There is a small tension at the heart of inviting people online. You want the event to be easy to find and easy to share. You do not want your home address sitting on a link that can be forwarded to anyone. For a party at a venue this does not matter. For a party at your house, it does.
The two things an invite is doing
An invitation answers two separate questions. The first is should I come, which needs the date, the vibe, and roughly where it is. The second is where exactly do I go, which only matters once someone has decided to come. Most tools blur these together and put the full street address on the page from the first tap. That is the part worth separating.
Show the area, reveal the door
On PopIn you can set how much of the location each guest sees. You can show the full address to everyone, show only the suburb, or show the suburb until a guest RSVPs that they are going and then reveal the exact address. That last option is the sweet spot for a house party. People can see it is a fifteen minute walk away and decide to come, and only the people actually coming get your door number.
Why this matters more than it used to
Event links get forwarded. That is a feature, not a bug, it is how your friend invites their flatmate. But a link that carries your home address travels just as easily as one that does not. Revealing the address only after someone commits means the people who have your exact location are the people you actually invited, not everyone three groupchats downstream.
It still works for guests without an account
The reveal logic applies to everyone, including guests who do not have a PopIn account. A no account guest sees the suburb, taps that they are going on their invite link, and the full address appears. No sign up, same protection. You are not trading privacy for the no account convenience that makes the whole thing work.
A sensible default
If you are hosting at home and you are not sure, reveal on going is the setting to pick. It costs your guests nothing, it keeps your address off forwarded links, and it means the map only opens for the people walking through your door. For a public event at a bar, show the full address from the start. Match the setting to whether the location is yours or somewhere everyone can already go.