Utilize QR Codes for Efficient Event Management in zkipster

All zkipster plan levels have access to a QR Code scanner via the mobile app to seamlessly check in guests into events and guarantee the best guest experience.

Additionally, Professional and Enterprise subscribers can use zkipster’s Communications and Name Badge features to generate and share QR codes with guests to enhance their experience even further.
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In this article, you will find information on how to:

What is a QR code?

QR codes are two-dimensional barcodes and the name stands for ‘Quick Response Codes’, which refers to the instant access to the information (i.e. the code value) that is contained in the QR code.
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Scanning a QR code brings up the information contained in the code. In zkipster, you can customize the value of the QR code for different purposes, such as to automatically check-in guests into your event, allow guests to exchange contact details or to access other information you might choose to encode.
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You can find more details on how to customize the QR code values to fit your use case further down.

On the Professional and Enterprise plans, you can use zkipster’s Communications tool to send emails, SMS, and WhatsApp messages containing a unique QR code that guests can show at the door of your event for check-in. Find out how to set up QR Codes on your campaign by clicking here.
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Sharing QR code via email
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Sharing QR code via SMS/WhatsApp

QR codes in SMS and WhatsApp messages are sent as attachments. The file is hosted online by zkipster, so your guests need to access the link sent via the SMS message in order to open the QR Code. On WhatsApp, the attachment is displayed as an image in the body of the message.

After the QR Code is enabled in your campaign, when sending the message to your guest list zkipster will automatically generate unique QR codes to each person that receives the message.
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​Pro Tip: Confirmation Messages are probably best suited for issuing QR codes

The Name Badges feature allows you to create and print name badges prior to the event or at the moment of check-in. You can include a QR code on the zkipster name badges by selecting one of the templates that support QR codes:
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Once you have selected your template, simply click on the image space or the Image tab on the right panel and select QR Code as Image Type to configure the QR code to be printed on the name badge.
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You can find more information on how to include and configure QR codes on name badges by clicking here.

The zkipster app allows you to check in your guests quickly and safely by scanning barcodes or QR codes.

The code scanner icon is located at the bottom of the screen on iOS and Android devices.
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When clicking on the icon your device's camera will open and you will be able to scan your guest's QR code. Once the code is scanned, the app reads the information encoded and locates the Guest Profile that matches that value.

For a quicker check-in experience, you can enable the functions Auto Check-in and Continuous Check-in to allow the zkipster app to automatically check in your guests after scanning their code, without the need to manually press the check-in button on their profile. You can find more information about how to configure those options by clicking here.
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To check-in guests on the app using codes created outside of the platform, you will need to upload the code values (i.e. the encoded information contained inside the QR code) for each of your guests as an additional custom field via your excel spreadsheet when importing your guest list. Learn how to import code values into zkipster here.

When configuring the QR code on the invitation or name badges, you can define the information that is going to be encoded in your QR Code, i.e. the code value. There are three options to choose from:

Find out more about how to configure the value of QR codes generated in zkipster by clicking here.