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How To Create & Sell Tickets Online In Minutes

Posted by eventasticadmin on November 10, 2017
Posted in: Branded Customer Tips, Event Planning, Ticketing Page How To's, Ticketing Tips. Tagged: , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Whether for local attractions, restaurants or mega sized events, you can create and begin selling your online tickets, vouchers and gift certificates in minutes.  You don’t need to be a computer wizard possessing coding skills to make it happen!

We’ve created our ticketing and registration platform to be extremely user friendly for both the organizer as well as the purchaser. You’ll be able to create tickets, vouchers, passes, gift certificates, parking passes plus more in a very short period of time and begin sharing online immediately.

Getting Started

Once signed in, whether a regular Eventastic user or one of our many Industry PRO License branded clients, you’ll click “Create” in the upper navbar to get started. The ticketing or registration page that you’ll begin creating will act as a mini website or ‘Micro-Site’ of it’s own whereby it will be the vehicle to hold and carry your Ecommerce, ticketing, vouchers, passes and all related data. This page can be easily linked to your website for people to click a button and begin processing their orders or used as a stand alone where you’ll share the link to the page itself to notify people of what you’re offering.

Once you click ‘Create’, enter the name you would like displayed on your page i.e. name of your event or title of your offering for the specified date and time. This name will not only act as the heading of your page but also be displayed under the key photo on your tickets. You’ll also be asked to choose a ‘Category’ and ‘Sub Category’ to refine search-ability for those pages set to be openly viewed by the general public. The categories chosen will also provide default photos to your ticketing/registration page which may be helpful but can be changed.

‘Let’s Go’ & Create Tickets Now!

Once you click ‘Let’s Go’ you’ll be taken to your new ticketing or registration page displayed with purple edit buttons for each feature section allowing you to change and add such things as pictures, attachments, agenda, sponsor and donation buttons as well as detailed info as you want presented.



Click the ‘Ticketing/Transaction’ button ‘On’ and you’ll be redirected to the Ticketing/Transaction Management page were you’ll have the option to choose the ticket type you want to create. View the list of various ticket types on the left and as you click and select each type you’ll see a mockup of that ticket type displayed on the right as an example of what you can create.

When you’ve selected your ticket type of choice then click the ‘Create’ button shown below the ticket example. Once clicked, your ticket template will open where you’ll add the name your ticket which will appear in the upper right corner of your ticket under the words “Valid For”. You’ll also add the price, a note to the purchaser inside the description box and indicate date/time the ticket will begin and stop selling.

Note: if indicating your ticket will not start selling until a date in the future then this ticket will not appear when ‘previewing’ your page with tickets. This feature is perfect for time released tickets such as Early Bird tickets being sold prior to General Admission tickets.

Note: Zero dollar tickets are displayed as ‘Register Free’ for those viewing your ticket selection. The title above your tickets is the wording you entered for your ‘Ticket Button Name Change’. See example below.

Be aware of the small info tags beside various options when creating your ticket type as they will provide additional information regarding that option when you hover over them. Most people will click ‘yes’ to ‘Apply fees to the purchaser’ when creating their ticket type as this then makes it a fee free program for you. If you click ‘yes’ to ‘Would you like this ticket type to count against capacity?’, your ticket sales for this ticket you’re creating will not exceed the capacity number you entered in ‘The Details’ section of your page and provide you a running count of any tickets sold as ‘attendees’ in your page dashboard.

Add promo codes and a registration form to this ticket as needed by simply clicking the respective buttons and following the prompts provided. Once your ticket is created to your liking, click ‘Save’ and this ticket will appear on your Ticket Management page. Every ticket type created will have a small square picture appear on the left side of the ticket. This picture is retrieved from the small square profile picture you add to your page to the left of the large square cover photo section. This can be a logo, a picture or whatever you see as being a key indicator for this event or offering.

Once your ticket(s) have been created and saved you’ll be ready to share! Click HERE to read our Top Tips To Sell More Tickets & Increase Registrations Online. See how easy it is to create your tickets by clicking here!

Cheers!

Redemption Made Easy

Posted by eventasticadmin on November 7, 2017
Posted in: Branded Customer Tips, Event Planning, Ticketing Page How To's. Tagged: , , , , , , . Leave a comment

The Eventastic Redemption App is available for your convenience when scanning tickets for on-site check-in! Whether you’re in a hall, working the gate at a local amusement or at the entrance of a large outdoor event, you can have your very own ticket scanner ready for scanning at any given moment.

Eventastic offers multiple methods of redemption but one of the easiest on-site check-in options is using our App on your smartphone, iPad or tablet.

It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Step 1 – Download

Search “Eventastic” in the App Store, and download the Eventastic App for FREE!

Step 2 – Login

Once the app is downloaded, you’ll be asked for your event ID and password for the ticketing or registration page for which you’re wanting to redeem.

These can be found in the dashboard of your ticketing/registration page while in edit mode. Click your page dashboard and scroll to the bottom of  the dashboard where you’ll see your Event ID Number displayed. If you have not already entered a password for your page you’ll need to enter it and save it where indicated.

