- Ticketing platforms keep a share of every ticket, and your visitors buy on another website.
- With a ticketing system of your own, your visitors and your data stay with you.
- Seat booking on the plan of your own venue, scannable tickets and discount codes are all possible.
- After delivery the system is fully yours, and it comes with you when you change websites.
- A custom build starts from €2,500.
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What a ticketing platform costs you
A ticketing platform is quick to set up. But it keeps a share of every ticket, or charges your visitor a fee per ticket. And your visitors buy their ticket on another website, in the platform's house style.
There is more: the platform knows who your audience is better than you do. That makes it harder to reach your visitors yourself for your next show.
Your audience is the most important thing you have. Don't leave it with someone else.
What a ticketing system of your own can do
Seat booking on your own seating plan
Your visitor chooses their own seat on a plan of your venue, with stalls, balcony, wheelchair spaces and fixed rows. Exactly as your venue is laid out.
Ticket types and limited numbers
Early bird, day tickets, combined tickets or group rates, each with its own price and its own number available. Sold out means sold out.
Scannable tickets
Every ticket gets a code. At the door you scan with a phone, with no extra devices and no lists.
Paying by Bancontact, iDEAL and card
Through Mollie, with the money going straight into your account.
In any language
Your visitors choose their own language and go through everything in that language, right up to the confirmation email.
Platform or your own system?
| A ticketing platform | A system of your own | |
|---|---|---|
| Cost per ticket | Commission or service fee | No commission |
| Where your visitor buys | On the platform's website | On your own website |
| Seating plan | Standard | Your own venue, row by row |
| Visitor data | With the platform | With you |
| Fitting it to your venue | Limited | Built around how you work |
Fully yours
A ticketing system we build to measure is fully yours after delivery: the code, the data and your visitors. If you ever have a new website made, you simply take your ticketing with you.
You also choose where it runs: built into your existing website, as a web app of its own on your domain, and hosted by us or in your own environment.
What does it cost?
A custom build starts from €2,500, paid once. The price depends on what you need, such as the number of venues, ticket types or integrations with your till. You get a proposal with a clear price up front.
How we go about it
- 1A conversation about your venue, your shows and how you sell today.
- 2A proposal with what we will build, what it costs and when it goes live.
- 3A design, so you can see how your visitors will buy.
- 4Building and testing, together with you.
- 5Live, and after that we stay available to keep building.
We build it around how you work, in any language, and after delivery it is fully yours.
Frequently asked questions
What does a ticketing system of your own cost?
A custom build starts from €2,500, paid once. The price depends on your venue and what you need. You get a proposal with a clear price up front.
Can visitors choose their seat on the plan of our venue?
Yes. We recreate the plan of your own venue, with stalls, balcony, wheelchair spaces and fixed rows.
How do we check tickets at the door?
Every ticket gets a code that you scan with a phone. You don't need any extra devices.
Does the ticketing work in more than one language?
Yes. Your visitors choose their own language and go through everything in that language, right up to the confirmation email.
Is the system ours after delivery?
Yes. The code, the data and your visitors are yours. If you ever have a new website made, you take your ticketing with you.
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