Ticketor FAQ: How to Sell Tickets Online!!

Ticketor is a ticketing platform that allows you to sign up and get a ticketing and box-office portal/website in minutes.

As soon as you sign up, you will be taken to your new ticketing website, where you can customize and set up your events and tickets and start selling in minutes.

The greatest advantage of Ticketor is that you will sell with your own logo, branding and design and will collect the money directly and as tickets sell (before your event). You will have full control over your almost anything including events, prices, fees that the buyer pays, returns and you are the one who sets and collects the buyer fees.

Ticketor is a full featured solution. You can use it for online sales, over-the-phone sales and box-office (ticket booth) or retail location sales.

Sure you can. There are several integration methods and you can seamlessly integrate your Ticketor with your site. You can use Ticketor to add a ticketing section to any site or you can embed ticketing, as an iframe, in your pages.

No, you can use your Ticketor-based site as the stand-alone ticketing and box-office site.

When you sign up, you pick an address and the address will be www.Ticketor.com/[A name you choose]. The name you choose will most likely be your business name or brand.

However, you can use the white-label feature and change the address of the site to your own domain (for example: www.MyWebsite.com) or sub-domain (for example: Tickets.MyWebsite.com).

Sure. After sign-up, you will get the instruction on how to point your domain name to the website.

Yes, Ticketor has a simple store-online that allows you to sell merchandise online.

Yes, Simply sign up for the Standard plan and try it for yourself. You don't have to pay unless you actually start selling tickets and using the site. If you make a sale for test purpose, make sure to void the invoice right after to avoid being charged.

No. $0.00

No - You can cancel at any time.

Yes. You can actually offer ticketing service to other event organizers.

No. Hosting is free and covered.

We never expose your personal email address. Your Ticketor account comes with business email addresses as follows.

If you are using Ticketor on your domain or a sub-domain, the following email addresses gets created for you:/p>

• support@[Your domain or subdomain]
• charges@[Your domain or subdomain]
• info@[Your domain or subdomain]
• information@[Your domain or subdomain]
• orders@[Your domain or subdomain]
• privacy@[Your domain or subdomain]
• sales@[Your domain or subdomain]

If you use Ticketor.com as your address, you will get:

• [The Name You Choose]@Ticketor.com

All outgoing emails including welcome emails, sales confirmation and customer communication will be sent out from these emails.

Our goal is to make sure you are able to use every single feature of the site. Our admin support team will be happy to help you with any issues you may have.

The site is designed in an intuitive manner. So you can simply start using it. We also have walk-throughs, step-by-step instructions and tutorial videos.

We have the best customer support! You will be assigned a dedicated customer support engineer and you can chat with them or send them email at any time for free.

Need more help? We can even arrange for a remote meeting.

You can also use our assisted setup services for a small fee. It can help you by designing your seating chart or designing the website.

Will-Call is a delivery method where customer purchases their ticket online and picks it up at a designated address or a booth at the venue.

Usually will-call tickets are available for pick-up from a few hours before the event at a booth at the venue, however if you have an office, or a retail location, you can offer pick-ups at your location.

A general-admission event is an event that a seat does not get assigned to the buyer during the purchase. It may be a seated event on a first-come-first-serve basis or it may be a standing event.

Even though the event is not assigned seated, you can still have price levels and price variations. For example, you may have different price levels for balcony or VIP area or you may offer child, senior or early-bird pricing.

This is an event in which the customer is assigned a seat during the ticket purchase. Each ticket has a seat number on it.

Different section, rows or tables may have different prices or you may offer different price variations for the same seat. For example, senior or kid prices.

You can have as many events and venues and you can sell to as many events at the same time.

Yes, on the interactive seating chart

Yes you can ask as many questions.

Buyers can pay using any Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover card or pay using PayPal.

Yes, you as the admin and any sales agents that you introduce, can sell tickets in cash or check.

Yes Ticketor can be used to sell tickets online as well as over-the-phone or face-to-face in the ticket booth or retail locations.

It is totally up to you as you are the one who sets and collects all the fees that the buyer pays in service charges or delivery charges. One common practice is to set the fees in the amount to cover the ticketing and payment processor fees so you can get the full face price of the ticket. However you may decide to set the fees to a lower amount or zero to absorb some of the fees, or set it to higher amount to make extra money or to add the fees to the ticket face price. Considering Ticketor's low fees, there is a big margin for you to make extra income just by setting the fees to what other ticketing services charge. Use the cost calculator on the pricing page, to calculate the exact amount to set the fees to to cover your ticketing fees.

