SEATTLE, July 7, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The team at
Experiences is excited to announce a new integration with Zoom to
schedule, register, and manage online meetings and webinars
efficiently and securely. With this new Zoom integration feature,
Experiences app users will be able to create and manage virtual
tours, classes, and events all within their Shopify stores.
Experiences is the booking and ticketing app for Shopify
merchants that makes event management simple. The app's full
integration allows business owners to organize and schedule their
events all from their Shopify store. The Experiences team is
building tools for successful experience economy adoption, allowing
merchants the freedom to host events without the organizational
stress.
In March, the Seattle based
company watched as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe,
forcing businesses everywhere to close their doors and cancel their
events for the foreseeable future. Business owners all over the
globe began adapting their events to virtual spaces, hosting
classes and tours through video conferences.
Founder and CEO, Mark Sandeno
knew that his was another detail that the Experiences App was
perfectly suited to champion and quickly incorporated video
conferencing into their app's offerings, "We have the technology to
incorporate everything into one place so it's not all on the
merchant to keep track of yet another detail," says Sandeno. "You
can now offer virtual 'Zoom Experiences' without thinking twice
about it."
Experiences users with a Zoom account will be able to make their
event a "Zoom Experience," creating one time or recurring virtual
events and offering them in their Shopify store. This new
integration will also allow merchants to customize event features
such as:
- Hosting options allowing for meetings and webinars
- The choice to preset Zoom meeting preferences for waiting room,
joining, and recording
- Create standing, scheduled events with saved preferences per
experience type
- Optional guest registration information forms
- Auto reminders for upcoming events with links to the Zoom
meetings for guests
- Easy host access to meetings and webinars from the Shopify
app
Along with these features, this Zoom integration also has
security advantages. "We noticed merchants were using the same URL
for all of their events, making it easy for an unregistered or
unpaid guest to access future events. Our app automatically creates
unique Zoom URLs for each individual experience, adding additional
security for the merchant and their customers," Sandeno
commented.
The integration comes at a critical time as businesses face
uncertainty as to when distancing restrictions will lift. It is
also an opportunity for business owners to expand their customer
base even after restrictions are lifted. By offering more
experience options, merchants will be able to extend their reach
outside of their physical retail spaces and bring more guests into
the experiences that make these businesses unique.
The new Zoom Experience feature will be available starting on
July 2, 2020.
Add the app to your Shopify store now at
https://apps.shopify.com/experiences
The Experiences app is built to help business owners find
success in the experience economy by providing a seamless online
and offline booking experience for their happiness-enhancing
offerings. The team at Experiences believes that by maximizing
experience potential, merchants are better equipped to thrive in an
increasingly competitive retail market in both physical and virtual
spaces.
SOURCE Experiences