Trade shows & tech fairs

One badge, one scan, every lead in one place.

BadgeBird is a check-in and lead capture app built for industry events of 50 to 150 people: tech fairs, open houses, partner days and customer events where vendors set up booths and want real leads.

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Two audiences

Built for attendees and vendors alike.

Attendees want to walk in, get a badge and get to their sessions. Vendor partners want to leave with qualified leads, not a stack of business cards.

Big conference platforms are built for thousands of people, cost more than the day justifies, and often mean renting scanners for every booth.

BadgeBird runs on the phones your team and your partners already carry. There is nothing to download, no account to create and no password to remember, so the experience is simple for everyone: organizers, attendees and every vendor at every booth.

How it works

We handle the data work, before, during and after.

Your team prints badges and scans phones. Partners scan badges and take notes. See how it went at TechFair 2026 →

Before the event

  1. 1Registrations flow in from your sign-up form. Any platform works through a simple integration or a CSV import, including last-minute sign-ups.
  2. 2Names and companies are cleaned up automatically, so every badge looks right.
  3. 3Each attendee gets a unique QR code, and print-ready badges come out in seconds, with session choices printed on the badge.
  4. 4Every vendor partner and staff member gets a personal login code. No download, no account, no password.

On event day

  1. 1Staff scan attendees in at the door with their own phones, and again as people enter each breakout session.
  2. 2Partners scan their personal code once to open the app, then scan attendee badges, rate each lead and add notes.
  3. 3Late registrations are handled with a same-day print batch.
  4. 4The organizer watches check-ins, session attendance, show rate and partner scans live in one admin view.

After the event

  1. 1Each partner's lead list, with ratings and notes, is a quick download or an email sent straight from the app.
  2. 2Attendance and session data are ready for your follow-up and next year's planning, with no spreadsheets to reconcile.
Results

The Knotts Company TechFair 2026

Partner lead scans rose from 96 in 2025 to 163 in 2026, the first year on BadgeBird. The Knotts Company, an automation solutions provider for manufacturers in NJ, NY and PA, ran its annual Automation Technology Fair in October 2026 with a keynote, four breakout seminars, all-day live demos and 26 vendor partners.

Partner lead scans163, up from 96 in 2025
Partners who scanned22 of 26
Scans with notes127 of 163
Checked-in attendees scanned by a partner78%
Day-of tech support requests from staff or partners0

The Knotts team only had to print and stuff badges, scan people in, and send partners their lead lists. No complicated training sessions, and no spreadsheets on event morning.

Read the full case study, including how things changed →
The Knotts Company team outside the Automation Technology Fair
Attendees with badges at a live demo booth
Attendees talking shop near a robotic arm demo
Two attendees comparing notes, badges visible
Attendee badge with QR code clipped to a shirt
Event staff with a badge checking in attendees
What's included

Set up for you, branded for your event.

BadgeBird is set up for you, branded for your event and connected to your registration form.

Your event branding, sessions and badge layout
Registration import from HubSpot, another form tool or a CSV
Print-ready badges with QR codes, plus same-day batches for late sign-ups
Login codes for every staff member and vendor partner
Live admin view of check-ins, session attendance and partner leads
Lead lists for each partner after the event
Setup support and a short walkthrough for your event team

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