• What is E-Ticketing?
• Who can use E-Ticketing?
• How can I use it to promote events?
• How can I use it to buy tickets?
• Do I have to pay to use it?
• What are the benefits of e-ticketing?
• Become a member.
  
  

What is E-Ticketing?
E-Ticketing, or online ticket sales, is a new way for people to buy tickets for local events. It is an online ticket booking facility which is designed to help community groups who don’t have access to this 21st century sales system. It allows community groups to promote events and sell tickets online through the DesiDirectory.com website.
At the moment there is no system for people to buy tickets online for small events. There are also few ways of buying tickets with a credit or debit card. The E-Ticketing system makes it easier for people to buy tickets for a range of events all from one website. Tickets can be bought in this way with cash, cheques or credit/debit cards.
People without access to the internet can book tickets through public internet terminals in libraries or at the Tourist Information and Visitor Centre.

Who can use E-Ticketing?
Anyone can buy a ticket on the online system. You will also need to register on DesiDirectory.com to use the system. This is a very simple process and helps you keep track of which tickets you have bought.

How can I use it to promote events?
Promoters have their own secure area on the e-ticketing site where they can monitor sales and print off a list of people who have booked to attend their events.
You need to register before you can start selling tickets. The registration process asks for information about your personal contact details as well as details of your community group and who should be paid the ticket revenue. We ask that promoters are organisations, not individuals, and that all cheques can be sent to your organisation. If this will be a problem please contact us.The registration process also requires you to accept the terms and conditions for selling tickets on-line.Once you have been approved as a promoter you can start promoting events.
You can post events on the website and you can set how many tickets you want to sell online. You can also set how many are sold at different prices, such as for children, students or members’ seats as well as differentiating between premium and normal seating. However, the system is not able to allocate individual seat numbers at the moment.
The system automatically adds a 10% booking fee to the cost of each ticket. You might want to consider this when setting the price of the tickets.

You can define the amount of time which the event is valid for. The amount of tickets that are on sale can be changed at any time while the tickets are on sale. The system lets you produce reports for reconciliation, audit, management information and giving the payment to the community group. These can be taken off the system at any time. You will then be told by email when the event has reached its expiry date. You will also be reminded to run off the attendance report at this time. You can also allocate free tickets on the e-ticketing site. Complete the details for the event in the same way. The only difference will be that the payment part is skipped. Reports and door lists can still be taken from the system in the same way and users will still need a receipt

How can I use it to buy tickets?
You will be able to look through a list of events and then buy tickets online. You can either select on the title of the event (in blue) or you can select from the drop down menus the name of the promoter, the name of the performance and the date that it is on. You can buy tickets for more than one event on the system by selecting another event and adding this to your shopping basket.Before you buy tickets you will be asked to accept the terms and conditions for the sale of tickets.You will then be sent a confirmation email and there is also a printable receipt which you will need to get into the event.

You can also get free tickets on the site. This lets you reserve a place for an event that may have limited numbers but is free. You will need to go through the booking process in the same way but the payment step will be skipped. You will still need to print off the receipt and take this with you to the event.

Do I have to pay to use it?
You do not have to pay to use the system. All you have to pay for is the tickets you buy and the 10% booking fee.
All the money from the ticket sales (excluding the 10% booking fee) will go directly to you as the promoter. Cheques will be sent out 14-30 days after the event.

What are the benefits of e-ticketing?
At the moment there are only a few ways to buy tickets for community arts events. This system gives you quick and easy access to a range of events through one website. It lets you buy tickets using credit/debit card and cheque, which many ticket outlets are unable to do at the moment. It is also completely secure.

Any organisation that is planning an event and is responsible for ticket sales for the event can promote an event on the website. All promoters who sign up will be approved by the administrator before they can start selling tickets so only those who can show that they are the main event organiser will allowed to promote the event.

The system allows you to promote your event for free and sell tickets for your event to a much larger audience. It also means that you do not have to pay for the cost of setting up this system or administering it.



For information, clarifications or support related issues regarding:

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Advertising Event
selling Tickets

Customers
Support Issues
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