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Should I use Eventective?

Plan your Wedding, Party, Meeting with Eventective. Find the Perfect Event Venues and Vendors on Eventective.com - eventective.com

Depends. Buy only if you are a small event venue or vendor wanting cheap local lead flow and will track cost per booking. Skip it if you need event-management software or cannot tolerate fake leads.

Confidence

Medium. Based on ~20 public sources; vendor-side reviews are sparse, often older, and snippet-truncated.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useNo usable evidence in sources reviewed.
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityOnly complaint-page mentions found, no detail.
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • Small event venues needing local exposure
  • Mobile DJs, photographers, officiants
  • Caterers and rental companies
  • Venues without in-house marketing

Not for

  • Planners wanting event-management or check-in software
  • Vendors expecting guaranteed, pre-qualified leads
  • Large venues needing WeddingWire-scale wedding traffic
  • Anyone unwilling to track cost per booking

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Fake-lead reports from officiants; vet every lead before paying for it.

medium

Lead conversion can be near zero; one DJ reported a single booking.

medium

ROI figures like 28x come from Eventective's own marketing, not audits.

low

Subscription pricing exists but reviewed sources show no public numbers; confirm before committing.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Large searchable directory of venues and vendors across many cities.
  • Consumers actively use it to find venues, per Reddit venue hunts.
  • Flexible subscriptions marketed to solo and small venue operators.
  • One small venue claims 28x return on its subscription (self-reported).
  • Operating since 2007 with an established search presence.

Cons

  • Vendors report fake leads from the platform.
  • DJs report booking roughly one job from these bid sites.
  • Mixed reviews and customer-service complaints on independent review sites.

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/29/2026 - 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x3review x7security x1news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Bookings reported thin; ROI claims self-published.
  • Ease of use. No usable evidence in sources reviewed.
  • Feature depth: 3/5. Large venue directory, per its own claims.
  • Support quality. Only complaint-page mentions found, no detail.
  • Security posture: 2/5. Security page returns 404; privacy policy only.
  • 13 Customer reviews SmartCustomer, mixed tone
  • 1,073 LinkedIn followers company page
  • 2007 Operating since trade press covered its venue search expansion

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

Companies that use it

  • Jazzercise Charlottesville (Terry Doherty)
Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources; vendor-side reviews are sparse, often older, and snippet-truncated.

Venue/vendor lead-gen marketplace: cheap exposure, but fake-lead reports and thin bookings make ROI hit-or-miss.

Methodology

Based on ~20 public sources; vendor-side reviews are sparse, often older, and snippet-truncated.

Sources

  1. Eventective homepageeventective.com
    official
  2. Plans & Pricing for Event Proseventective.com
    official
  3. Bid Sites (GigMasters, Eventective, etc) - r/mobileDJreddit.com
    review
  4. Opinions on lead and client connection services - r/mobileDJreddit.com
    review
  5. Beware of fake leads on Eventective - Facebook groupfacebook.com
    review
  6. Eventective Reviews - SmartCustomersmartcustomer.com
    review
  7. Eventective Review - DJ Dembydjdemby.com
    review
  8. Eventective Customer Service - PissedConsumerpissedconsumer.com
    review
  9. Eventective BBB Business Profilebbb.org
    review
  10. Eventective expands online venue search engine - InTentsintentsmag.com
    news
  11. Eventective security pageeventective.com
    security
  12. Eventective Privacy Policyeventective.com
    official

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