Common Problems in Events
What's Said in the Room Ends Up Online
Board dinners, product launches, investor briefings, and private speeches share the same risk: one photo of the wrong slide, the wrong prototype, or the wrong conversation can undo months of planning and create real professional consequences.
The Vibe Gets Leaked
Carefully curated atmospheres get broadcast in real time, reducing exclusivity, undercutting the brand, and giving competitors a free look inside. The FOMO that drives ticket sales disappears when the whole night is free on social media.
Guests Are There But Not Present
Even at premium events, people default to their phones. The conversations and connections that justify getting everyone in a room are replaced by distracted scrolling and staged shots.
A lockable phone pouch for events lets you run a phone-free room without asking anyone to hand over a device. Attendees lock their own phone and keep it on them - in a pocket, on a lanyard, or clipped to a bag - and it only opens with the Unlocker at check-out. There is no confiscation table, no box of unattended devices, and no liability for your team. Where NDAs are already in place, the pouch backs up the paperwork with something guests can see and feel. We rent by the event, with no minimum contract.
Based on data from past Before the Internet events, a phone-free policy with our pouches leads to a 2.2x increase in bar sales.
Events report up to 93% reduced phone usage with our customizable phone pouches.
What Changes When Phones Are Locked
Full Confidentiality: nothing shown, said, or prototyped in the room gets photographed or recorded.
Stronger FOMO: the night cannot be experienced secondhand, so tickets and attendance hold their value.
Real Networking: the connections attendees came for become much easier to find.
Controlled Rollout: no early or off-brand guest content clashing with your official campaign timeline.
No Confiscation: guests keep their own phone all event, so nobody is liable for anyone else's device.
Ways To Use
Corporate & Private
Product launches, board meetings, investor briefings, off-sites, and holiday parties, rented by the event with no minimum order.
The pouch makes an NDA visible, and nobody on your team is holding a bin of other people's phones.
Promoters & Activations
Event collectives, festivals, and brand activations use phone-free to rebuild exclusivity and give sponsors a touchpoint they cannot get anywhere else.
Custom branding turns the pouch itself into part of the activation.
Weddings & Campus
Ceremonies, receptions, orientation weeks, club fairs, and campus events where the entire point is that people talk to each other.
Venues, student unions, and ticketing partners can own a fleet in-house and offer it as a standing service.