Theatre Ticket Maker: The Easiest and Most Economical Solution

Every theatre and art lover loves the chance to catch their favourite artist performing live. And as organizers, it’s up to you to help them make the most of this experience.

That means while the artists would keep the guests engaged, you must delight them too even before the event starts.

And that’s what brings you to this article today. You want to deliver guest delight by creating smart tickets for your theater event.

These tickets would help you:

1. Ensure an efficient security check procedure to prevent delayed entries and long queues

2. Ensure the guests get all the details they need via the ticket itself. For example, event description, tagline, terms & conditions, seating arrangement, coordinator's contact, etc.

3. Spread brand awareness. How? By customzing the ticket design to your event/brand’s theme. You can do it in multiple ways. More on that later 

Let’s help you find a suitable theatre ticket maker for your next theatre event.

A. Find a well-suited theatre ticket maker

There are many ticketing solutions online. But with so many options available at your fingertips, it gets confusing to decide which one you most opt for.

Well, the easiest way to do that is by knowing the features your solution provider must have. Let’s go through them.

1. Event related details

This is quite basic and obvious, right? After all, the main purpose of a ticket is to relay event-related details such as event date, time, venue, tagline, description, terms and conditions, etc.

So, your ticketing partner must allow you flexibility in adding such details to your tickets without making the passes look cluttered. 

Now you may wonder—should we also consider adding variable details to each ticket. Well, why not? Let’s see how.

2. Opportunity to add unique details (in bulk)

Even if you create hundreds (or thousands) of tickets together, your service provider must still allow you to add unique information to each ticket.

This could include guest name, seat number, ticket category (for example, gold, silver, platinum), etc.

And we don’t mean you must add these details to each ticket manually. Check if your service provider helps you do it automatically in one go.

3. Only allow valid entries to the venue

Getting uninvited trespassers could very well turn an exciting event into a problematic and chaotic one, right?

Hence, it’s the event organizer’s duty to keep such mishaps under check.

The most effective way to ensure this is by creating tamper-proof tickets that just cannot be forged with. Seems a little difficult? Well, no more!

Many advanced (yet affordable) service providers such as Ticket Generator help you get QR Code-powered tickets. These tickets, even if duplicated, let the event coordinator know of this issue at the time of entry.

Let’s make it a little more clear fo you. Scanning these tickets lets the event coordintor(s) know if the ticket is valid, invalid, or duplicate. 

That means no uninvited guests get to step into your event. And your event doesn’t face any menace due to such entries either.

4. Make your tickets look ‘wow’

Well, event passes need not be boring. In fact, they should never be bland or dull to look at.

Why? Because passes are the first point of contact between your brand and the guests. And getting that on point shall help you get repeat audience.

So make sure you add design to your tickets. To do it, you could add colours, background image, logo, tagline, etc. to the passes.

Or you could even use your own readymade design as a template.

So make sure your theatre ticket maker helps you add design to the tickets.

5. Get detailed event insights

So far, we’ve discussed the essential features a ticketing partner must have to make the entry process better.

But what after the event is over? How would you know if the event was successful or could have done better?

Get a ticket maker that helps you track event attendance too. It would help you monitor details such as:

a. Total event attendance

b. Tickets validated (verified) per coordinator

c. Number of valid, invalid, and duplicate event tickets presented 

d. Busiest time of the event

Data on these parameters will help you make informed and better decisions for future events.

6. Get your staff to help

Having just one person verify all the event entries could get really tedious (and impractical). 

Hence, your ticketing partner must allow you to get your event staff to help validate tickets to expedite the process.

So make sure your ticketing partner offers this feature too. It’ll lead to shorter queues at the event entrance (and guest delight).

B. Step-by-step guide to generate theatre tickets

In this article, we’ll use Ticket Generator to show you how to create tickets for your theatre event (or any other occasion).

Let's get started.

