We’re all complaining about that now very palpable winter chill in the air. For most of us though, relief is only a warm hoodie or a heater away. In contrast, this is not the case for the literally thousands of homeless people living hard in Cape Town. Notably, in the space of…
How to run your door for an event of under 500 people
What to plan for when you’re expecting up to 500 guests to arrive at your event. Running a door involves precision and a whole lot of logistical planning to ensure your guests get inside quickly, happily and with a good first impression of your event (and, of your brand of events)…
#AfricaMonth Bizcommunity Q&A with Quicket
As part of their Africa Month series, Bizcommunity chatted to James Tagg and James Hedley, two of Quicket’s three co-founders and directors. Here’s that Q&A which delves into Quicket’s success so far, the challenges of expanding to the rest of Africa, and how Quicket is doing just that…
Turn your ticket buyers into your promoters the Quicket way
Promoting your event and working within your available budget is certainly a challenge. We know that it often feels as if the things that will really make an impact are too far out of reach from a budget perspective, or that the promotions you are running for your event are throwing…
Liquor Licence GP: A few tips on getting a liquor licence for your upcoming event
The Liquor law and events in the Western Cape: what you need to know. There are a multitude of liquor licences that one can apply for but the one we are going to look at for the purposes of this article is the Event licence. It’s this type of Liquor licence that will enable you to sell liquor…
Making the most of an event registration form: The eventhack too many people overlook
How far is your phone from you at this very moment? Chances are it’s less than 60cm away from you. Or on your desk. Or in your pocket. More than likely, you’re reading this on your phone. We bet it’s the latter. Mobile ticketing is a sure-fire way to improve your event. You’re…
Add value to any free ticket to help reduce no-shows
Increase attendance at your free event using one simple approach: simply increase the value of those free tickets. When people don’t spend their hard-earned money on a ticket to an event, their commitment to that event tends to become particularly low. Even more so should…
Important pricing updates from Quicket
There are some important pricing updates for all organisers running their events through Quicket to be aware of. Keeping reading to find out everything you need to know. 1. Service Fee is now a Booking Fee
Since its inception in 2011, Quicket has tried to provide the…
Confessions of a digital marketer: how big advertising tactics are used to sell event tickets
Advertising used to be a fairly desperate state of affairs. We’d broadcast messages widely across the country using expensive media and hope someone was paying attention. Meantime our clients would stand around in their stores hoping someone would walk in. And the…
Improve your event with ticketing on mobile
How far is your phone from you at this very moment? Chances are it’s less than 60cm away from you. Or on your desk. Or in your pocket. More than likely, you’re reading this on your phone. We bet it’s the latter. Mobile ticketing is a sure-fire way to improve your event. You’re…
The Quicket Image Cheat Sheet: Making your pictures speak for themselves
They say a picture paints a thousand words… Here’s everything you need to know about the image resolution and formats for your events on Quicket. Have you ever wished that all the image specs you need for running your event on Quicket were available all in one place? Well…
“This thing doesn’t work!” 5 ways in which your ticket buyers may be struggling to buy tickets
Some people may struggle to buy tickets to your event due to a couple of simple issues within their control. Here’s how to sort those ticket purchase issues out… As an event organiser, one of the most frustrating things to hear from ticket buyers is that they are struggling to buy tickets…
“Why aren’t people booking tickets to my event?”
Introducing the top reasons why people aren’t booking tickets to your event… So, you’re throwing an event. And you think you’ve got this whole thing pretty sussed. Well, we have two questions for you: 1. How many people visit your ticket sales page or your website each day? And 2…
Meet the new Quicket GO mobile app!
You asked and we listened… The new Quicket Go mobile app has been relaunched and is now available on both Apple and Android! As the mobile entry management app for Quicket event organisers, the app allows any event organiser running an event on Quicket to scan their own…
Fireside chats: Tuning the Vine’s Shereen Amos and Richard Mills
How Richard and Shereen from Tuning the Vine used a self-managed platform to make a name for their event. Welcome to Fireside chats – a series of little catch-ups with event organisers that have had notable success with running their events on Quicket. This is the first in the series, as…
The 6 Crucial Metrics you need for your event
You’re running an event, you’ve set up your tickets with a ticketing provider, and now it’s just about concentrating on the event itself, right? Wrong. As an organiser you need to keep up-to-date with how your tickets are selling, which of your marketing approaches are working (or not…
The ultimate list of South African event suppliers
Running an event? Need a little help? Or a lot of help, even? We’ve rounded up our pick of suppliers and helpers in and around the eventing industry who can help with everything you can’t do yourself. You’re welcome 🙂 01. Production. A production company helps you conceptualise…
Time waits for no one, especially an event organiser
Organising a kick-ass event takes time, attention to detail, people skills, creative problem solving (often under immense pressure), and serious amounts of admin (which is why we sometimes call it “badmin” after it’s driven us up the wall). Unglamorous as that last piece of the puzzle…
A Quicket guide to building Exclusive events
Want to host an event that is strictly invite only? No problemo 😉 We definitely have a few solutions for you. (We also promise to never say “No problemo” again, well for as long as possible any way.) When an event is invite only, it’s not only important to create hype around it by involving…
Case Study: Going for goal with Ugandan football’s e-ticketing journey
In 2015, electronic ticketing (or e-ticketing) for sporting events was unheard of in Uganda, particularly when it came to soccer. Ticketing handled at club level, as well as national level, was marred by allegations of ticket scalping and fraud. On top of that, the system was tedious and…