# Set up your business

Updated 2026-10-15 by the TicketPa team. Source: https://ticketpa.com/help/set-up-your-business

After you confirm your email, TicketPa asks for your business details. Your business holds your activities, bookings, booking page and team, and setting it up takes a minute.

> **Note:** Check the short name, country, timezone and currency before you continue. Only our support team can change them later.

## Steps to set up your business

1. Enter your **Business name**. Guests see it on your booking page, their tickets and the emails they get.
2. Check **Short name for your links**. TicketPa fills it in from the name, and you can change it. It becomes your booking page address, like ticketpa.com/book/harbour-kayaks. Use 3 to 50 lowercase letters, numbers and single hyphens.
3. Choose your **Country**. TicketPa picks it from your browser's language when it can. Your country decides whether you can take online payments with Stripe.
4. Choose your **Timezone**. It only shows when your country has more than one. Your time slots and the dashboard's "today" follow it.
5. Check the **Currency**. It starts as your country's currency, and your prices and payments use it.
6. Check the **Contact email**. It starts as your own email. Guests can reach you there, and their replies to your booking emails go to it.
7. Select **Create business**.

If another business already uses the short name, TicketPa says "This web address is taken. Try another one." The short name stays the same if you rename the business later.

## What happens next

- You become the business's Owner, and your dashboard opens.
- Your business gets Standard free for its first 30 days, with no card needed. **Plan** in the sidebar shows the days left. See [Your plan and what it includes](https://ticketpa.com/help/plans-and-limits).
- To start with, guests pay on arrival, get a reminder email a day before their booking, and see your booking page in the Orange accent colour. Change these on **Payments**, **On the day** and **Booking page** in the sidebar.
- Guests can't book anything yet. Next, add a location and create your first activity. [Getting started with TicketPa](https://ticketpa.com/help/getting-started-with-ticketpa) walks you through it.

## Frequently asked questions

### Someone invited me. Do I still need to set up a business?

No. A business that invited you shows above the form with **Join**. Select it to join that business instead of setting up your own.

### Can I set up more than one business?

Yes. One account can own several businesses and switch between them. See [Run several businesses from one account](https://ticketpa.com/help/manage-several-businesses).

### How do I change these details later?

You can rename the business and change the contact email in the dashboard. For the rest, email our support team. See [Change your business details](https://ticketpa.com/help/business-settings).