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Riley Manning has worked as a travel and entertainment writer for more than 10 years. Today, he writes about unique events and the technology that helps make them happen.
This year, we sought to make it even simpler for our 300+ farm clients to drive revenue from their events and make the most of their busiest season. Our partnership with Maize allowed us to offer better prices for farms and release a ton of new features that helped our farm clients sell over a million tickets in October.
Vala’s Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard in Gretna, Nebraska used SimpleTix to sell tens of thousands of tickets this year. Here’s how they took full advantage of the SimpleTix platform.
- Multiple ticket typesVala’s sold general admission tickets, season passes, and reservations for campfires and party barns. Vala’s created even more ticket options according to the size of campfire or party barn. With SimpleTix’s peak/off-peak feature, Vala’s could disallow off-peak tickets on its most valuable days of operation.
See how you can customize SimpleTix to your farm >> - Pre-sold concessions and cateringVala’s tied its concessions sales into the ticketing process. Customers could pre-order everything from cider to pie to party platters when they bought their ticket, then use their digital ticket to redeem their concessions once they arrived on the farm. This helped Vala’s anticipate how much to prepare and keep the lines moving because staff didn’t have to handle as much cash.
See how SimpleTix makes it simpler to run your farm >> - Specialized upsellsVala’s created a specific set of higher-value upsells for parties who reserved the highest tier of bonfire or party barn. When a customer added a high-tier ticket to their cart, they were served this premium upsell list within the SimpleTix purchase process. Once they checked in at Vala’s, the staff could see their pre-ordered upsells and deliver them promptly.
See how SimpleTix upsells can boost your bottom line >> - Keeping the lines movingWhen tickets are bought in a group, SimpleTix gives Vala’s staff the option to check in everyone on the order with just one ticket scan. This prevented a lot of wallet-wrangling and phone fumbling at the gate.
See how SimpleTix can help create the perfect guest experience >>
SimpleTix is known for our instant payouts — every merch, concessions, and ticket purchase — hits your account instantly. Our strategic partnerships let us offer farms some of the best ticket rates out there, with zero extra fees for merch and upsells.
More importantly, we constantly ask our clients how we can make their lives easier. Their feedback and input is what makes SimpleTix tick. We can’t wait to see what the next year brings.
SimpleTix will always be free to try. Create an account and build your SimpleTix event page at no cost. You won’t pay a penny until you sell your first ticket.
SimpleTix has offered an affordable, premium event ticketing platform that outperforms Eventbrite and similar apps for over 12 years. Compared to the competition, SimpleTix offers better options at a better price point. To learn more, call us at +1 (855) 550-3670 or email us at support@simpletix.com.
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