Demo shows

A demo show is a complete practice show in your organization, filled with made-up data so you can try every part of the product before you set up a real event. It carries a Demo badge wherever it appears.

What's in a demo show

Every demo show starts with the same content:

• A floor plan of the hall with over 160 booths in every shape: inline booths, islands, L-shaped corners and round kiosks in a Startup Alley. Most are sold, with the booth orders behind them. It also has lounge tables, labels, icons for entrances and restrooms, sponsor logos and walking paths, so visitors can get directions to any exhibitor.
• Exhibitors with logos, contacts, products and onboarding at different stages.
• Sponsors at three levels, and booth services and sponsorships on sale.
• Speakers and a three-day session schedule with tracks.
• Ticket types and attendees who have registered, a registration form with their answers, and promo codes.
• Matchmaking, with hosted buyers, exhibitor sellers and one-to-one meetings already booked.
• A published Homebase with every page on, opening on the floor plan, a Welcome page built out with featured sessions, speakers, exhibitors and sponsors, and a pavilion for each exhibitor category.
• An open Call for Papers with submissions.
• The mobile app, with a home image, announcements, challenges, sponsor ads and a sponsor bar.
• Documents, email templates, exhibitor custom fields, tags and saved reports.
• Ticket orders, and six weeks of visits to the Homebase and to exhibitor profiles, so the analytics have something to show.

The people and companies are invented, and their email addresses go nowhere, so nothing you do in the demo reaches anyone. Every date is set from the show's start date. A demo that starts in the past looks like a finished show: attendees checked in with printed badges, and sessions have attendance, ratings and audience questions.

To get a demo show, contact Map D. A demo counts as one of your organization's shows, so it's available on the standard plan.

Try it freely

A demo show works like any other show: edit exhibitors, move booths, add sessions, send yourself invitations. Mail sent to your own address arrives as usual.

Buyers can check out on the public booth and ticket pages, but a demo show offers payment by check or invoice only. Card and bank payments are switched off, even if a payment provider is connected, so no money changes hands.

The floor plan includes a named Main entrance and available booths. Try the floor plan assistant to change row-end booth types, place unassigned exhibitors by category, add entrance amenities or set price premiums. Use the booth numbers and exhibitor count in your copy.

Reset a demo show

Resetting replaces everything in the demo with a fresh copy of the latest version. It's the way to start over after trying things out, and to pick up new demo content as the product grows.

1. Open the demo show

   Go to the show's dashboard.

2. Select Reset demo

   Reset demo is at the top right, next to Edit. On a phone, it's under More show actions. Only an organization Owner sees it.

3. Confirm

   Select Reset demo again to confirm. The show reloads with the fresh content.

Reset demo is also in the map editor's header, so you can start over between audiences without leaving the floor plan. The editor reopens on the fresh map.

A reset also clears the assistant: its earlier questions and answers are gone, and it opens empty.