Overview: Selling Tickets

Tickets are the mechanism for issuing bidder numbers so each guest at a Gala (paper and/or paddle bidding) must have a ticket in order to bid.  

Since Admission tickets generate bidder numbers, each guest can only have one ticket; however, add-on items can be offered during registration for other types of "tickets" (eg, raffle, pre/post-event parties, childcare).

You can also use the Ticket Sales features for events without paper or paddle bidding - though there may be easier ways to register guests for events - particularly for events with free admission.

Tickets can be issued in several ways:

• Guests can purchase their own tickets online, and/or
• Guests can respond to an email Invitation to Buy a Ticket sent from your User list, and/or
• Your team can enter tickets internally from RSVP/Order forms, and/or
• Your team can sell Tickets at the event during check-in, and/or
• Tickets can be self-imported from a spreadsheet you provide.

You create your own menu of tickets to sell and can specify:

• Where and when each type of ticket is sold
• How much each ticket costs (can be $0)
• How many guests the ticket admits
• Whether the guests on the ticket have their own bidder numbers or share one

You can customize your registration forms to:

• Display only the fields you wish to collect data in
• Add custom fields to collect data unique to your needs
• Rename the fields, labels, and headers to terms familiar to your community
• Specify the available payment options
• Offer add-on items and select where they display on the forms
• Edit the confirmation message and receipt generated

1. How will you issue tickets? 
2. What types of tickets will you offer?
3. What information do you need to collect?
4. What payment options will you offer?
5. Are there add-on items you want to offer during the registration process?

• Migrating Potential Guest Records from a Previous Event Site 
• Creating the Ticket Types You Want to Sell
• Customizing Your Registration Forms
• Collecting the Information You Need
• Setting up Your Guest/Sales Receipt
• Selling Add-on Items During Registration
• Entering Tickets from RSVP/Order Forms
• Setting up Online Ticket Sales
• Selling Tickets at Check-in
• Self-Importing from an Existing Spreadsheet