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Thanksgiving is almost here and it’s time to plan a grand feast, event or a party filled with surprises and gastronomic delights for each and everyone. Thanksgiving at times is referred to as “Turkey Day” and apart from the mouthwatering delicacies that include Roasted Turkey, Pumpkin Pie, Cranberry Sauce, and mashed potatoes, you can surprise your family and friends with a plethora of fun-filled activities whole night long.

This year Thanksgiving would be celebrated on 27th November, which is as usual the last Thursday of November. Thanksgiving marks the end of the harvest season and the start of the holiday season which include major festivals like Christmas and New Year. Generally considered secular, this festival is not based on any religious principle or dogma and it has been celebrated for centuries across all nations and society with immense gaiety and splendour. During Thanksgiving people express their gratitude for all their worldly and spiritual possessions and celebrate it in style.

Interestingly, thanksgiving celebrations, parties, and events have burgeoned to the point where they form a holiday season on their own. There are innumerable options or ways to celebrate the big day and event management companies are always there to help you out with unique ideas. It’s your discretion whether you wish to spend Thanksgiving in Switzerland or UK, or celebrate the holiday in a romantic little hideaway of Hawaii with your loved one. However, make sure your party is unique, something never ever experienced before by anyone.

Have a blast this Thanksgiving Day!

eventsbot.com has achieved a major milestone of having thousands of event organizers on board in just a year. The target was set in September 2007 and we are proud to announce that we have achieved this goal in quick time, which again is a result of our never-ending endeavor to be the best in the industry.

That’s not all; we are going to celebrate this fantastic achievement by offering 10% discount* to our premium customers on their next invoice (for October 2008). We are pretty sure that you would like this offer and continue your support as you always do.

Happy Eventing!

* Please note that discounts will be applicable only for the orders made in the month of October, 2008. eventsbot.com reserves the right to discontinue, alter or modify this discount offer with or without prior notification.

You can now save the Email Invitations you send to your invitee’s as “Templates”. This will save you all the efforts of recreating the content of Email the next time when you want to send similar invitations. Just choose the template that best meets your requirement for the current event, make necessary additions or deletions if any, and send emails !

Also, eventsbot basic customers can now send 500 email invitations per day for an event, while the eventsbot premium customers can send 2000 email invitations per day. The pending invitations are sent the next day.

For additional details on sending Email Invitations, check here.

You can now customize the text of “Buy Now” button on your registration page. This way you can now have content to match your website requirements.

For more details on integrating the button to your website visit Website Integration

To ensure that the event tickets are not blocked for long in cases when the attendee spends extensive time on purchasing the tickets online, we have introduced the Countdown timer. This gives your attendee to block the ticket for not more than 25 minutes to finish the transaction failing which he will need to try again

We are glad to announce GOOGLE CHECKOUT as one of the options for online payments at eventsbot. This is in addition to the Offline Payment and Paypal mode of payments. You will need to set your Google Checkout account and have the same integrated with the eventsbot account. Once this is done, you will receive the payment directly to your Google Checkout account.

Learn more

Use Google Checkout as an option to receive online payment for your events

Check out the Customization feature in Attendee Registration Page.

Now you can add custom fields to the Event Registration Page for the Attendee’s. Either select from the list of  Pre Defined fields or choose to write your own question.

For more details Check Here

We have improved our email invitation feature that will help you to promote you events as well as send the word around for your upcoming events. You can now send your event invitations to unlimited email addresses.

You can now -

1. Send personalized message

2. Customize subject of mail

3. Use contacts from your address book from Hotmail, outlook, Gmail, AOL etc

4. Manually enter email addresses

5. Use saved contact list

6. Create New contact list.

We hope you make the most of this feature and as always await your feedback.

Now you can Manage your contact list in your account at eventsbot for communication including sending email invitations.

1. You can choose to import your contact list or address from Google, Outlook, Gmail, Plaxo , Hotmail etc.
2. You can also choose to name the contacts by different list name.
3. You can name them specific to any event.

To us this feature, select the Manage New Accounts link on “My Events page”.

Do send us your suggestion or comments about this feature.

Delete Event 

You can now delete any event very easily. 

Login to your eventsbot account , on the ” Event Toolbox”, select ” Delete this event”.   

This will instantly delete your particular event not only from your event list but also from our database.You also receive an instant email notification for any event that has been deleted from your account.

Cancel Event

You can cancel any event from your account.

Login to your account , on “Event Toolbox”, select “Cancel this event”.

This is remove the event from public view and from eventsbot event directory. Although you can view in your event list on ” My Events”