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How to ban a ticket buyer

Block a ticket buyer's email from 'Settings' > 'Banned emails' so they can't buy tickets in your box office.

Written by Rhio

Occasionally, you might want to blacklist someone, or stop them from buying tickets from your box office.

It's easy to ban purchases from specific emails, so that orders can't be made with that email.

A screenshot of an error message on checkout saying "Sorry, you're not permitted to make this purchase".

How to ban a ticket purchase from a specific email

  • Open your 'Settings'.

  • Select 'Banned emails' from the left-hand menu.

  • Enter the email address of the buyer you want to block from buying tickets.

  • Optionally edit the error message you'd like to show if this customer tries to buy a ticket.

    A screenshot of the 'Banned email address' form as described in this article.
  • You're done! If someone tries to buy a ticket with this email, they won't be able to, and will get an error at checkout.


💡 Things to note

  • To let banned emails buy tickets again, just delete their email from the box.

  • A banned email will be blocked from placing orders for any of your events or buying products from your store.

  • You can only ban up to 350 emails.

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