Angels for Children asked us if it was possible to upgrade our events systems to enable the generation of tickets that could be scanned at the entrance. Even better if the system could be paperless!
Of course, we said YES! We are always up for the challenge of creating better systems for both our clients and their website users.
We extended our event system with the following features:
With well over 400 tickets sold, the event went ahead on schedule last weekend and the ticket scanning system worked perfectly! The Angels had 4 or 5 people with smartphones at the door, ready to scan tickets, and they said, and I quote,
"It's awesome, we cleared the queue within 10 minutes"
This wasn't the first time the Roojai Events system had been used with scannable tickets, but we are super pleased that it went so well with a pretty decent sized attendance, and even more pleased that the Angels loved it so much.
Angels for Children had used these third party event platforms in the past so we asked them why they preferred an inhouse option and they said:
"The process of posting a new event or changes to an existing required a certain amount of lead time. So this caused some delays as many of our past events were last minute or needed immediate changes. By bringing the ticket system in-house, we now have complete control and can post/edit on the fly"
To close up, we should highlight there are some cost implications, although the difference here is pretty minor. Our system uses Snipcart as the e-commerce solution, and Stripe and the payment gateway, and the pricing for Angels for Children for both of these together is around 5% of the ticket price.
Eventbrite charges 5.99% for the same functionality whereas ticketflap costs 7%. So only 1-2% difference here but even a small saving is still a saving.
Its great to see our systems benefiting our clients and making their lives easier. This is another example of building systems to meet specific needs rather than using an off-the-shelf solution that does not deliver the best results.
If you need any assistance with the set up of event systems on your website then please do reach out to us!
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