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You can now enter both the Event ID Number as well as the Event Password into the App. Click ‘Login’ and you’ll be logged into your ticketing/registration page. If having others work the door for scanning you would give them your Event ID Number and Event Password so they too can enter it into their Eventastic App for scanning.

Step 3 – Start Scanning

You are now ready to begin scanning tickets!

You have a few options when redeeming tickets for your event when using our app. By clicking “scan ticket” the app will open the scanner allowing you to hover a red line over the ticket barcode to automatically scan the ticket. A popup will indicate whether the ticket has scanned successfully or not. You also have the option to enter a ticket ID number found beneath the barcode, or look up the ticket purchaser’s email, also found on the ticket in order to redeem.

Your Eventastic ticketing or registration page editing features and dashboard data cannot be accessed from the app; it is solely for scanning tickets, making it a very useful tool for anyone assigned for ‘Check-In’ to scan tickets. As a PRO Version Branded Client you will then be able to go into your Account Portal, go to the specific event, click ‘Options’ and view your full redemption report.

Our barcode scanning app enables instant redemption from your smart phone, iPad or laptop for printed PDF tickets! Avoid long lines by using our quick and easy app designed to accelerate the redemption process. Interested in more Eventastic redemption methods? Click here.

 

How To Effectively Use Photos To Market Your Ticketing

Posted by eventasticadmin on October 12, 2017
Posted in: Event Planning, Event Technology, Ticketing Page How To's, Ticketing Tips. Tagged: , , , , , . Leave a comment

So you have the task of creating ticketing or registration for an event or attraction but want a bit more dazzle to entice and inform purchasers or registrants? Personalizing your ticketing page can be a huge marketing advantage for your company or organization whereby you utilize the ‘cover photo’ section of the page to not only help advertise the offering but also get other messages to the viewer. Your ticketing page can actually be a microsite whereby viewers can not only click to get tickets or register but also be aware of so much more through the marketing photos you add to your page.

Need Some Inspiration?

We’ve seen clients get very creative with the photos they choose to add to the cover photo section of their ticketing page; sometimes adding multiple photos as a slide show previewing what’s to come. Some examples have been:

*Bright, colourful photos of spectators for sporting events

*’Thank You To Our Sponsors’ poster pic with all the sponsor logos displayed for added exposure

*Beautiful pieces of framed art displayed in the viewing room for an art exhibit

*Adorable puppy pics for a dog show

*Amazing classic cars for a car show & shine

*Creatively displayed menus and delectable food pics for restaurants selling gift certificates

*Candid shots of speakers for a conference

*Artists happily painting and drinking wine for a paint nite class

*Closeups of happy people enjoying lip-smacking, juicy bbq ribs for a rib festival as well as participating vendors

*Exciting stage shots of bands appearing for a concert

*Fun pics of patrons having a great time at an attraction

*A room filled with mingling attendees for a networking event

How To Get Started:

The recommended photo size for the cover photo section is 1200x600px. Landscape smartphone photos work great and can be cropped as you wish. While Eventastic offers default cover photo options for every page created, you can often get amazing free photos online when googling free photo sites which may be perfect for your offering. Create poster like pics using photoshop and even drag and drop logos and key photo pieces to ‘pages’ or other doc format to screenshot to the right size.

Once you create a page you’ll see the large cover photo section in the upper right corner of your page with an ‘edit’ button to upload your choices rather than stick with the default photos provided for the event type you initially indicated. Choose and add cover photos to accurately depict and demonstrate the event you are hosting.

Click ‘Edit’ on the Cover Photo to change and add cover photos to your page. You can drag and drop or click inside the box to upload one or multiple pictures.

Consider including photos from past successful events, current renderings, graphics, logos, or any marketing piece that you want visitors to your page to see. When pictures are loaded into the cover photo section, they will be shown as a revolving timed slide show with clickable arrows to allow visitors to browse through them.

Always ensure that the pictures you select display the material you are most wanting to highlight. Crop your picture as needed with our cropping feature by clicking ‘Crop’, clicking the upper left corner inside the picture where you’re wanting to crop, and drag the mouse over the area of the image you want to display on your page.

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The cover photos you choose to upload can be extremely important in adding to the success of your event or offering. Get as creative as your abilities allow. Capture the attention of viewers and give them a first impression of what they’ll experience. 

Eventastic software has been designed to provide new agile bendable products for your business, organization or attraction ticketing & registration needs. Create a ticketing/registration page on Eventastic.com or click here to learn more about our PRO Licence where you can own your own branded ticketing & registration software for as low as $1/month! All ticketing & registration pages created will display your colours and logo and all monies collected go directly to the bank account of your choice. PLUS, receive your own linkable search page holding all your offerings where viewers click to purchase/register without ever leaving your website.

Cheers!

5 Quick & Easy Steps To Create & Sell Tickets Through Your Own Website

Posted by eventasticadmin on July 5, 2017
Posted in: Attractions, Branded Customer Tips, Event Planning, Event Technology, Ticketing Page How To's, Ticketing Tips. Tagged: , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

How would you like to share your ticketing or registration options quickly and easily through your own website without bouncing purchasers to other websites to complete transactions? Want to raise your SEO and keep visitors on your site?

