How to run a smooth gate at your party

Long queues and gate-crashers start at the door. A simple setup for checking tickets fast.

By the FunConnect team · 2026-10-21

The first ten minutes at the gate set the mood for the night. A slow or confused door means a long queue, and arguments mean people walking away.

Before the day

Choose your door team and send them the scanner link and PIN in advance.
Ask each of them to open the link and test it on their own phone.
Tell your guests to save their ticket to their phone and turn their brightness up at the gate.
Decide what happens with walk-ins: are you selling at the door or not?

Use more than one phone if you expect a crowd: several people can scan at once.
Trust the scanner: "Already used" means that ticket has been scanned before, so don't let a second person in on it.
Group tickets show how many people they admit, so the whole group goes in on one scan.
For guests whose phone has died, search by name, email or ticket code instead of arguing at the door.

Check how many people actually came against how many tickets you sold. It tells you how to price and size your next party.