ECP features

[Ana]

Hi,

I’ve looked around a fair bit and am pretty sure you’re one of the most responsive calendar plugins for WP, so I’ll very likely get your pro and a couple other add-ons.

Before I do, may I know whether the ECP family can fulfil my following requirements?

1. Can it show inventory? E.g. 4 tickets left!
2. Similarly, can it show number of days left before sales close? E.g. 2 days left to get your tickets!
3. What is the difference between WP tickets and Woocommerce? Both screenshots look exactly the same (except seems the latter can generate e-tickets).
4. Understand the ticket plugins can trigger auto emails once payments are confirmed. Can they be used to generate any other mass emails to registered participants, such as dissemination of agendas?

Thanks in advance for the clarifications!

[Ana]

Sorry, one more:

5. Will Woo tickets work seamlessly with the Woocommerce CRM?

[Geoff]

Hello Ana,

Thanks so much for reaching out! I’m really glad to hear you’re checking out The Events Calendar and considering going with PRO and WooCommerce Tickets while you’re at it. 🙂

Excellent questions–let’s try to hit them one at a time:

1. Can it show inventory? E.g. 4 tickets left!

Yes, it actually can! While the total number of available tickets are not displayed on the events page by default, there is a way to do so using the tribe_events_count_available_tickets() function. In other words, that can be used in the calendar template to count and display the number of remaining tickets for a specific event, if needed.

2. Similarly, can it show number of days left before sales close? E.g. 2 days left to get your tickets!

Oooo, I’m afraid not. The tickets do display and hide on the start and end dates you specify for them, but they do not show those dates on the front end. Good idea though!

3. What is the difference between WP tickets and Woocommerce?

I have to admit that I’m unfamiliar with WP Tickets–is that a particular plugin you’re looking into? I can tell you that our ticketing plugin–WooCommerce Tickets–integrates with WooCommerce so you can create tickets for events directly in the event post editor and sell the tickets through WooCommerce.

4. Understand the ticket plugins can trigger auto emails once payments are confirmed. Can they be used to generate any other mass emails to registered participants, such as dissemination of agendas?

Unfortunately, no. Not at this time. 🙁

5. Will Woo tickets work seamlessly with the Woocommerce CRM?

I am not sure about that. My hunch would be there are some areas that do not integrate seamlessly because WooCommerce Tickets and WooCommerce CRM are separate plugins that weren’t specifically designed with each other in mind. That isn’t to say it wouldn’t work for you though as far as what you need it to do. Do note that we have a full refund on all products within 30-days of purchase–we offer because we know there are a lot of themes, plugins and integrations in the WordPress community and we want to give you ample time to test drive our products to ensure they fully meet your needs in your site’s environments.

Does this help answer your question? Please feel free to let me know if you have any additional questions and I’d be happy to help as best I can!

Cheers,
Geoff

[Ana]

Hi Geoff,

Thanks for the clarifications. On my 3rd QN, I had meant WP E-commerce (not WP tickets).

[Geoff]

Hi Ana,

The difference between WP E-Commerce and WooCommerce is mostly preference. They both offer the ability to sell products (like tickets) directly in WordPress and both offer a number of payment gateways (such as PayPal) to complete those transactions. I tend to see more of our customers using WooCommerce, but that’s just an observation and not meant to be a recommendation.

Does that make sense and does that help clarify things a bit more? Please do let me know and I’d be happy to help. 🙂

Geoff

[Geoff]

Hi Ana! I see one of my replies was marked as the correct answer–thanks for following up! I’ll go ahead and close this thread but please feel free to hit us back up if you have any other questions and we’d be happy to help. 🙂

Cheers!
Geoff

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