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Why Creating Ticketing For A Free Event Makes Sense

Posted by eventasticadmin on April 11, 2019
Posted in: Branded Customer Ticketing/Registration Tips, Creating Ticketing, Event Planning Tips, Registration Forms, Silent Auction Promotion. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment
Eventastic ticketing and registration software was designed to allow you to easily and quickly create your ticketing & registration for small, large or mega sized events; whether for daily attraction ticketing, huge concerts, fundraisers, sporting & art classes or even a small personal get-together. We’ve made it super simple for you to create a page and add the features you want and need to help market, add intrigue and encourage attendance as well as encourage additional revenue generation.
In creating this software we felt it was important to provide the organizer/user not only the tools to be able to sell tickets, products, services as well as collect money for special causes but also to permit free registrations for free events and also allow for those extra sales opportunities and collection options as well as facilitate data collection necessary to encourage even more success with future offerings.
By creating a free ticket for your free to attend party or event you’ll have the tools at hand to add other features to your registration page to not only entice participation and encourage attendance but also build the excitement you’re looking for from your guests through such features as photo and video sharing, silent auction items sneak peak option plus more. (You’ll love the auto-generated customized silent auction bid sheets!)  Even features like donation & guest funding button options can easily be added to your page to allow online transactions for a special cause 24/7 especially for those who can’t attend but still want to give.  Easily add options to allow purchasing of products or services you’re also wanting registrants to be aware of as well as any social media channels for easy follows, likes and sharing.
In addition we’ve provided an easy to read dashboard for your registration page which displays all registrants and transactions made on a real time basis 24/7; showing all funds collected, pertinent registrant contact info for this and future event offerings plus downloadable spreadsheets displaying registration questions & answers you may have requested. It’s easy to have guests simply attend an event for free with no signup requirements but it makes more sense to take advantage of using extra features offered through your registration software helping with fundraising and gaining helpful information which can be used to facilitate future events or causes.

Some Regularly Used Registration Form Questions:

  • *Do you as our guest prefer chicken or fish?
  • *Do you have any allergies you would like us to be aware of?
  • *Where did you hear of this event? Radio, TV, Print Ads, Social Media, other?
  • *Would you or others you know be interested in attending future events of this nature?
  • *Are you interested in receiving our monthly newsletter?
  • *Would you like to be contacted by someone from our sales team to inform you of our offerings?
  • *Do you have any recommendations for future events offered through our company?
  • *Would you be interested in volunteering with our organization?

No other software in the industry offers such a vast array of unique services and customizable sales & marketing tools for free or paid ticketed events! Take a moment to create your free registration ticketing page and take advantage of the innovative features available at your fingertips. Don’t already have an account? Click here to test drive our basic software or learn about our ‘PRO’ Branded Version now.

Cheers!

Top 3 Ways To Begin Ticket Sales Through Your Branded Ticketing Platform

Posted by eventasticadmin on March 12, 2019
Posted in: Branded Customer Ticketing/Registration Tips, Event Planning Tips, Promotion Tips, Ticket & Registration Strategy. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

So you’ve created the ticketing for your event and now wonder how best to share and begin sales? Here are the top 3 ways we recommend sharing when you own your branded ticketing software through Eventastic.com.

Begin by signing into your branded ticketing platform using your custom URL which was created during your sign up process. Once signed in you can proceed to share using any or all of the following options.

Sharing Option 1 – Branded Platform Search Page:

When you type your branded ticketing URL or share this URL through social media channels, emails, your website etc. the link will take you to your landing/search page as viewed in our example shown below. Any ticketing/registration event pages that have been created and clicked to be “public” (button at the top of your event page created) will appear as ‘cards’ on your landing page as viewed below. The more event pages, the more ‘cards’ appearing for people to click & view your offerings, buy tickets or register.

You may already have an Events tab/button or a “What’s Happening” button on your business website which now may easily be linked to your branded ticketing Landing/Search Page URL for instances when you have multiple events or special dates to be announced.

Sharing Option 2 – Full Event Page:

When you click to ‘Create’ an event page on your branded platform, a templated page appears where you can scroll from top to bottom and add the various features you want appearing on this page along with your ticketing or registration to help ‘sell’ and market your event. Add various features like photos, tickets, key points about the event, donation button for those unable to attend, agenda, video clips etc. When the link to this event page is shared, people can view all the details added to the page and click to purchase tickets. (Note: free events can have tickets created for zero dollars)

The shareable link to an event page created is found while in edit mode in “The Details” section of the page. Simply click the edit button and the popup appears displaying ‘Your Shareable Link’ which can be customized as you wish prior to beginning to sell the tickets. Simply copy and paste the sharable link to emails, social media channels, link to business website through a “Get Tickets Here” button, or “Register Here” button etc. and when a person clicks they will view the event page holding the tickets as created and make their purchases.

