They came to meet people.
Make that the easy part.
You are the membership manager at the chamber, or the organiser of the monthly industry meetup, and the mixer lives or dies on whether people met someone useful. Business cards run out, names are forgotten by the second drink, and the photos you need for next month's invitation are on a phone that went home. One QR code at the door handles the check-in, opens the attendee directory so people can find each other and book a follow-up, and collects the photos that prove the room was full.
The moments guests actually photograph at networking mixers
Why networking mixers work better on Picsui
Written for the person hosting this one, and checked against what the product actually does.
The directory is the reason to scan
Attendees opt in to a directory with their name, company and what they are looking for, exchange contact details, and book a coffee with each other from the event page. The person who arrived alone has a way in, and the follow-up happens because it was booked at the mixer, not remembered on Monday.
RSVP, personal invites and the door count
Import the member list, send each person an invite link, collect replies and check people in at the door from your phone. You know who came, who RSVPed and did not, and how many first-timers there were, without a sign-in sheet that half the room walked past.
Next month's invitation needs this month's photos
The invitation that gets replies is the one with a picture of a full room. Attendees upload from the same page they used to check in, and you download the originals the next morning for the newsletter, the social post and the sponsor's recap. No photographer, no asking around.
No app. No account. One scan.
Guests point their camera at a QR code and are uploading in seconds. Nobody installs anything, nobody creates a login, and the grandparents can do it as easily as the teenagers.
Attendee networking
Attendees opt in to a directory, exchange contact details and book meetings from the event page — useful long after the photos stop.
Guest list and RSVPs in the same place
Import your list, send each guest a personal invite link, collect replies and party sizes, and check people in at the door from your phone.
Door check-in from your phone
See who has arrived, who is still expected, and how many are in each party — without a clipboard at the entrance.
Private by default, never indexed
The gallery is only reachable by the link or code you share. Guest pages are blocked from search engines and named AI crawlers, and you can close the gallery whenever you choose.
Full-resolution downloads
Download any photo, or the whole event as one archive, at original quality. What guests uploaded is what you keep — no compression, no watermark on paid events.
How it works
Set up in a minute. Collect for the whole event.
Create the mixer, import the member or ticket list, and send each attendee a personal invite link to RSVP.
Put the QR code on the welcome sign at the door and on a card by the bar. Check people in from your phone as they arrive.
Attendees opt in to the directory, book follow-ups and upload photos while they mingle. The sponsor's photos land in the same gallery.
Download the originals for the newsletter and the next invitation, and keep the gallery link for members who want to see who was there.
Try uploading as a guest.
Scan this with your phone the way a guest at your event would. Choose a sample photo and upload it from your browser, then open the demo gallery to see it land.
- Scan the code with your phone camera — it opens straight in the browser.
- Upload a sample photo. Look for the upload confirmation so you know it reached the host.
Use a sample you are comfortable sharing with Picsui. Please keep personal or sensitive photos out of the demo.
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This is the same kind of code your guests scan at your event.
Getting the most from networking mixers
Make the directory the first thing you mention, not the photos. People at a mixer will scan a code that helps them meet someone; they are less motivated to scan one that helps the organiser. Put the welcome sign at the exact point where people pick up their name badge, with one line: scan to see who is here and book a coffee. Once they are on the page, the photo upload is right there and they use it. Ask the sponsor, in their two minutes at the microphone, to point at the sign; a sponsor's ask lands better than the organiser's.
Check people in from your phone rather than a laptop at a table, because the door of a mixer moves, and whoever is holding the check-in should be shaking hands, not typing. The personal invite links mean an arrival is one tap, and a walk-in is a name added on the spot. At the end you have an accurate count of attendees against RSVPs, which is the number your board and your sponsor both ask for. Mark first-timers in the guest list before the event, and go and find them; the directory helps, but a human introduction is what gets them back next month.
Send the follow-up the next morning, with the gallery link and a reminder that the directory is still open for contact exchanges. The half-life of a mixer introduction is short, and the message that arrives while people still remember the conversation is the one that converts to a meeting. Use the same gallery photos for next month's invitation, and keep the gallery private to attendees unless everyone was told it would be public. A few members will not want their attendance at an industry event broadcast, and the private link respects that without you having to ask.
Common questions about networking mixers
How do attendees exchange contact details at the mixer?
From the event page they reach by scanning the code at the door. Attendees opt in to the networking directory with their name, company and what they are looking for, browse who else has opted in, exchange contact details, and book a meeting with someone directly. It is opt-in, so nobody is listed who did not choose to be, and the directory keeps working after the mixer ends, which is when most follow-ups actually happen. It replaces the business card that goes into a jacket pocket and is never seen again.
Can I handle RSVPs and door check-in with the same tool?
Yes. Import your member or ticket list, send each person a personal invite link, and collect replies and party sizes before the event. At the door, check people in from your phone as they arrive; walk-ins are added on the spot. You end the night with an accurate attendance figure against RSVPs, which is what the sponsor's recap and your board report need. The same invite link opens the directory and the photo upload, so a guest deals with one link from invitation to follow-up.
Who can see the mixer photos and the directory?
Only people with the link or the code. The gallery is private by default and guest pages are blocked from search engines and AI crawlers, so a member's attendance at your event does not turn up in a search for their name. The directory shows only attendees who opted in, and only to other attendees on the event page. If you want to use photos publicly, for the newsletter or the next invitation, turn on host review and download those you have approved; you can also tell people at the door that the room may be photographed for promotion.
We run a mixer every month. Do we need a new event each time?
Create a new event for each mixer, which keeps the attendee list, the directory and the photos for that night together and gives you a clean count per event. An Event Pass is $29 one time per event and includes the guest list, RSVPs, check-in, the directory, unlimited uploads, full-resolution downloads and 365 days of hosting. There is no subscription and no per-attendee fee, so the cost of a monthly mixer is one pass a month, and a quiet month costs the same as a packed one.
Do attendees need to download an app to check in or join the directory?
No. Scanning the code opens a page in the phone's browser, and everything happens there: check-in confirmation, the directory, contact exchange, meeting booking and photo upload. There is nothing to install and no account to create, which matters at a mixer where people are holding a drink and a plate and will not stand still for a sign-up form. The personal invite link you send beforehand opens the same page, so someone who RSVPed is one tap from the directory when they walk in.
Every photo from networking mixers, in one place
One-time Event Pass, $29. No subscription, no per-guest fee.
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