Boost your event's visibility online using the categories and keywords fields, increasing the chances potential buyers can find your event on Humanitix.com or on search engines such as Google.
Events marked as private cannot use categories and keywords as private events are not publicly searchable on Humanitix.com or search engines.
How to add or edit your event "category"
You can indicate your event's "type", "category", and "sub-category". Buyers can filter categories on www.humanitix.com to find particualr event types, increasing the chances of eyes on your event.
Type - The format of your event e.g. Conference, Festival, Gala
Category - The relevant industry / genre / theme / kind of event
Sub-category - there are a number of different sub-categories for each category e.g. if it’s a music event, is it primarily classical, country, electronic, indie, pop, rock or other?
To add or edit your event category
You will be prompted to add your event category when first creating an event draft
You can also amend your event category at anytime via the event information > basics page under the discoverability heading
How to add "keywords" to your event page
"Keywords" are the words and terms that potential buyers would use to search for your event. While there may be consistent words used for certain event types, they may also be specific to your event, brand, or host profile.
Buyers can enter keywords on www.humanitix.com boosting the chances of them finding your event.
You can add up to 10 keywords for each event page. Each Keyword is limited to 25 characters with no spaces.
To add keywords to your event:
Navigate to the event information > basics page under the discoverability heading.
Use words that you think your audience will be searching for e.g. type of event, topic, names of presenters / performers, industry terminology etc.
How to tag artists through the Bandsintown integration
Take advantage of our Bandsintown integration and tag the artists playing at your event, increasing visiblity of your events to music lovers worldwide.
Your event/account must be approved for a Bandsintown integration.
Contact the Humanitix support team via the messenger
Regardless of your Bandsintown integration you can still tag the artists that will be playing live at your event:
Manage your event
Navigate to Event information > Details
Scroll down to Discoverability
Enter an appropriate event Type and Category e.g. festival and fair > music
The “artist” section will not appear for events that are not deemed music-relatedSearch for the artist’s name in the Artist section. If you have multiple artists at your event, you can tag them all.
Bandsintown integration
Do not tag artists that are represented by tribute acts
Do not tag artists whose music is played at your event, but who are not physically present
Any user found violating these terms will have their approval denied and/or permanently revoked on their Humanitix account