Grandstand's Automated Integration Options

One of the goals of Grandstand is to eliminate the work to not only launch a beautiful, functional, and revenue-producing app for your organization but also easily keep it updated. One of the ways you can maximize your time spent with the content is to add one of our integrations which are now available as an add-on to any App Package. Grandstand offers calendar and event schedule integration with:

  • Google Calendar
  • Saffire
  • Festival Pro
  • Zone Festival
  • Growth Zone
  • Standard RSS XML Feed
  • WordPress (Events Calendar Pro Plugin)
  • Custom Solutions

In addition, Grandstand offers additional integration for:

  • Saffire Vendors
  • Growth Zone Members
  • Custom Solutions

Each of these feeds are fetched and compared automatically by the Grandstand Admin and data is actually stored in the Grandstand Admin Database so that all fetching from the app hits our servers and allows us to put it into the format that makes sense for our apps. You can even supplement this data with additional content you add into Grandstand. Here is a quick overview of how each of the areas can be used in your app and the prices associated with each option:

Google Calendar
Add to Any App Package
Additional Costs: $150/year to $350/year
Frequency of Fetches: Manual On-Demand, Automated Daily, Automated Hourly

Any public-facing Google Calendar can be integrated into Grandstand in either a one-time import or an ongoing sync. Locations require a one-time connection between this provider and Grandstand's list of locations.

Saffire
Add to Any App Package
Additional Costs: $250/year to $450/year
Frequency of Fetches: Manual On-Demand, Automated Daily, Automated Hourly

Any clients of this Fair- and Festival-website builder will want to integrate their event content as Saffire data is typically rich and detailed. Most event or vendor content that shows on a client's Saffire website can be included in the app, including images, descriptions with formatting, and weblinks. Locations require a one-time connection between this provider and Grandstand's list of locations.

Festival Pro
Add to Any App Package
Additional Costs: $250/year to $350/year
Frequency of Fetches: Manual On-Demand, Automated Daily, Automated Hourly

This festival management software can provide a feed of your schedule data for inclusion in Grandstand. Fields typically include title, description, dates, times, image links, and weblinks. Event schedule data can also be synced giving you the power of a year-round native event schedule.

Zone Festival
Add to Any App Package
Additional Costs: $250/year to $350/year
Frequency of Fetches: Manual On-Demand, Automated Daily, Automated Hourly

This festival management software can provide a feed of your schedule data for inclusion in Grandstand. Fields typically include title, description, dates, times, image links, and weblinks. Event schedule data can also be synced giving you the power of a year-round native event schedule.

GrowthZone
Add to Any App Package
Additional Costs: $350/year to $450/year
Frequency of Fetches: Manual On-Demand, Automated Daily, Automated Hourly

Primarily a provider to Chamber of Commerce, Tourism and Visitors Bureaus, and other business organizations, GrowthZone can be easily integrated into Grandstand. The main content integrated is member data including addresses, business descriptions, categories of service and more. All members with an address are given a map location in Grandstand as well allowing for map thumbnails on the member pages. Event schedule data can also be synced giving you the power of a year-round native event schedule.

Standard RSS XML Feed
Add to Any App Package
Additional Costs: $250/year to $350/year
Frequency of Fetches: Manual On-Demand, Automated Daily, Automated Hourly

Many websites have an automated xml feed that can be integrated into a Grandstand schedule. Content varies on a feed-by-feed basis but typically can include the event title, description, a photo, and event date. Locations require a one-time connection between this provider and Grandstand's list of locations.

WordPress (Events Calendar Pro Plugin)
Add to Any App Package
Additional Costs: $250/year to $350/year
Frequency of Fetches: Manual On-Demand, Automated Daily, Automated Hourly

The No. 1 event calendar plugin on WordPress can be integrated with Grandstand calendars. This plugin typically provides event titles, dates, descriptions, and images. Locations require a one-time connection between this provider and Grandstand's list of locations.

Trumba
Add to Any App Package
Additional Costs: $250/year to $350/year
Frequency of Fetches: Manual On-Demand, Automated Daily, Automated Hourly

If you use Trumba to manage your events on your website you can now bring event names, dates, times, descriptions, photos, and more into your Grandstand app.

Custom Solutions
Available in App Package 3 or Higher
Additional Costs: Varies
Frequency of Fetches: Manual On-Demand, Automated Daily, Automated Hourly, Custom

We can connect custom feeds into our platform on a case by case basis. Typical pricing involves a small one-time integration fee followed by a typical annual cost for integration. Fees vary depending on complexity and structure of data integration, volume of content, and sync schedule.

To see an example of any of these in action or add one of these to your existing account please contact your Grandstand representative or reach out at info@grandstandapps.com.

All existing partners of these services can now see which package they currently have active with cost to upgrade if available.

If you don't use any of these services but want to limit your data entry to a single platform, check out Grandstand's Web Widgets. Our widgets enable you to take the data entered into Grandstand and display it in beautiful web widgets on your own third-party website. It is a great way to limit entry of your key data to a single platform and make sure it all stays up to date.

Additional automations are being added frequently so please continue to check back for updates. As a reminder, batch uploads are also always available in App Packages 2 or higher to automate adding content for events, lists (vendors, sponsors, members, etc.), and locations. With the automation and batch upload tools, getting data into Grandstand can be quick, easy, and painless.

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