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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Fee Free Friday is not just big, it’s MEGA, man! This week’s round-up of the controversy surrounding ticket fees includes… MEGAdeth waiving fees. MEGA nightclubs under new scrutiny. A list of venues that offer MEGA value to the ticket buyer. And new concerns about MEGA fees on “MEGA tickets.” All that and MEGA woes in the…
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UPDATE – More actionable evidence has come to light on restaurants selling tickets instead of taking telephone reservations. Past speculation, controversy and false starts notwithstanding, the move toward restaurant ticket systems may be reaching a tipping point. An Eye Popping Percentage Previous posts looked at restaurants, operating in niche markets or radically altering their service making…
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Eight decades of success continued this past weekend as the 86th Annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays were held at the University of Texas in Austin. In addition to being one of the most popular track & field events in the country, the Relays serve as a reference standard for how to sell tickets to outdoor…
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Possibly inspired by a popular dog shaming web site, a restaurant has started publicly disparaging no-show diners on social media. While humorous to some, it is most definitely not the solution for restaurant reservation no-shows. The solution is selling pre-paid tickets in advance. Shame on whom? Red Medicine, a restaurant in Beverly Hills California, was the center…
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Author Mark Twain once said “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.” Meaning that competitiveness is not a matter of physical size, but rather a mental attitude. That expression holds true for any small venue and especially so for small live music venues. In this post are…
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This ThunderTix “how-to” post shows parents how to sell youth league baseball tickets just like the big nonprofit organizations. It’s easier than you think! The easiest sale of all The 2013 season of youth league baseball (also known as “little league”) is underway and parents across the country are doing everything they can to help fund raise for their…
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With the Age of the Internet well underway, it is a foregone conclusion you should sell rodeo tickets online…or is it? Two big rodeos in Oklahoma and Oregon are selling tickets the old fashion way, but that may not be the best way to serve the needs of the buyers. Find out if time honored traditions for…
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Once the hero of WWII, now the darling of sightseers worldwide, today’s brightly colored amphibious duck tour “trucks” have come a long way from storming the beach at Normandy. And tour operators have come a long way by building thriving small businesses from the decommissioned military hardware. This post looks at examples from around the…
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Bands love their fans. Some bands love their fans so much they have started selling concert tickets to them directly. This edition of ‘Thinking Outside the Box(office)’ looks at how bands sell tickets online Direct To Fans (“D2F”) using a new D2F mobile app. More importantly the question that must be asked is “Should the…
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