Sharing Option 3 – Ticketing Kiosk Window:

A third option in sharing your ticketing or free registration for an event is by using the ‘Ticketing Kiosk’ which is auto-generated every time tickets are created on an event page. The Ticketing Kiosk is a window holding just the tickets you create with no other marketing features for the event. Many organizers will intersperse the use of the kiosk for instances where their business website already shows all the event details or through social media channels where you just want to display the ticket portion only when the link is clicked.

The Ticket Kiosk is found when you click to ‘edit ticketing’ and scroll down to the button that reads “Online Ticket Kiosk”.

Once clicked you will be presented with various options in using & sharing this kiosk link holding your tickets. A full description is provided on the popup that appears. For instance, you’ll be provided a link to be copied, pasted and used when wanting to share only your tickets on social media channels without sharing the full marketing event page you created. When this link is shared and clicked the viewer will only see the ticketing portion of the page for quick customer purchases.

Hope this has been helpful. Please let us know if you have questions by emailing judy@eventastic.com.

Cheers!

 

 

How To Create & Sell Tickets Online In Minutes

Posted by eventasticadmin on November 10, 2017
Posted in: Branded Customer Ticketing/Registration Tips, Creating Ticketing, Event Planning 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!

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

Posted by eventasticadmin on July 5, 2017
Posted in: Branded Customer Ticketing/Registration Tips, Creating Ticketing, Event Planning Tips, Event Technology, Ticket Kiosk. 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!

 

Top Tips To Sell More Tickets & Increase Registrations Online

Posted by eventasticadmin on March 30, 2017
Posted in: Branded Customer Ticketing/Registration Tips, Creating Ticketing, Event Planning Tips, Event Technology, Gamification Using Sales Rep System, Promotion Tips, Promotional Code Creation, Sponsorship, Sponsorships, Ticket Kiosk. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Do you have the job of selling tickets, vouchers and/or passes for a show, concert, seminar, workshop, attraction, program or other gathering? It’s every organizer’s dream to easily create their tickets and sell fast or increase registrations! All too often customers/guests wait till the last minute to purchase their tickets, possibly waiting to see who else will be attending or even waiting to see if time will allow them to attend that date.  It can be a daunting and overwhelming task when you feel it’s on your shoulders to market your offering whereby people will be attracted and intrigued to buy their tickets or register early.

Aside from Eventastic’s software being very user friendly for the organizer as well as the purchaser/registrant we’ve got a few creative tips for helping you get the word out online to intrigue customers/guests and get those sales and registrations happening fast!

1. Create & Share A Full Micro-Site

With Eventastic, one of the multiple ways you can get the word out effectively is by creating your free-registration, tickets, vouchers, passes and Ecommerce options through a micro-site you customize for your needs. We offer you multiple marketing tool options within the Micro-Site template to attract and intrigue your customers or guests through photos, poster marketing, video advertisement options, schedule/agenda listing with added marketing capabilities, adding additional informational files (i.e. menus, parking options), donation button options, sponsor logo listings linked to their websites for added exposure, etc.

Give viewers a feel for what they’ll experience. Make your Micro-Site eye-catching and contain information letting them know what they’ll see, hear, experience with an easy click ticketing/registration button.

  • * Share your Micro-Site auto-generated URL link through email and all social media channels making it easy for people to click the link, review & purchase immediately. Tag other social media users to encourage them to share.
  • * Add your Micro-Site to your own website increasing your SEO as purchasers are not bounced to other websites to complete their orders. They’ll be able to see all the details, get excited with your offering and be able to simply click the registration/purchase button to indicate their choice and proceed to checkout! All major credit cards are accepted along with Visa debit any day any time.

2. Share Your Custom Auto-Generated Kiosk Window

Once you indicate your intention to create a Micro-Site with ticketing or free registration you’ll see where to add general info like name, date and address of your offering. The profile pic you add, whether a logo or otherwise, will appear on any ticketing, vouchering or passes created. When you click to create a Micro-Site with ticketing, you also get a URL link for a FREE auto-generated Kiosk Window holding all your ticketing/ecommerce options.

