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How to get the most out of ClearDate
ClearDate is designed to be as simple and intuitive as possible. But if you'd like a quick walkthrough of how everything fits together, here's everything you need.
Create an account
To create an account, simply navigate here, enter your email address, and click "Create account". You'll receive an email with a secure link to sign in. There's no password to create or remember. Your account is free forever, and you get three free events to start.
Schedule an event
From your dashboard, click "Create Event" in the Quick Links section. Follow the prompts to enter your event details, choose the range of dates and times to consider, and color in your own availability. You can set a time zone, pick full-day or specific time-slot windows, and mark the event as in-person or virtual.
Invite your guests
Invite people however suits the group. Pick from your saved contacts, type in email addresses, or share a single invite link in a group chat and let people add themselves. Guests can respond without creating an account, and you can add more people at any time, even after the invitations go out. If someone won't respond, you can fill in their availability on their behalf.
Respond to an invitation
When you're invited to an event, you'll receive a link by email or from the host directly. Open it and fill in the calendar grid with your availability using the color-coded system: red for conflicts, amber for maybe, green for available, and blue for preferred times. Need to make a change? You can update your availability any time before the host proposes a time.
Review availability and propose a time
As responses arrive, you'll be notified in the app and by email, so there's no need to keep checking back. Open the comparison view to see everyone's availability overlaid on a single grid. Look at when the whole group is free, the overall sentiment, or where the most enthusiasm is, and narrow the view to specific people when it helps. When the right time stands out, propose it in a click.
RSVP to a proposed time
Once the host proposes a time, each guest gets a link to RSVP. Respond with yes, probably, maybe, or no, and you can change your answer right up until the event. The host watches the responses come in as a clear, at-a-glance summary.
Finding your way around
Your dashboard
The dashboard is your home base. It surfaces your action items (anything waiting on you), your upcoming events, recent activity, and your credit balance, along with quick links to jump straight into creating an event or viewing your events and contacts.
Your events
The Events page keeps the events you're hosting and the events you're invited to side by side. Each event shows its current status and what to do next, whether that's collecting availability, proposing a time, or gathering RSVPs, and a progress bar tells you at a glance how many people have responded so far.
Your contacts
The Contacts page holds the people you schedule with. Anyone you invite is saved here automatically, so the next event is quicker to set up, and you can add or edit contacts yourself any time. Open a contact to see the events you've shared with them.
Staying in the loop
The bell in the top navigation gives you a quick peek at what's new, and the Notifications page is the full record. ClearDate updates both in real time as people respond, so you always know where things stand. You can filter to just what's unread and mark everything as read in one click, and for the moments that matter most, you'll get an email too.