Use case · Events & Community
QR code & NFC for events, meetups, and community groups.
Meetups, conferences, weddings, festivals, and houses of worship use NearField to turn the check-in table into a list worth following up on, with lead capture at every sponsor booth and a passport that rewards people for walking the whole floor.
The clipboard by the door collects nine names and a coffee ring. Half of them are unreadable. The printed program was finalized before two speakers dropped out. Sponsors paid for a booth and went home with a fishbowl of business cards nobody will ever type up. Every event runs on paper that stops being true the moment it is printed.
Picture this.
A monthly meetup puts one Marker on the check-in table. New faces tap it, enter a name and an email, and land on tonight's agenda. The organizer opens the dashboard the next morning with a clean list, no transcription, no lost clipboard.
A sponsor buys a booth at a trade show and gets their own Marker. Every visitor who taps it is a captured lead with a timestamp, and the sponsor gets a CSV at the end of the day. That is a renewal conversation you can actually have.
A festival runs a booth trail. Visitors tap a Marker at each of eight vendors, watch their passport fill up, and show a complete card at the prize table. Vendors see exactly how much traffic the trail sent them.
What it costs a 10-booth community event
No quote, no sales call to find the price. Here is a full event floor, start to finish.
Software
Starter, $19/mo
10 Marker placements, Lead Capture, and Name, Email and Phone Capture. Enough for a check-in table plus nine booths, with a CSV export at the end of the night.
Hardware
$310 one-time
12 NFC and QR Markers. The first three are an Intro 3-Pack and the rest are $29 each, shipped free. Relink any tile to next month's Experience, so the same set of Markers runs every event you hold.
Year one, all in
$538
$19/mo for a year plus the one-time Markers. Less than one reprint of the programs, and it covers twelve events instead of one.
Running a conference with a booth per sponsor? Growth covers 30 placements and every NearField Memory block. See full pricing →
Built on the platform 100+ museums, attractions, and venues already run on.
Where NearField fits
Meetups & interest groups
One Marker on the check-in table. Tonight's agenda, the group chat invite, and a signup that grows the list every time you meet. Update it in two minutes before the next session.
Conferences & trade shows
A Marker per session room and per sponsor booth. Speaker bios, slide links, and lead capture that hands each sponsor their own list instead of a fishbowl of cards.
Weddings & celebrations
Table tiles that carry the timeline, the seating chart, the song requests, and a shared photo album. Guests tap once, and nothing needs reprinting when the schedule moves.
Festivals & houses of worship
Bulletins that stay current, giveaway signups at the door, a booth trail across the grounds, and a giving link that is always one tap away.
Why NearField for events
Signups people finish
A giveaway entry is three taps on a phone the visitor is already holding. No app, no download, no squinting at someone else's handwriting afterward.
Sponsors get proof
Each booth Marker keeps its own captured leads and its own tap count. Renewals stop being a conversation about vibes and start being a conversation about numbers.
A trail worth walking
Passport stops turn a floor plan into a game. Visitors reach the far corner of the venue, and the vendors out there finally see traffic.
Personalize every touchpoint
NearField Memory blocks capture a name once at check-in, then carry it to every Marker on the floor for the rest of the event.
Segment at the door
A Quick Choice on the check-in tile asks 'First time, regular, or speaker?' Every Marker after that shows the version of the day that fits.
One signup, whole floor
A guest enters their name and email at the entrance. Sponsor booths, raffle entries, and the feedback form all know who they are already.
Conditional content
Vendors see load-in instructions. Attendees see the schedule. Volunteers see their shift. Same Marker, different content.
Text the room
A Phone Capture block at check-in collects numbers with consent. Send a room change, a keynote reminder, or the raffle result by SMS.
The Audience dashboard shows engagement across the whole event, by Project. See which booths pulled traffic and which corner of the room nobody reached.
From the guides
NFC for community meetups →
How a recurring meetup uses one tile on the check-in table to grow the list, run a giveaway, and keep the agenda current.
NFC for conferences and trade shows →
Session rooms, sponsor booths, and badge scanning without a badge scanner. What to put on each Marker and who owns the leads.
NFC for weddings and celebrations →
Table tiles for the timeline, the seating chart, song requests, and a shared photo album guests can add to all night.
Ready-made starting points: community meetup, conference, wedding, and event program.
Everyone who walked in showed interest. Leave with a list that proves it.
No credit card required. Free plan includes full builder access.