1. Creating an event

Go to Ticket Generator and do a quick signup (don’t worry, no card details needed). On doing so, you’ll get the first 10 tickets for free. Then, follow these steps:

I. Click on the Create New Event option and add all the essential information like event name, description, venue, or time.

II. Once you’re done adding all the information, click on Create.  

2. Design and generate your vision 

Ticket Generator has a pool of options for its users to create and design their tickets.

Let us see each of them one by one: 

1. Avail the option to upload your Design:

If you decide on a custom or ready-made raffle design ticket, you can simply upload it.

Note: You can also add essential variables or important details to your tickets by clicking the + button.

Consider adding a catchy tagline or details such as event coordinator number, ticket number, terms and conditions, etc.

2. Edit Design - and customize accordingly 

With this option, you can customize your tickets using Ticket Generator’s standard design.

You can add a logo, edit the background image on the ticket, and even edit its color.

3. Choose from templates 

Say you don't want to design an entire ticket. This might not be part of your plan, but giving it an amazing look cannot be missed! 

If you think the same, then this option is right for you. Click on the Choose from templates options to access this feature. 

Once you are done with selecting a pre-desired design, you can click on Preview to get a glance at it.

4. Choose the medium for sharing tickets

Now that you have selected the ticket design and added the necessary features, click Done. 

You can look for a way to share your tickets from the subsequent options. 

Let's have a look: 

1. Generate Form Link: 

You can create a mobile landing page with this option for your tickets. You can even give it your custom touch by adding images, event descriptions, form fields, etc.

2. Generate and Download:

Using this option, you can create tickets and get their printable options (PDF). After downloading these PDF tickets, you can share them.

3. Generate and send:

Using this option, you can try three options for sharing tickets:

1. Send via Email: You can send up to 1,000 tickets using this option. This option allows you to upload a file containing emails in XLS, CSV, or XLSX format. You can also manually type the emails in the given field.

2. Send tickets via SMS: You can send up to 1,000 tickets using this method

3. Send via Email and SMS: You can also access this option to send tickets to your guests if you want to use both mediums for sharing tickets. 

C. Let’s get your queries addressed 

Do you still have more questions? Given below are some commonly asked questions we could think of. Go through them and you’ll certainly get your answers. 

If not, you can always leave a comment or get in touch with us.

1. How to create customized tickets with a theatre ticket maker?

Answer: There are multiple ways to customize your ticket design. You just need to do it during ticket creation itself.

Following are the three ways you can add design to your tickets:

a. Use your own readymade template as ticket design. This is the easiest and most flexible way to design your tickets as per your needs. With readymade template, you only need to finalize the position of QR Code and unique code on it.

b. Using our template options. This way, you can pick from our own readily available ticket designs

c. Designing the ticket from the scratch using Ticket generator’s design tool. It allows you to add colors, logo, and background image to the tickets 

2. What features should I expect from a good theatre ticket maker?

Answer: We’d say, you should expect a lot more than just ticket creation from your service provider. As already mentioned in section A, you could look for the following features:

• Customizable ticket design
• Secured tickets that are tamper-proof
• Quick and automatic way to validate event entries with no added cost
• Option to create multi-day events
• Security features such as encryption and watermarking (if any) are could also be important

3. Is there an option to use a ticket maker for free?

Answer: There are many free ticket makers online, Canva being the most popular one. However, with them, you don’t get access to many advanced (and useful) features. 

4. Do I need to pay for each feature that I use?

Answer: Well, that’s not the case with Ticket Generator. It only needs you to pay for the tickets that you create. No added on costs. 

In fact, the best thing is, event if you use it to get registrations and payments from your guests, you needn't pay any commissions or hidden charges.

All these features are complementary. Just pay for the tickets you create (you don’t even need to have a subscription). Just pay for the number of tickets you need and voila! You’re good to go.

D. Conclusion

That’s it. We’ve now learned everything about theatre ticket maker. Use it to create, customize, and manage tickets for your next event. PS: You get the first 10 tickets for free on signing up (no credit card needed).

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