Yes and only if allowed by your returns policy. The website has the feature to allow returns however you should specify for each event if you accept returns and until what time you accept returns. You can also specify how much fee you deduct from the returned tickets.

The customer can select to return tickets for refund to their credit card or refund for "Store Credit" that can be used for further purchases.

Yes, you as the admin will be able to make refunds for any purchase. You can return any ticket for any amount either as refund to original credit card or to store credit.

The greatest advantage of Ticketor is that you collect the sales money directly through your own payment processor / PayPal. It means that you will have access to your money directly and as tickets sell (before the event). Depending on your bank and payment processor settings, the funds from each sale will be available in your account in few business days after each sale.

Your website can handle all popular delivery methods including will-call, e-ticket, digital tickets and different mail (post) providers. Direct delivery is also available for face-to-face sales.

You can determine and set the fees for each delivery method.

You receive an email when there is a sale on your site. However, all our reports are real-time. Meaning that they show the most recent data at any time. You can pull the proper reports to check the status of your sales.

Yes, anytime a ticket is sold, you will get an email with the sales details.

Ticketor submits your site and events (except private events) to Google and other search engines on regular basis to make sure they are easily searchable and ranked high in the result.

Your site and all the URLs are search engine friendly and help your event show up high in the search engine search results (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.).

The website collects the email addresses of all your customers and allows you to send out news-letters to customers who are in your mailing list.

Social Media and Facebook integration, allows you to leverage the power of social Media and Facebook to better promote your events.

You can add text, pictures and video to the event page to describe the events.

Setting up a site is very easy. Just fill out the sign up form and sign up. Your website will be immediately ready and you will be taken to the site to customize and design. You will be provided with walk-throughs, instructions and video tutorials.

You should be able to set up everything and start selling in minutes.

Yes, Simply sign up for the Standard plan and try it for yourself. You don't have to pay unless you actually start selling tickets and using the site. If you make a sale for test purpose, make sure to void the invoice right after to avoid being charged.

Yes, you can add/remove any add-on feature at any time.

The greatest advantage of Ticketor is that you collect the sales money directly through your own payment processor / PayPal. It means that you will have access to your money directly and as tickets sell (before the event). Depending on your bank and payment processor settings, the funds from each sale will be available in your account in few business days after each sale.

Any business that needs to charge credit cards, needs a payment processor. You can easily get a payment processor during the set up and start using it right away.

A payment processor allows you to accept and charge credit cards. Any business that needs to charge credit cards need to have a payment processor. You may already have a payment processor if you accept credit cards in your business.

The greatest advantage of Ticketor is that you collect the sales money directly through your own payment processor / PayPal. It means that you will have access to your money directly and as tickets sell (before the event). Depending on your bank and payment processor settings, the funds from each sale will be available in your account in few business days after each sale.

Please note that personal or business bank accounts, are not able to process credit cards. So you need a payment processor to charge the credit cards and deposit the money to your bank account.

If you don't have a payment processor, or your payment processor is not compatible or cannot be used for online transactions, you can simply get a payment processor in few minutes and use it right away.

If you already have a merchant account that can process online transactions you can most probably use your own payment processor.

If your payment processor is not in the list of supported payment processors below, you may still be able to use it. Most payment processors are compatible with Authorize.net gateway. Contact your payment processor and ask them to set up an Authorize.net gateway for you. However, remember that it may be cheaper and faster to get a new Stripe account instead.

Ticketor is compatible with the following payment processors:

• Stripe: Stripe is an easy-to-get payment processor that is available in many countries around the world (including US, Canada, UK, Europe, Australia, ...) and in different currencies. They offer immediate, online approval at no monthly and setup fee. Using Stripe, you can sell tickets internationally in over 130 currencies. Check for supported currencies here
• Square: Square is an easy-to-get payment processor that is available in the US and some other countries. Each Square account can only work in 1 currency. They offer immediate, online approval at no monthly and setup fee.
• Braintree: Braintree offers service in a lot of countries around the world (US, Canada, Europe, Australia, ...) and in different currencies. Approval and set up may take a few days. They offer service at no monthly or setup fee.
• Authorize.net: Authorize.net is a gateway that works with most merchant accounts in the US and other countries. No matter where you get your merchant account from, you can ask them for an Authorize.net gateway. You can get a payment processor compatible with Authorize.net and at low rate at: www.approvedmerchantsolutions.com
• PayPal Advanced or Pro with PayFlow: You can sign up for a PayPal Advanced or Pro with PayFlow (US only). These accounts allow you to accept credit card on your own website.
• CenPos (Bahamas & Caribbean) Users located in Bahamas & Caribbean, can use this payment processor with Authorize.net emulator
• PayTabs Users located in UAE, Egypt, Oman, Jordan and KSA can use PayTabs as their payment processor.
• PayU (India:) Users located in India can use PayU as their payment processor.

