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Secure Event Ticketing - PSD2: SCA Requirement by EU

How does ThunderTix provide secure event ticketing? For secure event ticketing, we recommend our users switch their payment gateway to Stripe or Square instead of others like Authorize.net.  Let’s discuss the reason for our recommendation. PSD2: SCA Requirement Imposed by the EU The European Union (EU) has continued to set rigorous standards to ensure the…
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Sell Tickets Online & Measuring Success

All too often, when you first start to sell tickets to your event online, the act of measuring success goes neglected or put off until after the event is over. Such an oversight is understandable (events are hard work!) but there are critical measurements to be taken during the entire timeline of a ticket sale. Measuring…
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Social Ticket Sales: Twitter Etiquette For Fun & Profit

Twitter’s IPO has the investment world salivating over the popular social network’s potential to generate billions in profits. And just like when Facebook became a publicly traded company, the Twitter IPO is causing a rash of new user sign-ups. Many new Twitters users are unaware of the etiquette for how go about promoting events correctly.…
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Ticketing Software for Nonprofit Christmas Events

When planning nonprofit Christmas events it is important to understand the role ticketing software plays in making the most of the season’s generosity. Lots of Christmas Bookings Recently, Event Industry News published “Early Indications Point Towards Events Industry Growth Over Christmas” and cited promising economic indicators for venues booking Christmas events. Although it’s still early days…
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Spinning Plates & Selling Restaurant Tickets

A documentary film featuring chef Grant Achatz – a pioneer of selling restaurant tickets – puts the spotlight on just how meaningful food can be and the power it has to connect us to one another. Spinning Plates Often eclipsed by the glamour and excitement of fine dining are the stories of the people behind the scenes…
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Online Ticketing Software: Best Practices for Order Fulfillment

Order fulfillment is the primary task of selling tickets, be it in-person or through online ticketing software. While in-person fulfillment is a relative slam-dunk, online is a slightly different animal, especially when the occasional credit card chargeback is involved. Here are some best practices for order fulfillment and chargebacks. Order Fulfillment Outside the context of…
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Haunted House Ticketing Software & Talent Auditions

If you’re conducting talent auditions for an upcoming haunted house, now is the time to review your choice in haunted house ticketing software! Here’s why…

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Best Practices: Event Vendor Forms

Coordinating event vendor forms can be quite the time consuming chore, made all the more cumbersome when official city forms are involved. The last thing you need to be doing is babysitting a FAX machine or waiting in line at the post office. There is a better way…

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Top 5 Best Practices For Online Credit Card Processing

Fast and furious isn’t just a movie title – it’s how you’ll describe your ticket sales after reading these best practices for online credit card processing. ThunderTix strives to provide you with the very best tools to sell more tickets. And after reading these best practices for credit card processing, you’ll see how our tools can…
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