New to this plugin. Need Suggestion… Tickets or Events

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Hi all
Very cool plugin so far.
My situation is as follows. We have a site that promotes a 7 day music festival. Each night there is a different performance. Should I create an event with a ticket for each of the 7 or one event, named “Music Festival” and 7 tickets within that event?
Any suggestions from someone that has done something like this?
Thanks in advance,
Frank

[Geoff B.]

Good afternoon Frank and welcome back!

Thank you for reaching out to us.
I would love to help you with this topic.

Should I create an event with a ticket for each of the 7 or one event, named “Music Festival” and 7 tickets within that event?

This is totally a matter of personal preference since both approaches work:

1. Creating 7 events each with their own ticket for a different day
2. Creating a very long event that lasts 7 days with 7 tickets (one for each day)
3. Creating a recurring event with 7 tickets (one for each day attached to it)

The main difference will be in the presentation of the event in the different calendar views.

Approach number 1 is very clean and displays nicely in all calendar views.

The downside are:

• That it makes it harder to sell a ticket that would last all 7 days – if that is something you offer (as opposed to approach 2).
• That customer need to go through several events if they want to purchase several tickets.

Approach number 2 might not look good in all views.

The upside is that all tickets are centralized in one easy location, making it easier for the customer to purchase.

Approach number 3 is very clean and will look good in all views.

The other upside is that all tickets are centralized in one easy location, making it easier for the customer to purchase.

Furthermore, this approach lets the customer view all tickets in any day of the event.

I would advise option 3.

Let me know if that helps.

Have a great day!

Geoff B.

 

 

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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