How EPlanit works

EPlanit is the online way to plan it: one place to find, message and book the people who make events happen, and one place for those people to get booked.

If you are planning an event

1. Tell us what you need, or go looking yourself. Post a short brief (the event, the date, the place, the budget, what you need) and suppliers who cover your area come to you. Or browse suppliers by category and see their real work, real prices and real reviews before you say a word.

2. Talk to them here. Every conversation happens on EPlanit, in one thread per supplier. That is how we keep a record of what was agreed and how we can help if something goes wrong.

3. Get a quote you can actually read. Suppliers send quotes inside the thread: what is included, what is not, the price, the deposit. You accept it with one tap and the booking is confirmed with a reference and an email.

4. Or hand the whole thing to us. Choose "Let EPlanit plan it for me" when you post your brief. We source and shortlist suppliers, coordinate the quotes and come back with a plan. A planning fee of 10% of the booking value applies, shown before you pay anything.

What it costs you: nothing to post a brief, browse or message. On a self-served booking you pay the supplier's price and no more. On an EPlanit-led booking you also pay the 10% planning fee.

If you are a supplier

1. Build your profile in under ten minutes. Your business name, category, what you do, where you are and how far you travel, your starting price and deposit policy, and a portfolio of your real work. Founding suppliers get verification free.

2. Get briefs that match you. When a planner posts a brief in your category and area, you see it and can respond with a quote. No cold enquiries, no chasing.

3. Quote, message and get booked in one thread. Send a quote from inside the conversation. When the planner accepts, the booking is confirmed for both of you.

4. Pay only when you are paid. Listing is free. We charge a commission on completed bookings, 7% on a self-served booking and 15% on an EPlanit-led booking, and nothing else. Founding suppliers pay 0% for their first six months.

Trust, both ways

• Verified on a profile means we have checked identity, business details and the insurance and certificates appropriate to that category. It is a record of what we saw and when, and we recheck when documents expire. See Our role and responsibilities for exactly what it covers.
• Reviews can only be left after a completed booking, so every star is earned.
• Activity on a profile shows when a supplier last used EPlanit, so you know who is actually here.
• On-platform means protected. Bookings made and paid through EPlanit are covered by our Refund and Cancellation Policy. Bookings taken off-platform are not.
• Giving back. 1% of every commission goes into the EPlanit Community Fund. See Giving back.

Questions

Write to hello@eplanit.co.uk. We reply within one working day.