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Two thousand presale spots. Fans pick a show and a number.

A hard cap for the presale, a dropdown for the show, and a number for tickets. Fans see their spot, bots see nothing, and you hand the list to ticketing in position order.

Use this templateWhat you get

Free to start. You can modify all of this in the editor.

unwaited.com/fall-tour-presale/waitlist
Full

Waitlist full

The presale list is full. General sale opens Friday.

Sound familiar?

The presale form is a Google Form and the bots found it first

You post the presale link and within an hour the sheet has 9,000 rows, most of them junk. Fans who signed up honestly do not know if they made it. Ticketing asks for a clean list of emails by city and you spend the weekend deduplicating.

What you get

The limits, hours, and questions, already set

This is exactly what the button creates. It is a starting point, not a cage: change any of it in the editor after.

Template

Fall tour presale

  • 2,000 spots total. The form reads as full at 2,000.
  • No opening hours. Open the list with the announcement and pause it before codes go out.
  • Asks for name, which show, and how many tickets (1 to 4).
  • Fans see their number on the success screen.
  • The count is hidden so the number of spots left is not public.
Capacity
2000 in total
Signups open
Any time
Form asks for
Email, Name, Show, Tickets
Counter on the form
Hidden
Use this templateFree. Change anything after.

Or by hand

Set it up yourself, step by step

The same values, typed in. About five minutes.

  1. Create the waitlist

    Open the "Fall tour presale" template, change what you like, and press Publish. An emailed code makes it yours and puts it live; nothing is public before that.

  2. Set capacity to 2000 in total

    In Settings, set the capacity to 2000 in total. When the 2000th person joins, the form reads as full and says so.

  3. Leave the hours open

    Under Hours, leave the schedule off so people can join at any time. You can pause the list by hand whenever you need to.

  4. Add the form fields

    Email is built in. On the Form tab, add Name (required), Show (required), Tickets (required). Labels and help text render as plain text.

  5. Hide the counter

    In Settings, leave the counter off. The form still refuses signups past the cap; it just does not show the running total.

  6. Publish and share

    Click Publish. The Share tab has the hosted link, a QR code, and the script tag or iframe for your site. The submit button reads "Get presale access".

FAQ

Questions people here ask

Does it send presale codes?

No. Unwaited does not email joiners. Export the list and send codes from your ticketing platform or email tool.

Can it sell the tickets?

No. Unwaited takes names and enforces the cap. Ticketing stays with your ticketing partner.

Can each show have its own cap?

One cap per waitlist. Create a waitlist per show for separate caps.

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