CrowdHandler News - Page 8
Why don’t load tests work?
“Why did your website crash? You must have known it would be busy!” To disappointed users, it seems obvious that a company should have put more preventative measures in place before a big traffic spike, and that the only thing that could possibly have gon
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Introducing the CrowdHandler WordPress plugin: the easiest way to add a waiting room to your WordPress site
We're very pleased to announce that there is now a CrowdHandler plugin for WordPress. Easy to install, easy to use, it means that if you are a WordPress user, you can now integrate a CrowdHandler waiting room with a plugin, instead of using JavaScript.
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Six tips for the perfect ticket on-sale
Isn't it great to see live events coming back? We're very happy to hear from our customers that people are starting to book again. We've also been thrilled to see evidence of pent-up demand, with some very busy on-sales as audiences start to return.
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Announcing Cloudflare integration for CrowdHandler
I’m very pleased to announce that you can now provision CrowdHandler on Cloudflare, giving you a waiting room service that works directly from their CDN.
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Using CrowdHandler for merch drops and NFTs: how to set up your waiting room for a successful drop.
In the last blog post I wrote about why a waiting room is the best way to manage your traffic if a lot of people tend to arrive on your site at a specific time. For sellers of limited-edition products, both physical and digital, this is especially true.
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Why moving to ‘a bigger server’ won't save you from site crashes
A lot of people approach CrowdHandler thinking they need to choose between paying for an online waiting room, and paying their hosting company for a bigger server. I wanted to explain why that’s usually a false choice.
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