Questions, answered.

A marketplace that helps organisers discover, design and deliver events, live in Nairobi with Kampala, Kigali and Dar es Salaam coming. It connects organisers, venues and event vendors in one place. It is run by Crowlective Studio (Event Map) and Conferencing In A Box.

Search by city, venue type, number of guests for a layout, price and event type, or filter to venues modelled in 3D. Results show as a grid or on a map, and you can compare venues side by side.

Yes. One brief goes to up to 8 venues. Each venue replies with a proposal and you compare the proposals side by side. Accepting one creates the booking.

Fees apply when a booking is confirmed through VenueScout, a tender is awarded, or a ticket is sold (a booking fee added at checkout). The Pricing page shows the rates. Illustrative rates, confirmed before launch. Premium listing (KES 7,500 a month) and vendor membership (KES 2,500 a month) are paid plans, at illustrative prices.

Phase 1 is Nairobi. Kampala, Kigali and Dar es Salaam come later.

A success fee applies when a booking is confirmed through VenueScout. Tickets for events at your venue carry a booking fee added at checkout, paid by the buyer. Premium listing is a paid plan at KES 7,500 a month (illustrative price). Illustrative rates, confirmed before launch.

Yes. Create a venue account and request the claim on the listing. A VenueScout admin approves it.

Only organisers with a confirmed booking at your venue. Reviews carry sub-scores, and you can reply publicly.

Venues appear in 3D when Event Map by VenueScout has a model of them, with a layout for each event type and the capacity that goes with it. Venue pages show which layouts are available.

Sign up as a vendor and complete your profile, including your KRA PIN. A VenueScout admin verifies vendors. Vendor membership (KES 2,500 a month) and verification (KES 5,000 once) are a paid plan at illustrative prices.

Organisers publish tenders by category, either written by hand or generated from an Event Map design's equipment list. You bid with an amount, a timeline and your proposal, and you can exchange messages with the organiser about your bid.

The organiser shortlists bids and awards one. A 3% success fee applies to an awarded tender, paid by the winning vendor. Illustrative rates, confirmed before launch.

An organiser designs the event in Event Map by VenueScout and its equipment list becomes one tender per vendor category, ready for bids. Upload Event Map's equipment CSV to VenueScout Tenders today; a one-click hand-off is coming.

With M-Pesa; M-Pesa uses an STK push to their phone. Tickets are issued as QR codes once the payment succeeds. Demo payments: M-Pesa runs in simulate mode, so no real money moves. Demo payments: card payment is a simulation, so no real money moves.

A 5% success fee on confirmed venue bookings, 3% on awarded tenders, and 3.5% plus KES 30 per paid ticket as a booking fee added at checkout. Illustrative rates, confirmed before launch.

Door staff scan each ticket's QR code with a phone camera, or type the code. The result tells them whether it is admitted, already used or unknown.

Yes. Events can have several ticket types with quotas, and promo codes. Organisers can download the attendee list as a CSV.

The 3D side of the platform: 3D venues, layouts for each event type, sightlines, a capacity and safety sheet, client sign-off and seat maps (view-only on VenueScout today), with QR tickets and check-in on VenueScout.

Yes, for venues modelled in 3D. The venue page has a read-only 3D tour, a capacity for each layout, and a button to design your event in that venue.

Not yet linked. Today Event Map opens from VenueScout as a separate tool. One login across both is planned.

Event pages can embed Event Map's seat map. The Event Map seat map opens view-only on VenueScout today; seat sales through it are coming.