How Notifications Work

Every invitation, confirmation, update and alert in Fast Party reaches people on the channels they use. Nobody needs the app to stay informed. A guest who only uses WhatsApp or email still gets everything they need.

The four channels

For messages about a specific event: the invitation, your confirmation, and any update or alert about that event. Each message links straight to the Event Page.

Email

Carries every message type, plus longer updates, digests and general announcements from your organization.

Push

Instant notifications on the Fast Party app for iOS and Android, for anyone who has the app installed.

In-app

Everything is also waiting inside Fast Party, on web and in the app, so nothing is lost if a message is missed.

Fast Party doesn’t send SMS. Guests invited by phone number are reached on WhatsApp.

You hear on every channel you signed up with

When you register, you give a primary contact and a recovery contact. Notifications go to both. For example, if you register with WhatsApp as your primary and email as your recovery, an invitation reaches you on WhatsApp and by email. If you also have the Fast Party app, you get a push notification too, and it’s all in your in-app notifications.

Add both a phone number and an email when you register. It’s the simplest way to make sure you never miss a change to an event.

The four message types

Every notification is one of four types, so people learn to recognize what each one means.

Type	What it is	When it’s sent
Invitation	”You’re invited” with a personal link to the event	When you invite a guest, or when a circle event goes live
Confirmation	”You’re in”	When someone RSVPs, registers or pays
Update	News about the event	Immediately when the host posts, or as a digest the next day
Alert	Something important has changed	Immediately, for changes guests must know about

See Message types for how each one works and which channels carry it.

Who sends what

The event host

Posts updates on the event wall and sends event broadcasts from the Event Dashboard.

The organization

Sends broadcasts to any of its circles.

Fast Party

Sends invitations, confirmations and the daily digest automatically.

Whose name is on the message

Organizations can send from their own WhatsApp number and email address, so members hear from the organization they know. If an organization hasn’t set these up, messages go out from Fast Party’s default account instead. See Your WhatsApp & Email.