While sharing both the full Micro-Site and Kiosk Window is recommended depending on who and where you are sharing your ticketing/registration options, you always have the option to simply complete the name, address, date, add a profile pic, create ticketing and then ONLY utilize the FREE auto-generated ticketing kiosk window for those ‘quick to the point’ sales.

  • * Share the kiosk window custom link through email and all social media channels
  • * Add the kiosk to your own website whereby people wanting to register or purchase tickets are not given a full detailed marketing page with ticketing but rather see only their purchase options, add to cart and checkout any day, any time.

The key is to make it as easy as possible for registrations and purchases to occur. Don’t lose their interest by making them jump from site to site to complete the order.  Make it a one step process to click and buy through your kiosk window.

3. Creative Timed/Limited Ticketing

Our ticketing, vouchers and passes give you customized options whereby various levels of ticketing can be created and displayed according to the time frame you indicate.

  • * Offer Early Bird options whereby discounted prices are available for a short time period. People love to get in on the ‘deal’ so adjust your pricing accordingly to encourage early sales.
  • * We also give you the tools to only offer certain numbers of ticket types (i.e. only 100 available VIP passes or only 200 seats available) which when advertised as ‘limited sales’ will entice early purchases.

4. Promotional Discount Codes

The use of promo codes is a great way of providing an option of lowering the cost of your offering to all or a limited number of purchasers or registrants. You can be very creative when creating your codes depending on your goals.

  • * Create promo codes for all purchasers whereby you cleverly let people know what your tickets are worth yet offer codes discounting the pricing thus ‘giving a deal’ for those using the codes
  • * Create customized promo codes for specific groups highlighting their value to your event or business and encouraging sales/registrations
  • * Encourage groups given customized promo codes to share them with their clients & business associates to again spread the word

5. Sponsorship Appreciation

Many times sponsors are involved with events to help support it’s success but only get acknowledgement the day of the event or if mentioned through social media posts. Eventastic offers a great option for you to give back to all sponsors by giving them way more exposure prior to the event while also encouraging them to help with sales and registrations. It’s a win-win for both.

  • * Add sponsors names and links to your micro-site for their added exposure every time your micro-site page is shared
  • * Tell your sponsors you’ve added them to your micro-site giving them more exposure and encourage their assistance in sharing your page through email and social media channels
  • * When you create promo codes, Eventastic allows you to add special messaging on tickets, vouchers and passes when purchased and those promo codes are used. By adding a special thank you message and informing sponsors of this feature, they will no doubt want to assist in sharing your ticketing to increase sales and subsequently have their name appear on all ticketing.

6. Sales Rep Rewards System

Looking for even more exposure and increased revenue? Eventastic gives users the tools to gamify their ticket sales by adding sales/event representatives to their created micro-site holding their tickets, vouchers, passes and ecommerce and subsequently reward their efforts.

  • *Organizers simply click to turn ‘Gamify Sales’ on at the top of their created micro-site and add the names and email addresses of people assigned as sales reps.
  • *These sales representatives are then emailed a custom auto-generated link to the ticketing page and encouraged to share this link through email and social media channels which then can be monitored and tracked by the organizer as well as the Rep for all transactions made.
  • *Organizers are provided the tools to gamify the process and encourage more sales by monitoring each sales rep results and offer rewards to top sellers.

From daily attraction ticketing to mega sized events, Eventastic’s technology 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.  Click here to learn more.

Eventastic Makes Camp & Program Registration Easier For All

Posted by Judy Bird on March 24, 2017
Posted in: Branded Customer Ticketing/Registration Tips, Creating Ticketing, Event Planning Tips, Event Technology, Organizing Community Events, Ticket & Registration Strategy. Tagged: , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Eventastic Makes Camp Registration Easier For All

Are You Collecting Camp Registrations Effectively & Efficiently?

5 Top Reasons To Choose Eventastic’s Software For Camp Registration

  1. You’ll be able to easily create an informative camp registration/micro-site page for FREE in minutes with access to many cool marketing tools like photo/video uploads, schedule list, your merchandise sales etc. to help inform & entice people to participate in your camp or program.
  2. Add user friendly, timed registration options (Early Bird and/or Regular Registration) to your page making it easy for registrants to click and pay any time, from anywhere as well as collect registration questions data in a easy to read dashboard with readily downloadable .csv files
  3. Registrants’ payments get passed directly to your organization or business bank account when you sign up for the Industry Pro License. PLUS, our very low processing fees can be passed along to registrants so you the organizer incur NO COSTS!
  4. Share your branded registration page through a link easily added on your own website and/or share through email and all social media channels to get the word out fast in an attractive simple to read and use format.
  5. All pages open to the public are auto-added to Eventastic’s Search Listing for added exposure allowing those interested to click and register any time, from anywhere, on any device when you’ve added registration to your page.

