Barcodes Ticket Maker: Make Your Events Unique and Safe

Organizing an event anytime soon? Yayy! Then there would be a lot to do already.

And now you want to create entry passes (aka event tickets) for the attendees. But here’s the deal—you want tickets that come with a barcode on them.

This is probably because you want the tickets to do much more than just relay event details to the guests. You want these tickets to be secure enough to allow only authorized people (or ‘invited’ guests) only. No trespassers or uninvited guests.

And why not? Unwelcomed guests not only put your event security at risk but are also a threat to your actual guests’ experience.

This is exactly where barcode tickets and ticketing come into the picture.  

They make a lot of things easier. For example, 

1. They help to tackle the fake tickets (hence, unwanted guests) no matter how hard they try to forge the tickets

2. With a Barcode, ticket verification becomes easy and quick. It barely takes 2-3 seconds to scan and validate each entry without any human errors

3. Finally, you get to do it all in a touchless and smooth manner with no expensive setup to invest in

Through this article, we will discuss everything you must know about barcode tickets and how to create them. 

A. Role of a barcode in tickets

A ticket is supposed to represent your event theme, relay event details (such as date, time, and venue), and seating arrangement (if any).

And barcode tickets do it all too but also go a step ahead. They not only contain all the important details a ticket must have but also a unique barcode, in the form of a series of black and white lines or a square pattern (QR Code).

With the barcode, they help validate if the ticket is valid or not.

All one needs to do is pull out their smartphone, and scan the barcode (or QR Code) to check the ticket’s validity.

Let’s see what complimentary features and capabilities a barcode ticket maker offers you.

B. Power-packed features a barcode ticket maker must have 

1. Little to no queues at the entry gate

Keeping guests waiting in queues puts a dent on their event experience. But with barcodes and QR codes, the process becomes a lot faster and reliable.

You needn’t manually look at each guest’s ticket to check it’s validity (which is prone to human errors).

And the best part? Scanning these codes doesn’t take more than a second or two. It means no queues line up in front of your entry gate waiting for you to let them in.

That means a great experience for your attendees. When that happens, their likelihood of attending more events you organize increases.

2. Design and add customization as per your liking

Why make tickets look boring when you can design them the way you want. 

So make sure your service provider helps you design the tickets by

a. Using a readymade template of your own
b. Selecting amongst the ticket template options that the service provider might have
c. Designing the tickets from the scratch and using the built-in designing options offered by your service provider

So make sure your service provider helps you customize ticket design by branding it to your business. After all, they’re the first point of contact between you and your audience.

3. Add all the essential details you want 

Need to create tickets in bulk? No problem. But worried about adding unique details to each ticket while still creating all the passes in bulk?

Make sure your ticket maker helps you do it. With services such as Ticket Generator, you can ad even unique details such as their name, hall, seat number, etc. to each ticket.

And rest assured, the bulk generator would still work just fine.

4. Go digital with ticket distribution 
A printable pdf copy of the tickets for the guest is a convenient option that one can go ahead with. 

But make sure your ticket partner allows you for digital ticket distribution. Which means sending the tickets digitally via, 

a. Email
b. Whatsapp
c. SMS

In fact, digital ticket distribution reduces your event’s overall carbon footprint.

This ensures the establishment of a good user-organizer rapport.

5. Data and attendance tracking 

When everything goes according to the plan and makes the attendees satisfied too, it feels amazing right? But at the same time, having attendees' data helps understand how the event was and how to improve it in the future.

So make sure your ticketing partner helps you track event attendance data (with solid numbers).

Then once the event is over, you can check the analytics for total attendance, no of tickets validated, one of the busiest hours, etc.

This shall help make informed decisions for future.

6. Some additional features to look for

You can look for even more features in a bar-code ticket maker. Example, check if your vendor:

a. Allows you to create a mobile-optimized event page. Thai will help you share event descriptions, images, maps locations of the venue, registration forms, and more

b. Helps you to get the guests register for the event. Once they do it, the service provider would automatically send the guests ticket against their registration

3. May also help you receive payment against each registration (in case the event is paid). Many platforms allow you to do that, but they often charge a commission for the same. So the best way? 

