No, a connected merchant account is required before an event can be published and made visible to the public.
If you are selling paid tickets, the merchant account is needed to process customer payments and deposits. However, even if your event only offers free tickets and no payments are collected, a merchant account is still required as part of our security and organizer verification process.
Because of this, events cannot be published until a merchant account has been connected successfully.
Once your merchant account is connected, you’ll be able to publish your event and distribute both paid and free tickets normally.