Eventastic has developed software with your needs in mind by providing new agile bendable products for your business, organization or attraction. We offer deluxe registration & services for any sized organization or business where registration, ticketing, vouchering, passes and product sales are needed. Add questions to your registration or ticketing or as part of our special offer we will give you a deluxe customized registration form that makes sign up easy for your clients at no charge!

Example registration form from one of our many clients – PetExpo:

Perfect for events, attractions, conferences, programs, festivals, kids camps, trade shows etc., we now offer assignable and combo technology allowing for a great user experience with you left shining! Want to see a camp registration micro-site demo? Click here.

Your Quick Tips Guide To Creating Effective Ticketing And Registration

Posted by Judy Bird on February 2, 2017
Posted in: Branded Customer Ticketing/Registration Tips, Creating Ticketing, Event Planning Tips, Event Technology, Promotion Tips, Ticket & Registration Strategy. Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . Leave a comment

Eventastic offers amazing online ticketing and registration tools where you’ll be able to effectively market and manage what you’re offering whether it be ticketing, free registration, e-commerce sales of items or services as well as taking donations or crowdfunding for a cause. Perfect for small gatherings or mega events and attractions, we’re sure you’ll enjoy its user friendly interface both from an organizer as well as ticket purchaser point of view.eventastics-online-ticketing-registration-software

Let’s Get Creating on Eventastic.com!

Once you click “Create” the process simply involves clicking and filling in templates to populate your free micro website with all the marketing features you’ll need to help make it a success. Remember that each template popup has tiny information guides if needing further direction.

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  1. Add the name & choose category most relevant for search purposes & to auto-load our suggested default photos
  2. Edit location,date,time, description and even add a custom URL! It is within this template popup you’ll see your shareable link to this created page ready to copy and paste when page is completed to your satisfaction.
  3. The location/capacity button will give you the option of adding a location & venue capacity if limited. This capacity number entered will be relevant if choosing within the ticketing template to count your ticket type purchased against capacity so you’ll never over sell.
  4. Upload the square profile picture at the top left to represent your page. This photo will also serve to be the logo or picture to appear on the purchaser’s tickets, vouchers or passes.
  5. Add one or multiple cover photos (recommended 1200x600px) for marketing/advertising purposes to give the guest a feel of what they will experience when they attend.
  6. Click to add ticketing/registration to your page. Add and customize details of your tickets, vouchers, passes created ie. name, duration of sale (both time and date) and pass along fees to purchasers as you wish (leaving you with no cost) Remember a free ticket created allows for free registration.
  7. Add any number of registration questions to any ticket type created for purchasers to answer when completing their transaction.
  8. Add promo codes to any ticket type created and have a special message added to the ticket when purchased using this promo code.
  9. Customize your ‘purchase button’ (auto set as Get Tickets – Register) within the ticketing feature to lead purchasers to  “Get Tickets”, “Register Here”, “Click Here To Sign Up” or customized as you wish.
  10. In the same fashion by filling in templates you’ll be able to click and add/edit all other marketing features and options on your page like ‘additional files’ (menus/parking), ‘agenda’ (listing of speakers or entertainers), ‘e-commerce buttons’ (sponsor acknowledgement, guest funding, donation, silent auction and item/service sales), ‘social media links’, ‘photo albums’ and ‘video’ messaging.

Click the ‘Ticketing Kiosk’ button for your auto-generated custom kiosk where when shared ONLY your ticketing or registration options will appear and not the full marketing page you’ve created. Within the ticketing kiosk feature you’ll have the option to cut & paste your kiosk code right into your own website! The code you add to your own website will allow purchasers to click the button on your website and purchase tickets or register without being bounced to other websites for purchases!

Our marketing features offered for your ticketing/registration microsite were designed to help you advertise your offering and support and encourage its success! If it is open to the public and not a private listing then once your page is completed to your satisfaction click to “Make your page public” (at the top of your page in preview mode) and your page will automatically be loaded into Eventastic’s search page where all public listings are presented as clickable cards helping you get the word out faster and encourage more sales!

Got Questions?

We’re always available to answer your questions! Please email support@eventastic.com and we will be happy to assist or click here to watch our helpful tutorials!
Hope this has been helpful! Looking forward to continuing to offer great online tools and tips serving your ticketing & registration needs.

Cheers!