Please note that payment processors are not in any way related to Ticketor. The rates and information posted above, may have changed since this document was last updated. Always check with the provider site for latest updates.

If you already have a merchant account you should first make sure that they are set up to accept online transactions. If not you will have to get a new payment processor.

If your payment processor is not in the list of supported payment processors below, you may still be able to use it. Most payment processors are compatible with Authorize.net gateway. Contact your payment processor and ask them to set up an Authorize.net gateway for you. However, remember that it may be cheaper and faster to get a new Stripe account instead.

Each payment processor may have different rates.

Check the payment processor site for their fees.

PayPal: is a service that allows you to accept credit cards, PayPal and other local payment methods depending on the buyers country such as Venmo, iDEAL, Bancontact, Sofort. It also offers financing to some buyers. As soon as the buyer finishes the payment, the money becomes available into your PayPal account which is transferable to your bank account or could be debited in different methods.

It is very easy to obtain a standard PayPal account and it can be done online in few minutes.

PayPal gives extra security to the user as PayPal will not share the credit card information with the website owner or merchant (you) and hence an informed internet users may prefer to use this option for better security.

PayPal offers service in many countries and currencies. So for some countries, PayPal may be the only available payment processor.

You can offer PayPal alongside another payment processor. In this case the buyer gets to choose if they want to pay with PayPal or directly on your site.

To use PayPal with your Ticketor site, you can use the Standard Business account which usually has NO Monthly Cost. The discount rate and other fees are available at PayPal.com

You can sign up for PayPal for free and just a few minutes. Just go to https://www.paypal.com and sign up for a free Standard Business account.

You usually get billed on a monthly basis on the same day of the month when your account was originally set up.

However, the system may ask you to make partial payments in the middle of the billing cycle, but anyway, you will only pay for the sales that have already occurred on your website and you have already collected the money.

You can login to your website as admin to view your current and past statements. We don't offer paper bills.

You can pay using any credit card or PayPal account. You need to have a credit card or PayPal account connected to your account and accept to auto-pay the bills using that payment method. If your credit card expires or does not go through, you will get an email to enter a different credit card.

We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and PayPal.

You can simply cancel your account anytime from your control panel.

No. $0.00

No- You can cancel at any time.

You are responsible to add tickets to your website. Instructions, tutorials and walk-throughs are available as well as great customer support.

You are responsible to create and setup the seating chart using the seating chart designer. Instructions, tutorials and walk-throughs are available as well as great customer support.

Optionally, you can also order your seating chart to be designed at a small fee.

Our system is compatible with almost any venues and seating structure. You can design the interactive seating chart pretty close to the original seating chart.

It is compatible with amphi-theatre style seating charts, round-table seating charts, night-club style tables, general admission venues and any combination.

It doesn't matter. You can sell general admission tickets on your website.

You can allow your customers to pick their seat on the interactive seating chart or they can ask the system to find them best available seats for their price range.

Events may cancel for different reasons. What you do in case of the event is cancellation is up to you and your business strategies. Ticketor does not force you into taking any action however we provide the tools for you to properly inform the buyers of the cancellation and to refund the tickets.

Ticketor refunds your fee, when you refund a ticket.

Your website can handle all popular delivery methods including will-call, e-ticket (print at home or show on the phone) and different mail (post) providers. Direct delivery is also available for face-to-face sales.

You can decide what methods to offer for each event and how much to charge for each delivery method.

You are the one who is responsible for ticket delivery and validation.

You can decide what methods to offer for each event and how much to charge for each delivery method.

E-ticket is the easiest, most automated and most popular delivery method. As soon as the buyer purchases the tickets, they can print the tickets out or they can show them on their phone. They also receive a confirmation email with a link to their tickets. They can also access their e-tickets by logging in to their account.

e-Tickets are secured using a hard-to-generate code that is printed on each e-ticket. It is printed in QR code format, barcode format and human readable digits. At the gate, tickets should be validated to make sure they are valid and they are not duplicate (not being used more than once).

All you have to do, is to validate those tickets at the gate using our free Android, IOS or web app or a professional barcode scanner. Check out our blog on Gate Control & e-Ticket Validation for more information.

e-Tickets are secured using a hard-to-generate code that is printed on each e-ticket. It is printed in QR code format, barcode format and human readable digits. At the gate, tickets should be validated to make sure they are valid and they are not duplicate (not being used more than once).

