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.
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.
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.
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.
Do British people really like waiting in line? Jake Grimley, CrowdHandler's CEO, recalls how one of our early experiences forced us to rethink our very British idea of “fair play”.