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Sofa Summits
Updated 3 years ago

Hi there, congrats on having a booth at a SofaSummits event!

If this is your first time, welcome!

You're probably wondering how this works and what to do. You've come to the right place.

How do I set up my vendor booth for SofaSummits?

The organisers are responsible for setting up vendor booths at their event. So you don't have to do anything directly. The organiser will handle everything. 

However, you can have the organiser build you booth a certain way. Here are the customisation options you have; just let your organiser know that you'd like them.

You can customise almost everything, including the:

  • Tagline, description, logos, and image. You can change any of these pieces of your booth.
  • Event offer. Optionally: you can choose to include a special offer in your booth, such as a percentage off of a product, a coupon code, a giveaway, or whatever you'd like. This is a text-only field.
  • Video: Livestream or pre-recorded. The video in your booth can be pre-recorded as a YouTube video, Vimeo video, or Wistia video. Or it can be a live session where you or your team can be on live camera with guests. Up to 10 people can be on camera. Lastly, you can create a custom stream using RTMP to hybridise your booth. Meaning, if you have a physical event booth and you'd like to record it live for the online Hopin event booth, you can use RTMP. 
  • Moderated or Open or Invite Only. If you choose a live session in your vendor booth, you can then choose whether you want it to be open or moderated or invite-only. An open vendor booth lets people join on a live camera as they please. A moderated vendor booth (you would be the moderator), requires your approval for attendees to join on live camera. Invite only means you would be the only one able to participate on live camera.

Note: A moderated session is a good way to set up a "queue" where you control who you video chat in the booth and the time at which they enter and leave (i.e., you can boot them out if you wish). Anybody can watch a session, but a moderator controls who is allowed on video.

  • CTA button. The blue button in your booth can be customised in two ways. The first is the Register Interest option -- the vendor (you) will receive an email that contains the attendee's contact information. The second option is linking to any webpage. This can be a PDF download, calendar link, e-commerce link, or even a link to another part of your Hopin event (i.e., a private session). It's up to you. If you do choose the "Link to webpage" option, have the organiser change the button text accordingly.

How do I enter my vendor booth at a SofaSummits event?

It's important to make sure you are "in" your vendor booth at the SofaSummits event when it's time. This will allow you to answer questions in the Booth Chat and be on live camera to engage with visitors if you've chosen that format.

When it's time for the event, head to the registration page five minutes before the event starts. Click Enter Event.

To enter your booth, click Expo on the lefthand side and find your booth. Click it to enter. 

If it's a pre-recorded video, then your job is easy. Just man the Booth chat. TIP: Use the Event chat to invite people to your booth.

If it's a live session and it's Open, click Participate. Make sure you've given browser permissions for Hopin to use your camera and mic. 

If it's a live session and you are the moderator, click the blue button Start Session. Again, make sure Hopin can use your camera and mic. Select your audio and video devices and hit Apply and Join Session. You're live! 

When people request to join a moderated session, you'll see their name pop up in the moderation panel below. Click their profile image to allow them to join. They then select their AV devices and will be on camera shortly. Click the RED button on their screen to remove them.

There you go! That's how you enter and run your vendor booth at a SofaSummits event. 

Let us know if you have any questions!

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