It’s to find a solution provider that charges no commissions or hidden charges and allows you to receive the money straight in your account. While we’re at it, Ticket Generator is one such tool. 

C. Generate 2D barcode tickets using Ticket Generator 

1. Generate tickets online 

let us see how to create a 2D barcode ticket; it is simple, easy to follow, and self-explanatory.

Let’s get started:  

a. Go to the Ticket Generator sign-up page and create an account

Note: the first 10 credits to generate QR Code tickets are free.

b. Once done, click on the Manage Events page, then click on Create a new event and mention all the details of the event like name, venue, details, time, location, etc., and then hit the Create button.

c. The event will be generated. You can now go and check the newly generated event from the Manage Event tab and then go to the Guest Tickets option.

You can also go to “More options” button (three dots) and click on Generate Tickets. 

d. Click on the new ticket(s) drop-down button. Now, either choose the Bulk Tickets or Single Tickets option depending on whether you want to create multiple tickets (bulk) or just a single one. 

2. Design ticket your way 

a. Upload your own design 

Designing can be of your own choice, and you can check below how : 

You can add the design you want and a 2D barcode or ticket ID wherever you want.

You can also upload up to 5 variable blocks by clicking the + sign.

The elements that you see here are movable and resizable. 

‍b. Edit design

There is also an option to generate your ticket from scratch, step-by-step. 

Additionally, you can add your exclusive event tagline, description, and useful information.  

You can try adding variable information by just clicking on the + sign. 

Note that the blocks that you see are not movable or resizable. 

c. Select from available templates  

1. Click on Choose from Templates options 

2. Check the pre-designed options and choose whatever design you want

3. Now click on Select Template below the chosen template. With all the details mentioned, a dedicated tailor-made ticket is ready !! 

3. Share and deliver your tickets

a. Generation of form link 

Using this option, you can generate a form, approve it, and easily generate 2D barcode tickets for the registered guests.

You can even try to create a landing page by adding images, descriptions, etc. 

b. Generate and Download tickets 

You can try getting the printable PDF formats of tickets with this option.

You can try uploading a data file and add variables or specific information. 

Now, click the Generate option once you add information.

c. Generate and Send 

Once you are done with adding variable information, finish designing the tickets etc, you can share the tickets via multiple options:

First, share via mail by mentioning the guest's email IDs and phone numbers. 

Second, can use SMS to share tickets with up to 1000 phone numbers. 

And lastly you can share via two means: mail and SMS both.

Whatever you choose, upload the data file, type/paste the information on the grid manually.

D. How can you validate your tickets?

Now that you have the roles and the factors to consider while choosing a good bar-code ticket maker and services that you can accept from your vendor.

It becomes essential to also look for event security and attendees' safety.

Let's take a look how it can be done : 

1. Click on the Manage Event section, once you go to the dashboard

2. Select the event for which you want to validate your tickets for

 Then click the ellipsis button or the three horizontal dots which you can locate under More heading

3. Upon completion of the above step, click on App/Edit Coordinator

Make sure that you add email address of each coordinator. 

Once you complete the following steps each coordinator will receive an email invitation. Using it, the coordinators can install and log in to the Ticket Validator app on their phones.

4. After installation, choose the event you want to validate tickets for

5. Now all you need is to click on the Scan QR Code and begin with the ticket validation process!

E. Benefits of 2D barcode tickets

1. Safety against trespassing 

• As discussed above, the tickets created come with a 2D barcode to prevent fraudulent activities. This ensures that only authorized people get entry
• With a simple scan, you get to see if it’s a valid, invalid, or duplicate entry

2. Analyse data to make sound decisions 

• Getting information regarding attendance, total registrations, ticket scans, etc. can guide you to draw meaningful insights to plan future events efficiently. 
• You can also try getting information regarding used, fresh, or even invalid tickets

3. Timely manage things

• After the tickets are generated, they can be shared via WhatsApp, SMS, or Email. Which means spending lesser to no time on printable tickets and sending to each attendee.

Conclusion

So to conclude, the 2D barcode ticket maker can not only make your event tickets functional but also ensures that the attendees have a smooth event experience. Hence, as an event organiser, consider all the pros and cons your vendor can offer.

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