Meet the Age Gate: Age Verification for Your Photo Booth Flow

Not every photo booth activation is appropriate for every guest. A liquor brand's launch party, a 21-and-up rooftop event, or a comedy club's booth with edgier filters all need a quick way to confirm someone is old enough before they start snapping photos. The Age Gate feature step makes that easy to build into any photo booth flow.

What the Age Gate Does

Age Gate is a Feature Step that can be added anywhere in a photo booth's flow. When a guest reaches it, the experience pauses and shows a short verification screen asking them to confirm their age before moving on. If they don't meet the minimum, the flow can stop them or send them somewhere else entirely — all without writing custom code for each event.

Configuring the Gate

Everything about the pop-up is customizable, so it can match the tone of the event and the wording an operator needs:

• Age Limit in Years — the minimum age a guest must be to continue (for example, 18).
• Heading — the main title on the pop-up, like "Age Verification."
• Description — a short line under the heading that tells guests what's being asked, such as "Please confirm your age to continue."
• Error Message — what guests see if they don't meet the age requirement, like "You must be at least 18 years old to use this booth."

Each of these fields is plain text, so the wording can be adjusted per event — friendlier for a casual party, more formal for a licensed venue.

Deciding What Happens After a Failed Check

Rather than just leaving underage guests stuck on an error screen, Age Gate lets operators choose what happens next. Turning on "Go to specific step on Age Error" opens a dropdown to pick exactly which step the flow should jump to — for instance, sending guests back to the opening "Touch to Start" animation so the booth resets cleanly and stays ready for the next person in line.

There's also an optional internal Description field on the node itself. It isn't shown to guests — it only appears as a small collapsible label under the node inside the flow builder, so teams can leave themselves a note about what that step is for when reviewing a more complex flow later.

Why It's Useful

• Compliance without extra dev work — age-restricted branding or content can be gated in a few clicks.
• Consistent, on-brand messaging — every guest sees the same heading, prompt, and error text.
• No dead ends — because the "age error" destination is configurable, the booth can loop guests back gracefully instead of getting stuck.

Setting It Up

1. Add an Age Gate step to the flow, usually right after the opening screen.
2. Set the Age Limit in Years for the event.
3. Write the Heading, Description, and Error Message.
4. If guests who fail the check should be redirected, enable "Go to specific step on Age Error" and choose the step.

With Age Gate in place, any event that calls for an age check gets one — clearly, consistently, and without slowing guests down.