After Eventbrite: How One Lodge Raised $1M on a Free Platform

You're paying platform fees, credit card fees, and now a monthly subscription just to sell tickets. Sound familiar? When Eventbrite switched to a subscription model, Lyle Personette of Redwood City Elks Lodge #1991 went looking for something better. His first reaction to Zeffy? "If it's free, how could it be good?" Two years and over $1 million later, his lodge runs nearly everything through Zeffy: dinners, golf tournaments, donation campaigns, membership dues, and an online merch store. What you'll learn: ✅ How to move from "let's try one event" to running your whole operation on Zeffy ✅ How to manage high-volume events when you're the only person running the backend ✅ Tips for cloning events without sending the wrong confirmation emails ✅ How to talk to members about the tip model (and why pushback disappears fast) ✅ How one lodge saved $50K+ in platform fees over two years ✅ The easiest ways to export Zeffy data for QuickBooks and accounting Who should attend: Lodge officers, club treasurers, event chairs, membership directors, executive directors, or anyone managing events, dues, and fundraising for a membership-based organization. Whether you're evaluating Zeffy or already using it, bring your questions.