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…
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…
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?
Look at us! Disrupting South Africa’s ticketing business landscape
One of Quicket’s key objectives is bringing ticketing technology into parts of Africa that probably have fragmented payment landscapes due to any number of factors. With this in mind, we are incredibly proud to be named as one of Webber Wentzel’s #Ignite10 Legal Incubation…
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.
Find the perfect ticket price for your event
Getting your ticket prices right is absolutely crucial in the ticketing game, but it can be a tricky proposition. How do you find the sweet spot where your event is profitable but not making people feel like they are paying too much for what they are getting? The good news is that with…
Setting up Mailchimp: A newbie event organiser’s account of how to engage with eventgoers
Finding time to engage with event-goers at the event? Good luck with that… As a new, independent event organiser, the biggest nightmare I’ve encountered has been connecting with people present at the event. Naturally, you want to connect with people attending your event…
Why instant online credit is a great option for your ticket buyers
Any successful event organiser knows that learning your target market is crucial to running the best possible event experience – not only do you need to make sure you price your ticket right while providing a relevant and engaging experience, but you also need to make sure that the…
Your golden ticket to a stress-free event
Quicket is not only a self-managed platform for event organisers; but it’s also a place where ticket buyers are empowered with the ability to purchase tickets, edit ticket details, transfer and refund their tickets among other things. And all of this without ever needing to pick up the…
So you want to run an event at school?
There’s a new-school of thought behind school events. If you’ve run school events, you’ll know how much time and admin it takes, what with dealing with nit-picky parents, finding ways to track who has paid for what, how they paid, if you remembered to give them their tickets…
Organiser pages: why you should use them and how they work
Your Organiser page is the answer to the event questions you may not even have thought to ask yet! What is an Organiser page, we hear you ask? (See there’s another one of those questions you haven’t even thought of yet.) Well, think of it as the perfect “Home” for all your events. It’s the…
Conversion Rates: How to make yours sing
Do you feel like you have a lot of interest in your event but somehow you’re losing customers? We think we can help. Let’s talk Conversion Rates – what they are, how can you use them, and what are the industry averages? So, we’re just going to put it out there. Around 87% of people who show…
The Seven Deadly Sins of creating a ticketing page
You’ve taken the time, the initiative and the not-in-any-way-minor effort to plan an event. So now it’s imperative that once you’ve driven an audience to your ticketing page, you make sure your ultimate end goal is reached: (said in a booming voice from outer-space) A SUCCESSFUL…
Your event is finished… now what?
Now, what can you learn that you can use to improve on for your next event? How can you strengthen your relationship with your audience and even get some anticipation growing for what you’re going to do next? First, take a look at your data. What can you learn from the ticketing…
Want to sell more tickets? Here’s some marketing advice
Your event can be the best thing that’s come to town since Elvis (and we’re talking the real King of Rock Elvis here, not one of those terrible impersonators)… but if people don’t know about it, they won’t come. Here’s some marketing advice to help you get the word out. Know your…
About to take your event online? Check this list first
No matter the size of your event, before making it public, take a squizz at these questions and see if there’s anything you can improve on. Have you picked a good date? Do one last check to see if there’s an event your target market might want to go to on the same day. You don’t want…
The who, what, why of Quicket
Who’s behind the hard-working tech? What makes Quicket’s team tick? Why ticketing? Passionate about building all things tech, friends and business partners James Tagg, Mike Kennedy and James Hedley were always looking for solutions their web development business could solve.
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