How to create a live or event with a sign-up page
Create a live or in-person event with a sign-up page, invite via Direct or WhatsApp, a 1-hour-before reminder, and an attendance list.
2 min readBasicUpdated on November 12, 2026
Where to find it in Cognizy
Video lesson coming soon. For now, follow the steps below.
Every live or event gets a ready-made sign-up page. Anyone who sends the agreed keyword on Direct or WhatsApp receives the invite, and all those who sign up get a reminder 1 hour before. Afterward, Cognizy shows who attended and how much the event sold.
Where to find it in Cognizy
Before you start
- Have WhatsApp or Instagram connected for invites and reminders.
Step by step
- Step 1:
Open and click New live or event.
- Step 2:
Enter the Live or event name, choose the Type (online or in-person), the Spots available, and when it Starts and Ends. For an online event, paste the Live or room link; for in-person, the address.
- Step 3:
In Invite and reminder, choose the Keyword to sign up (Direct and WhatsApp) and adjust the texts for the Invite and the 1-hour-before reminder.
- Step 4:
In After the event, write the Message for attendees and the Message for no-shows (if left blank, it won't be sent). In Did the event pay off?, enter sponsorship, ticket, and cost info for the scoreboard. Click Create. The event opens.
- Step 5:
In Sign-up page, use Copy to share the link on social media and WhatsApp.
- Step 6:
To sign someone up yourself, on the Sign-ups tab, fill in Name and WhatsApp and click Sign up. For multiple people, use Paste list (one per line, name and phone number).
How to know it worked
The event appears in Lives and events, in the Upcoming list, with the number of sign-ups. Anyone who signs up receives a confirmation and, 1 hour before, a reminder with the link or address.
If something goes wrong
Someone sent the keyword and didn't receive the invite.
Check that the keyword matches exactly (no spaces) and that the message arrived via Direct or the connected WhatsApp.
The spots ran out.
Open the event's Settings tab and increase the number of spots.
Next step
On the day, check in the participants.
Sign in with your Cognizy account to save your progress.
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