Tag: gate efficiency

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Getting Started With Barcoded Ticket Scanning

A long line of people translates into lost opportunities for greater profits. Why? Because people who are “too busy” standing in line don’t buy food and drinks, t-shirts, or souvenirs. So how do you minimize long lines and get people through the door faster without adding more staff? Three words: barcoded ticket scanning You may…
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Serve, Sell & Scan Tickets with Tablet Computers

Tablet computers, like the ASUS Transformer Prime and Google’s Nexus 7, are the hottest consumer products available. Tablets are also great tools for ticket sales and improving gate efficiency when they are used with a handheld barcode scanner. In this post, busy venues and tour guides considering a tablet can read of the potential benefits as well as use with a…
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Festival Tickets

Festival tickets: Lessons learned

Not every festival is a triumph. What is important is that you apply the lessons learned from less than stellar results to future events. This edition of ‘The Business of Fun’ looks at beer festival gate efficiency issues, past and present – something any festival operator can learn from. Plus, some best practices for using barcode…
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Fast Times (and lines) at Whitewater Amphitheater

Recently, Pollstar released a list of the top fifty outdoor venues in the U.S., and our own White Water Amphitheater in New Braunfels, Texas, charted at number thirty six. Having musical guests such as Girl Talk, Ghostland Observatory, and Bob Dylan, WWA helps add to this mecca for outdoor tubing and camping by bringing live outdoor entertainment to the area. ThunderTix staff had the privilege of seeing our venue in action over sold out shows as they moved five thousand through the gates with hassle free efficiency and left our team glowing with pride.

Gate efficiency – A look at barcode scanners

Like any technology, barcode scanners are constantly changing. What never changes is the need for your event to be cost effective and profitable. We’ll quickly take a fresh look at how ticket barcode scanners increase gate efficiency and reduce patron wait times. Why do we blog this? Whether your venue has one entrance or several, the use…
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New Barcode Scanning Features

  New Barcode Ticket Scanning Software Features We have two new features to introduce for barcode scanning that will further streamline your gate’s efficiency. Scan All Events – Now you can scan an entire evening’s performances all on the same page–no more toggling back and forth between browser windows for different events or ticket types.Example:…
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