Get your event found on WebMobi.
Publish a public event and it is listed on WebMobi’s Discover page. Running it somewhere else? List it. Already in our directory? Claim it.
How people discover events on WebMobi
WebMobi Event Website Builder is a self-service event website builder that helps individuals and event organizers create and publish an event website, share it anywhere, take registrations, and get discovered through WebMobi’s event discovery.
Discovery happens in two places on the web. The Discover page on events.webmobi.com lists events that organizers have published on WebMobi. The WebMobi discovery directory on webmobi.com is a searchable directory of events and organizers gathered from across the web, with a page for each event and each organizer.
This page is for organizers. If you are looking for something to attend, browse events or search the directory instead.
Three ways to get your event in front of people
Which one applies depends on where your event lives today.
Publish a public event on WebMobi
When: You are creating the event website with WebMobi.
How: Create the event on events.webmobi.com and publish it. Nothing else to submit.
What happens: It appears on WebMobi’s Discover page with the rest of the published public events, and its card leads to your event page.
Create your event website →List an event you run somewhere else
When: Your event already has a website or a ticketing page elsewhere.
How: Fill in the short form: event name, date, city, category, organizer name and your email, plus the event’s web address if it has one.
What happens: The details come to us for the WebMobi discovery directory. The event is not published the moment you submit.
List your event →Claim the page that is already there
When: Your organization or your event already has a page in the directory.
How: Open the page and use “Claim this organizer page” or “Claim Event”, then confirm with your email address.
What happens: An email at your organization’s own website domain is approved automatically. A Gmail-style address, or any other domain, is reviewed by a person first.
Find your organizer page →What people see
On the Discover page (events built with WebMobi)
Each published public event is listed and leads to its own event page — the one you built, with the date, venue, agenda, speakers and your registration or ticketing button. What visitors read there is what you entered, so keeping your event page current keeps your listing current.
In the discovery directory (events from across the web)
Each event has a directory page with its details and a link out to the event’s own website, and each organizer has a page listing their events. The directory can be browsed and searched, so people arrive from a search for a topic or a place rather than your name. Because these pages are gathered from public information, the details can be out of date until the organizer claims the page.
What stays out
- Drafts — nothing is listed until you publish it.
- Events protected with an access code, and events set to private. If the Discover list cannot confirm which events are protected, it shows nothing rather than risk showing one.
- Your speakers’ email addresses, which are never shown on a public page.
Three decisions worth making on purpose
Public or protected. A members-only workshop or an internal training should not sit on a public list. Protect it with an access code, or make it private, and it stays off Discover while the people you send the link to can still reach it.
Where the click lands. Discovery sends people to your event page. Decide before you publish whether that page takes registrations itself or sends people to your ticketing site — one button, one next step.
Which name is yours. If your organization already has a directory page, claim it rather than listing the same events again — a second copy splits the people looking for you across two pages.
Making your event easy to find
People rarely search for an event by its name. They browse by place and by topic, or search for what they want to learn or do. The details you give are what they match against, so:
- Name the city, not just the venue. Directory pages are organised by location as well as by topic.
- Pick the category that describes the audience. A pottery workshop is a class before it is a “community event”.
- Write the first sentence for a stranger. Say who it is for and what they will do, before the backstory.
- Keep one address. Link the same event page everywhere. If you must change it, use Change URL so the old address keeps forwarding.
- Publish early. A draft is invisible. The weeks before the event are when people are deciding.
What discovery does not do
- It does not guarantee attendees. Discovery puts the event where people look; the event still has to be one they want.
- Listing through the form is not instant, and a claim from a webmail address waits for a person to review it.
- An event built on WebMobi and a directory page for the same event are two separate pages; publishing one does not update the other.
Building the event page first? The Event Website Builder and how to create an event website cover it step by step. Plans and prices are on the pricing page.
FAQ
Is it free to have my event discovered on WebMobi?
Yes. Listing an event through the form costs nothing, and publishing a public event on WebMobi — which lists it on the Discover page — works on the Free plan. The pricing page lists a WebMobi Discovery listing among what every plan includes.
My event is published. Why is it not on the Discover page?
The Discover page shows published events only. An event that is still a draft, is protected with an access code, or is set to private is deliberately left out — protecting it is how you keep it off the list.
How long does listing through the form take?
It is not instant: the form sends us your event’s details, and nothing is published at the moment you submit. If it is urgent and you are building the page with WebMobi anyway, publishing the event is the faster route.
Why is there already a page about my organization?
The WebMobi discovery directory is gathered from events published on the web, so organizers can appear in it before they have ever used WebMobi. Claiming the page is how you take it over.
How do I prove I run the organization I am claiming?
Use an email address at your organization’s website domain — for example, you@yourorg.org when the website is yourorg.org. That is approved automatically. Claims from webmail addresses or other domains are reviewed manually.
Does WebMobi guarantee attendees from discovery?
No. Discovery puts your event where people browse and search for events; whether they come depends on the event. We do not publish attendance numbers for discovery.
Can I keep an event I built on WebMobi off the Discover page?
Yes. Protect the event with an access code or make it private, and it is not listed — the people you send the link to can still reach it. A draft is never listed in the first place.
Where do people who find my event end up?
For an event built with WebMobi, on your own event page, where they register or follow your ticketing link. For an event listed in the directory, on its directory page, which links to your event’s own website.
Publish it, then let people find it.
A public event published on WebMobi is listed on the Discover page automatically. Running it elsewhere? List it instead.