Sign-ups without the crumble.
Create an event, slice the day into timeslots, and share one link. Guests pick a slot without making an account, pay if you charge, and get reminded before they're due.
Free to start, no card needed. Pro is $9/month.
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Summer Volunteer Day
Saturday 14 June · 9 am – 5 pm
- 9:00Morning set-up1 spot left
- 10:00Kids’ activitiesFull
- 12:00Lunch service5 spots left
- 1:00Afternoon games2 spots left
- 3:00Pack-down4 spots left
No account needed to sign up.
Three steps, then it runs itself.
- 1
Create an event
Name it, pin the location, and add timeslots one at a time or as a whole schedule across a date range.
- 2
Share the link
Send it to your team or post it anywhere. Guests pick a slot with just a name and email.
- 3
Let it run
Shortbread sends the confirmations and reminders, and guests cancel or reschedule from their own link.
The details, handled.
Everything you'd otherwise chase by email.
- Timeslots, your way
- Add slots one by one or generate a full schedule, each with its own capacity, description, and a map-pinned location.
- No account to sign up
- Guests claim a slot with a name and email. Each gets a private link to cancel or reschedule on their own.
- Reminders that land
- Email reminders go out 24 hours and 10 minutes before each slot, with the details and a manage link. On Pro, a text too.
- Check-in with a scan
- Every guest gets a QR pass. On the day, staff scan it and check them in with one tap — no list to hunt through.
- Repeating schedulesPro
- Run the same event every week, or every few weeks, with an optional end date. Shortbread adds the timeslots for you.
- Bring your teamPro
- Invite teammates and choose what each one can do: manage events, handle sign-ups, delete events, or export data.
Charge for sign-ups. Money lands in your bank.
Turn any event into a paid one. Participants pay when they claim a slot, and payouts go straight to your bank through Stripe — no separate merchant account, no card details on our servers.
Set any price
Free by default. Add a price per sign-up for workshops, classes, or ticketed sessions.
You choose who pays the fee
Pass the small platform fee to the customer at checkout, or absorb it from your payout — per event.
Automatic refunds
Decide per event whether cancelling refunds the participant. When it does, the refund and a confirmation go out on their own.
Receipts handled for you
Every payment sends a receipt and every refund sends a confirmation.
Pottery studio
Wheel-throwing workshop
Sat · 2:00 – 4:00 PM
$45.00 paid out to your bank. Receipt emailed instantly; refundable if they cancel.
Your brand, front and centre.
On Pro, turn on whitelabel branding and your public event pages become yours — your logo, your name, your colour. The people you invite see your brand, not ours.
Your logo and name
They replace shortbread across your public event and sign-up pages.
Your accent colour
It flows through the buttons, date picker, and highlights guests tap to sign up.
Branded emails too
Confirmations and reminders carry your logo and colour, and arrive from your name.
Pottery studio
Wheel-throwing workshop
Sat · 2:00 – 4:00 PM
2:00 – 4:00 PM
2 of 8 spots taken
Free to start.
Run your first event free. Upgrade when you need more.
Free
$0
No card needed.
- 1 active event at a time
- Unlimited timeslots & participants
- Paid sign-ups & payouts (10% + $0.50 fee)
- Email reminders
- Custom sign-up fields
- CSV participant export
- Map-pinned locations
- Day-of check-in with QR passes
- A small “Made with shortbread” footer
Pro
$9 / month
Billed monthly. Cancel anytime.
Everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited active events
- A lower fee on paid sign-ups — 5% + $0.50 instead of 10% + $0.50
- Repeating event schedules
- Whitelabel branding — your logo, name & colour
- No “Made with shortbread” footer
- SMS reminders
- Team members with roles
The platform fee on paid sign-ups is 10% + $0.50 on Free and 5% + $0.50 on Pro — you choose whether the participant or you cover it.
Questions, answered.
Is there a free plan?
Yes — it's free to start. Publish an event, share the link, and take sign-ups (paid ones too) without a card. The Free plan runs one active event at a time; upgrade to Pro when you need more.
Do guests need an account to sign up?
No. Participants can claim a timeslot with just a name and email — no account, no password, no friction.
Do participants need to pay?
Only if you want them to. Sign-ups are free by default, but you can set a price per event and collect payment at sign-up — paid timeslots work on every plan, Free included (a small per-transaction platform fee applies, lower on Pro). Otherwise, signing up stays completely free.
How do I get paid?
Connect a Stripe account once in Settings, then set a price on any event. Payments from sign-ups are paid out straight to your bank. You choose whether the customer covers the small platform fee or you absorb it, and whether cancellations are automatically refunded — all per event.
Can I use my own branding?
Yes, on Pro. Add your logo, name, and accent colour in your team settings, and your public event pages plus the confirmation and reminder emails carry your brand instead of ours. On the Free plan they carry a small “Made with shortbread” footer instead.
How do reminders work?
Participants automatically get an email reminder 24 hours before their slot and again 10 minutes before. On Pro, anyone who gives a phone number gets an SMS too.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel Pro from your account settings at any time. It continues through the end of the current billing period, then your account drops back to Free — your events and sign-ups stay put.
What payment methods do you accept?
All major credit and debit cards via Stripe. Your card details never touch our servers.
Ready to get organised?
Free to start. Your participants will thank you.
Get started freeshrtbrd.com — yes, shortbread, like the biscuit.