Aperta
A new website and a purpose-built events platform for the Canford Classic & Supercar Sunday, from exhibitor sign-up to the QR codes on the show lawn.
700+
display cars at the 2025 show
5,000
visitors through the gates
Sold out
in its first year at Canford
29
Sunken Lawn cars, each with its own page
Show figures from Aperta Events.
The client
Aperta
Aperta Events runs the Canford Classic & Supercar Sunday, a classic and supercar show in the grounds of Canford School in Dorset. The show started in 2022, spent three years at Clayesmore and moved to Canford in 2025.
The brief
The show had outgrown its tools. The website ran on Wix, exhibitors signed up through a website form, tickets were sold on a separate platform, and the team pieced the event together from exports.
- One sign-up form per car rather than per exhibitor, filled in again for every car
- Tickets sold on a separate platform, away from the website
- Exhibitor and payment data spread across CSV exports from forms, mailing and Stripe
What we built
8 pieces,
one platform.
A new website
Off Wix and onto a fast, custom site: the show, tours, gallery, news, sponsors and vendors. News and vendors are managed from the admin.
Exhibitor portal and My Garage
Exhibitors sign in, keep their cars in a virtual garage and apply to a show by picking cars from it. One account, any number of cars.
Approve first, pay after
Applications are reviewed before anyone pays. Approved exhibitors pay through Stripe Checkout and can add the extras set up for that event.
Admin dashboard
The team reviews applications car by car, assigns show zones, manages events, vendors and news, and exports what they need.
Reminders, waitlists and emails
Unpaid approvals get timed reminders and cancel automatically if left too long. Full events waitlist new applicants. Each step, from submitted to paid, sends its own email.
Sunken Lawn QR boards
Each car on the Sunken Lawn has a printed board with a QR code that opens its own page on the site. The codes can be repointed without reprinting.
Public ticketing
Ticket sales moved onto the site itself, through Stripe, instead of a separate platform.
Roles and security
Exhibitors only ever see their own data, staff and admins see what their role allows, and sign-in supports two-factor.
How it works
From sign-up to the show lawn.
- 01Sign upA magic link by email, no password to forget.
- 02Add cars to My GarageEach car once, reused for every show.
- 03Apply to the showPick the cars from the garage and submit.
- 04Approved and zonedThe team reviews each car and assigns its zone.
- 05Pay and add extrasStripe Checkout, with reminders if it is left unpaid.
On the live site
The build, in use.
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