For events and gatherings
Event websites — one page for the date, venue, programme and RSVP
Event websites exist so people can find the date, the venue, the programme and a way to RSVP without digging through a chat. Makesite builds a custom one-page site for R649 once, with a live link in about 72 hours. Pay only if you keep it. Based in Cape Town, used across South Africa. Not a ticketing marketplace and not a shop.
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Everything guests need before they arrive
Workshops, conferences, launches, fundraisers, milestone birthdays, family reunions and community gatherings all need the same thing: one clear source of truth people can share. The page is that source. It is not the till.
The essentials
Date, time, venue, map, dress notes and a clear contact person.
The reason to come
Your story, programme, speakers, highlights, photos or fundraiser goal.
The response
A registration or RSVP form built from your brief, used after you claim the site.
Not a ticketing marketplace
If you need paid seats, QR tickets, refunds, or a capacity cap with card checkout, that is a specialist platform. Makesite will not pretend otherwise. Your one page can describe the event and link out to the tool you already trust. The R649 is for the page, not for selling the room.
The standard offer is also not guest-messaging software or a full event-management suite. Keep those tools if you have them. Use the Makesite page as the public link.
A market-day stall, a product launch, a school fundraiser and a two-day workshop can all use the same shape: date, venue, programme, RSVP. What changes is the brief. A conference with twelve speakers still fits if the programme is a list on one page. A festival that needs wristbands, multiple stages and ticket tiers does not. Say in the brief which of those you actually need, and we will tell you if one page can carry it.
Load shedding and parking still belong on an event page in South Africa. If the venue has a generator, say so. If guests should arrive before dark, say so. Those lines save you the same WhatsApp on the day.
What it costs
R649 once. No monthly fee from Makesite. Live link in about 72 hours. Pay only if you keep it. Hosting uses the host's current free tier. A domain is extra if you want your own. See website design prices in South Africa for the national comparison. After you pay and claim, five reasonable changes in six months.
Planning a wedding rather than a public event? See wedding websites. We build from Cape Town: website design in Cape Town.
R649 once
No monthly fee from Makesite. Hosting uses the host's current free tier. Domain extra if you want one. Five reasonable changes in six months after you pay and claim. Not a ticketing marketplace, not ecommerce, not a large multipage catalogue.
FAQ
What belongs on an event website?
Date, time, venue, map, programme, and a way to RSVP or register. Add speakers, a fundraiser goal or dress notes if they help people decide to come.
How much does an event website cost with Makesite?
R649 once. No monthly fee from Makesite. Live link in about 72 hours. Pay only if you keep it.
Is this a ticketing marketplace?
No. Makesite does not sell tickets, take card payments for seats, or run a box office. If you need those systems, use a specialist tool and link to it from the page.
How is this different from a wedding website?
Same product shape: one page, R649 once, about 72 hours. Wedding pages lean on story and guest RSVP fields. Event pages lean on programme, speakers and registration. See the wedding websites page if that is the day you are planning.
How many changes do I get after I pay?
Five reasonable changes in the six months after you pay and claim the site. A moved start time or a new speaker line is the kind of edit that fits. Work beyond that is quoted separately.