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How can I give someone a free link to a paid Webinar?

Forum|Forum|1 year ago
January 9, 2025
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Hey there!

I am hosting paid webinars this month. I want to provide some supporters a free link to attend my webinar without having to pay. I do not have Zoom Events which apparently offers an option to do this. I only the Zoom webinar and a pro account and trying to figure out a solution without needing to pay another account. I tried sending my friend the link that is generated on the calendar invite but when she clicked on it, it made her register and pay.

I am accepting payment via PayPal and I do not think I can create a code to override the $10 charge. I am just a bit stumped on this and trying to provide some people a free invite to my webinar.

Thanks!

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ronaldvdbos

Employee

Hi,

You’re correct that Zoom Webinars only allows you to choose between paid or not paid options. For more advanced ticketing features, like creating different types of tickets (e.g., free tickets), you would need to use our Zoom Events platform.

Ray_Harwood

Community Super Champion | Customer

Welcome to the Zoom Community, @budgetbb.

Here’s an option for you:

Go to the Webinars section in the Zoom web portal and select the scheduled webinar
Navigate to the Invitations tab and click Manage Attendees.
Use the option to manually add a registrant by entering their details, such as name and email

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budgetbbAuthor

Newcomer

The only options I see when I get to manage attendees is to export list or edit, When I click on edit there is no option for me to add someone's info and essentially register them. It shows approved/ denied or blocked. No where to add someone's info to connect them to the class.

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everesttutoring

Newcomer

@budgetbb you'll want to import a csv of those attendees - this will send them a join link directly! Hope this helps, let us know if it does.

Is there a video I can watch and / or a step-by-step I can read through. Am implementing an office-hours concept that'll be free for current students and paid for prospective ones. Thanks in advance for any guidance!

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WesleyStevePaul

Newcomer

Hey! I totally get your situation Zoom Webinar can be tricky when it comes to offering free access selectively.

I ran into a similar issue a while back and ended up switching to GudSho. It’s a video hosting and monetization platform that lets you host paid webinars, but also easily generate free access links or coupon codes for select attendees without needing a separate paid tier. It’s super creator-friendly and doesn’t lock basic features behind extra upgrades.

You can manage payments, access control, and even offer on-demand replays all in one place. Might be worth checking out!

Hope this helps!

joshbrage_ZE

Employee

@WesleyStevePaul thanks for stopping by - everything you're describing is not tricky at all with webinars or webinars plus at zoom. in this case, just have to upload a list of the free users. The Zoom Events platform is even easier and offers robust ticketing solutions.

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Eric V.

New Member

I think this is incorrect. With a normal Webinar (with a paid registration fee) I have no option to add participants, I can only add panelists. I have a Workplace Business account with webinars add-on. According to Gemini, the only options are the following:

---Change it to unpaid registration and then add participants, then change it back to paid registration,
---Upgrade to Webinars Plus account, which costs a lot more,
---Add them as panelists (but then they are of course panelists not participants so can disrupt the meeting).

Any clarification is appreciated.

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