Not all events are for everyone. Sometimes, there is a good reason to restrict access to your event or parts of your event only to a specific, invited group. There are several ways to implement this with pretix. This article will guide you through all of them.
You can use vouchers to make a product (or multiple products) only available to a select group of invited guests. Refer to Vouchers: Exclusive product availability for detailed instructions.
If you do not know individual members of your audience already, but still want to restrict it to a certain group, e.g. people with a given profession, edit your admission products and check the box next to "Buying this product requires approval". Customers will be able to place an order for such a product, but cannot proceed to payment without you having approved the order.
Navigate to :navpath:Your event → :fa3-shopping-cart: Orders → All orders: and manually approve or decline each order that contains a product that requires approval. Once you have done that, the customer will receive an email notifying them that their order has been approved and they can proceed to payment.
The main downside of this approach is that your customers will have to interact with the ticket shop twice: once for placing the order, and once for paying. On the other hand, it gives you control over who attends the event for each individual order.
You can restrict your event to a certain group by requiring a membership for purchasing a ticket. Refer to the article on customer accounts for instructions on how to set this up. You can find more information on granting and requiring memberships under season tickets.