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…
Don’t get scammed when buying tickets
So you’re hoping to save a few bucks by buying a ticket to an event from someone selling theirs at a cheaper price? With ticket scammers at an all time high, there’s no reason to risk losing your hard earned money just to try and shave some money off some of the ticket price. Imagine…
Creative ways to use Quicket you’ve never considered
While the most common use for Quicket is to sell tickets to an event, Quicket can be used for almost any occasion in which you need to collect money or information, or both. Here are just a few creative ways we’ve seen our platform being used. Group Gifts: Got a friend’s 30th coming up?
Turning up the volume for the Entertainment Industry
Over the last few months, people from all aspects of the music industry have regularly been coming together under one roof to share ideas and knowledge, connect and learn. A first of its kind in Cape Town, the collaborative event called Plug & Play Sessions is an initiative from Quicket.
The liquor law in the Western Cape and your events
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…
Artisanal festival planning: coordinating a unique and successful Craft Beer Festival
Every month it seems there is a new festival popping up around South Africa featuring some locally produced craft goods or beverages. Any way you skin it, the artisan bubble is growing. And it’s exciting to see folks showcasing their new brands and concepts, but these festivals can…