy polishing Dryfta so the platform keeps doing more of the heavy lifting for you. Here’s what just landed in your account:


What’s New & Noteworthy

  1. Super‑Sized Webinars
    • Host up to 500 speakers/moderators on camera
    • Livestream to 8 000 viewers simultaneously
    • Moderators can flip the switch from “watch‑only” to “join the stage” for live Q&A and allow participants to ask questions

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The Definitive Guide to Shared (SaaS) vs On-Premise Event Management Software

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Picture this: You are planning a major conference that gathers hundreds of influential stakeholders from around the globe. Your registration portal is ready to go live, and the marketing campaign has started. Suddenly, your IT department raises concerns about data privacy, regulatory compliance, and deeper integrations with internal systems. Traditional cloud-based software feels too restrictive, lacking the control and customization your organization demands. Tensions rise as deadlines loom and decisions must be made quickly. This scenario illustrates a challenge many senior event managers face: deciding which type of event management software is the right fit, a SaaS-based event platform that is shared in the public cloud, or an on-premise event management software solution that resides on dedicated infrastructure.

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