Eventastic always offers you the option to create and share a ticketing/registration page with multiple marketing features by simply inserting the link to your page in your website but did you know we also offer a quick & simple 5 step ticket creation method allowing you to utilize the Ticketing Kiosk for incidences where you just want a popup window displaying only your ticketing options.

Your website may already show all the necessary information they’ll need to sell them on your offering and all you need is the vehicle for them to make the purchase while maintaining their interest in your site. We can offer you that! You may decide to use your social media channels to steer people to your own website to view the offering info and purchase without all the bells and whistles offered through a full marketing/ticketing page. You’ve added the button “Get tickets” or “What’s Happening” and you simply need the link to ticketing where the registrant will easily click and purchase right on your website.

Eventastic software offers an option where you insert the link to the ticketing you create into your website so just a simple popup kiosk window displaying only your ticketing appears. No bouncing people to other websites to purchase and you raise your SEO! Plus, we’ve got a shortcut for you to create ticketing in 5 easy steps when wanting to utilize only the popup Ticketing Kiosk. Here’s how:

  1. Click ‘Create’ to begin and name your event or offering. This name will appear on the ticket type you create under the key photo on the ticket. A page will open giving you options to edit various sections if using the full marketing ticketing page but for just the Ticketing Kiosk continue reading below.
  2. Hover over the small square default photo and edit to add your key logo or photo which will appear on all tickets created.
  3. Click ‘Edit’ in ‘The Details’ section of the opened page. A popup template will appear where you’ll click to add the location, date, time and ‘capacity’ if relevant to your offering. The location, date and time will appear on your ticketing. The capacity will be relevant to add if you create a ticket that applies to capacity so you won’t oversell your event. The description section is not necessary to fill out if only creating tickets to share and sell and disregarding use of the full marketing page.
  4. Turn ‘Ticketing/Transaction’ ON and your ticketing management page will open where you’ll create your ticket types with options of stipulating ticket name, selling dates and times, description to appear on the ticket, promo code & registration form options along with other choices like passing along ticketing & credit card fees and even taxes if applicable to the purchaser leaving you no cost.
  5. Click the “Online Ticket Kiosk” button at the bottom of the ticketing manager page to retrieve the shareable link to your newly created tickets to insert into your website and even share through email & social media channels to start selling or taking registrations.

Eventastic software has been designed with your needs in mind providing new agile bendable products for your business, organization or attraction. No other software in the industry offers such a vast array of unique services, low pricing and customizable sales & marketing tools. With our new technology & your awesome branding the possibilities are endless. Click here to learn more about our PRO Licence for you to own your own branded ticketing & registration software for as low as $1/month! PLUS receive your own linkable search page holding all your offerings making it easy for people to view & process their transactions through your own website with funds going directly to you!

Cheers!

 

Recent Media Activities

Posted by eventasticadmin on July 29, 2013
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Event Planners Rejoice! Pack the House with the New Secret Sauce for Exceptional Event Ticket Sales

WATERLOO, Ontario, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Eventastic, a new online event planning solution, aims to help more than 100,000 professional event planners, plus anyone looking to organize any event, by launching today its easy to use, feature-rich Eventastic platform, designed for events with multiple income streams from agents or reps. Eventastic allows event planners to commission and easily administer commission-based event sales, resulting in much more motivated sales teams and increased revenue.

Eventastic launches today after a year of testing the platform. Particularly noteworthy is Eventastic’s “Get Your Cut” module for easy revenue management with a commission dashboard for event professional and individual users.

“Event organizers are often dependent on a team of volunteers for ticket sales – and will always experience mixed success. Eventastic’s EventRep feature helps to keep teams motivated, by providing transparency in commissions earned and total event sales, so both the sales team and the event organizers know exactly how they are performing at all times. Eventastic also allows an event organizer to bump up the commission immediately before an event to fill any open spaces and always pack the house,” says Randy Bird, CEO of Eventastic.

Eventastic offers a range of unique features including:

  • Sophisticated video messaging, for greater open rates and personal thank you’s
  • Photo sharing including broadcasting live at events with no special phone app required
  • Income earners for venues and active event planning corporations
  • Cash gifting and cash donations for your charity events and personal parties

“Staying organized is probably the single most important aspect to plan a successful event,” says Randy Bird. “Use of technology can alleviate stress and Eventastic can help manage any event of any size, from a small family reunion to the largest of charity galas, this platform is designed to meet every event need.”

Eventastic offers a free sign up and is free to use for all non-cash generating events. For more information or to register today, visit www.eventastic.com.

ABOUT EVENTASTIC

Eventastic.com is the digital solution of choice for event planners everywhere and part of the Giftopia Inc. family of products, including http://www.theweddingregistry.me and http://www.giftopia.me. The Giftopia Family of products aims to make online event management and gifting, whether it’s a keg party or a wedding, much simpler and easier to administer, integrating with social platforms and tools and providing an experience that professionals can maximize for their use as well.

Here are some medias that picked up our Press release

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