All you have to do, is to validate those tickets at the gate using our free Android, IOS or web app or a professional barcode scanner. Check out our blog on Gate Control & e-Ticket Validation for more information.

Here is a sample on an e-Ticket printed with Ticketor. You can customize the look and color. It will be printed with your name and logo (not Ticketor's). Each ticket will have a barcode and QR code for security and validation.

The purpose of gate control is to validate tickets at the gate and admit valid tickets to your event while distinguishing and rejecting all invalid and duplicate tickets.

• Invalid Tickets: Tickets that are generated fraudulently or belong to another event or another performance of this event or they are refunded.
• Duplicate Tickets: Tickets that are printed or copied more than once and are being used to admit more than one person to the event.

You can simply scan the tickets using Ticketor's free Android or IOS app or using any device with a browser. Optionally you can use a professional barcode scanner.

When you scan each ticket, the app validates the ticket and shows a message indicating whether the ticket is valid, invalid or duplicate.

You will catch the duplicate tickets while validating the tickets. Only the first copy of the ticket is accepted. The customer is responsible to protect their ticket and not copy it.

For small to medium events, you can use your phone for scanning and validation. For bigger events you may need physical scanners. Checkout compatible devices at Ticketor Store.

It will be automatically voided and not accepted by the barcode scanner or the admission list.

Depending on the use-case, there are 2 options:

1- Print all will-call tickets in alphabetical order and take them to the door for delivery.

2- Print will-call tickets per transaction as the buyer shows up to pick up their tickets.

You have 2 options:

1- You can use a regular inkjet/laser printer with regular paper to print tickets that look like e-tickets.

2- You can use a compatible thermal ticket printer to print professional tickets. Checkout compatible devices at Ticketor Store.

You necessarily don't have to offer mail options. Most of the customers prefer e-tickets and the rest can use will-call. If you want to offer mail, you can contact different mail providers (USPS, UPS, FedEx, etc.) to find the best option for your needs and the related cost. You should also ask about the delivery time and make sure to stop the mail delivery option a few days before the event to accommodate enough time for the shipping.

You can void the tickets and re-issue new tickets with a new barcodes.

Since you are selling tickets online, you probably don't need traditional physical printed tickets. Most people will buy online and either print their tickets at home or just show them on their phone.

Also Ticketor is a box-office solution meaning that you can use a computer/table to sell tickets face-to-face or over-the-phone in your ticket booth or as many retail locations.

However, if you need physical tickets, using Ticketor, you can print physical (hard) tickets with barcodes that are compatible with the e-tickets and can be scanned using the same scanning process.

You can either purchase a thermal ticket printer and ticket stocks from Ticketor's store and print hard tickets by yourself or order tickets so we print and ship to you.

Printed tickets will look like:

You can print in up to 6 colors.

Your website comes with a designer tool which allows you to easily design the site to your perfection. You can pick a theme (colors), upload logo, background-image, header, email headers, email footers, logo for e-tickets and more.

Advanced users and designers can also use CSS to have more control on the design.

Yes, you can usually get to a design which is very similar to your existing website.

Yes, you can use CSS to design your website and have full control over the design.

Yes, You can have content pages that you can edit using a rich text editor and add pictures or videos.

Yes, You can create as many photo and video galleries.

Yes, you can create as many blog/news pages.

You can create as many photo and video galleries.

Yes, you can integrate with Facebook and add Facebook login

Yes, you can add an events tab to your Facebook page and the visitors can start the purchase process right from the Facebook page

By adding "Social Media and Facebook" feature, your website will get integrated with Facebook and Social Media to leverage the power of them to reach to more customers.

• You can add a "Tickets" tab to your Facebook page where your fans can get information and start purchasing directly on your Facebook page
• Users can login with their Facebook account for easier access to the site
• Buyers will be encouraged to Share your events on their Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, ...
• Facebook ADs pixel will be added for analytics purpose and to enhance your Facebook ADs performance.
• ...

Yes, add the "Google Analytics" and you can get detailed analytics for your website including the traffic volume, source of traffic, visitors demographic and their behavior and much more.

Yes, you will have access to each customer information and contacts.

Yes, you can create email templates and send out emails and news-letter to you customers.

Yes, you can send email to anybody who purchased tickets to a specific event.

Yes Ticketor is PCI (payment card industry) compliant and all transactions are handled securely.

Yes. If you want to sell tickets for other organizers, the website offers everything you need.