Ticket Sales For regular events

[Mike]

Hi,
I run a popular comedy club in London’s west end. I run shows at several venues every weekend. Currently our venues are closed for refurbishment and I’m taking the opportunity to look at our systems and update our website.
One of the main things I am looking at is how we sell tickets. I currently use an online box office (they take a booking fee) but want to move away for various reasons. I am looking at your plug ins and have a number of questions…

Does your ticket platform stand alone or do I have to use the Events Calendar as well?
Do your plug ins work well with Elegant Themes Divi theme?
Can I copy events and then just change the date to save time on setting up shows?
Do you have any examples I can look at of venues using your products?
Is it possible to skip the cart process and go strait to the transaction? Carts are not really relevant for my site.
Do I have to use woo or could I sell directly through your plug in?
How do I implement a BUY TICKETS button? Do I have to use a special page, or can I have a button for each show on my home page?

Sorry if I’m being thick, but I am genuinely interested. If I could get it to work for me it would solve a lot of issues.

Many thanks,

Mike

[Andras]

Hello Mike,

Thank you for reaching out to us! I’d be happy to answer your questions.

Does your ticket platform stand alone or do I have to use the Events Calendar as well?

Event Tickets and Event Tickets Plus together, they can be used as a standalone solutions, The Events Calendar (TEC) is not needed.

The tickets though need to be connected to something – usually an event -, and without TEC you will need to either add them to a post or a page on your website.

Do your plug ins work well with Elegant Themes Divi theme?

Yes, it does work with it very well. We have lots of customers using Divi as their theme, and if any issues should come up, some support members know Divi very well and will be able to help.

Can I copy events and then just change the date to save time on setting up shows?

This is not a functionality that comes out of the box, however, with a plugin like Post Duplicator that should be feasible.

Do you have any examples I can look at of venues using your products?

The best place to look around for that would be our Showcase page.

Do I have to use woo or could I sell directly through your plug in?

At the moment an eCommerce plugin (WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads) is required if you would like to sell tickets with the help of our plugins. We are considering the build-in option as well, but there is no confirmation yet whatsoever if and when it will be implemented.

Is it possible to skip the cart process and go strait to the transaction? Carts are not really relevant for my site.

I’d say that depends on the ecommerce plugin you choose, but I believe there should be a solution for most of them to be able to do that.

Is it possible to skip the cart process and go strait to the transaction? Carts are not really relevant for my site.

Out of the box this is not possible, but with some customization it could be done.

Sorry if I’m being thick, but I am genuinely interested. If I could get it to work for me it would solve a lot of issues.

No worries mate, we are here to answer any questions and solve issues you might have. That said, if something needs more clarification or you have any more questions, then keep them coming.

If you decide our solution is the one for you, we will be happy to see you amongst our customers.

Is there anything else I can help you with? Let me know.

Cheers,
Andras

[Mike]

Hi Andras,

Many thanks for your reply and all your help. I am very tempted to give this a go. There are just two more questions…

How do I implement a BUY TICKETS button? Do I have to use a special page, or can I have a button for each show on my home page?

And finally, I would need to purchase The calendar, Events Tickets and Events Tickets Plus to get the best possible result (selling through Woo)?

Many thanks,

Mike

[Andras]

Hi Mike,

Happy I could be of help until now. And keep the questions coming if you have more.

How do I implement a BUY TICKETS button? Do I have to use a special page, or can I have a button for each show on my home page?

With custom development both should be possible. However, doing customizations is beyond the cope of our support. Once you are up and running you can post a thread in the forums here and although we will not be able to do the full customization for you, we can give you some pointers. Alternatively I can share with you a list of developers from the community, who are not affiliated with us, and who should be able to help you out with customization requests.

For more details on our support here is an article on what support we provide for license holders.

I would need to purchase The calendar, Events Tickets and Events Tickets Plus to get the best possible result (selling through Woo)?

In principle yes, though note that The Events Calendar and Event Tickets are free to download. You only need to purchase Event Tickets Plus, which will give you the functionality of selling tickets.

If you want to be able to create recurring events or you want more views for your calendar (week view, photo view, photo view) and some more, then you will need to purchase Events Calendar PRO as well. Please note though, then creating tickets for recurring events is not yet supported. (You can create one or more tickets for the whole event series, but not separately for the individual events.)

I hope this helps, and yeah, just let me know if you have any more questions.

Cheers,
Andras

 

[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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