We announced some pretty cool news this morning. We’ve joined forces via a strategic partnership with Knoxville-based Eventbooking.com to offer an integrated event management, booking, and ticketing solution to venues nationwide.
What really excites me about this news is that this is, I feel, an example of how the industry will eventually displace Ticketmaster’s stronghold: smaller, more innovative (and hungrier) companies uniting to deliver compelling value via integrated solutions.
As for EventBooking.com, our strengths are 100% complimentary. No one does venue management and booking better than they do, and no one does ticketing better than we do. What is ultra cool is the way this partnership came about – the EventBooking CEO actually bought a ticket to a TicketBiscuit powered event, and was so impressed with the experience that he contacted us and made it happen.
The full release is below, just in case you’re interested. Can I get a “hell yeah”?
October 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EVENTBOOKING.COM ADDS TICKETING THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH TICKETBISCUIT
EventBooking.com signed a partnership contract with TicketBiscuit this month that will add a robust ticketing capability to EventBooking’s industry-leading event management and booking software solution.
TicketBiscuit serves more than 250 clients in 400+ venues across the United States with a web-based solution that lets the venue control the fees and own the ticketing process. CEO Jeff Gale says TicketBiscuit’s mission is to provide “the most flexible, powerful, and user-friendly ticketing solution on the planet.”
The software integration of EventBooking.com and TicketBiscuit allows participating venues to track real-time ticket sales while logged in to their booking calendar.
President and CEO of EventBooking.com John Platillero said that offering clients an integrated solution is part of the EventBooking.com strategy.
“EventBooking.com wants to offer a ‘dashboard’ of information from all different areas of the venue. Integrating a ticketing solution makes sense so that in real-time, from the calendar itself, a venue can know how ticket sales are doing for each show.”
Platillero added that the ticketing software from TicketBiscuit can be private-labeled “however the venue wants to brand their ticketing system,” giving more control to the venue.
Both EventBooking.com and TicketBiscuit are excited about the value that the partnership can bring to one another’s clients.
EventBooking.com’s booking software scales from one-stage clubs to entire city entertainment districts using a single booking account. EventBooking.com’s flexible new program accommodates the different booking styles of single-stage arenas and multiplex convention centers.
TicketBiscuit‘s full-service ticketing solution combines box office software with a comprehensive package of ticket sales and marketing services. Since their inception in 2001, the company has pioneered several innovations in ticketing, including client-controlled fees, client-branded call centers, full website integration, mobile ticketing, and social media marketing.
“TicketBiscuit itself is a company that has proven technology and is excited about working with us to develop an integrated solution for their clients and ours,” Platillero said.
The partnership between EventBooking.com and TicketBiscuit began with a good experience. Platillero purchased tickets online for a benefit dinner at a local comedy club in Knoxville using TicketBiscuit. The ticket purchase went smoothly, and after reading about the company at http://www.TicketBiscuit.com Platillero contacted them as a potential partner.
October 15, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EVENTBOOKING.COM ADDS TICKETING THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH TICKETBISCUIT
EventBooking.com signed a partnership contract with TicketBiscuit this month that will add a robust ticketing capability to EventBooking’s industry-leading event management and booking software solution.
TicketBiscuit serves more than 250 clients in 400+ venues across the United States with a web-based solution that lets the venue control the fees and own the ticketing process. CEO Jeff Gale says TicketBiscuit’s mission is to provide “the most flexible, powerful, and user-friendly ticketing solution on the planet.”
The software integration of EventBooking.com and TicketBiscuit allows participating venues to track real-time ticket sales while logged in to their booking calendar.
President and CEO of EventBooking.com John Platillero said that offering clients an integrated solution is part of the EventBooking.com strategy.
“EventBooking.com wants to offer a ‘dashboard’ of information from all different areas of the venue. Integrating a ticketing solution makes sense so that in real-time, from the calendar itself, a venue can know how ticket sales are doing for each show.”
Platillero added that the ticketing software from TicketBiscuit can be private-labeled “however the venue wants to brand their ticketing system,” giving more control to the venue.
Both EventBooking.com and TicketBiscuit are excited about the value that the partnership can bring to one another’s clients.
EventBooking.com’s booking software scales from one-stage clubs to entire city entertainment districts using a single booking account. EventBooking.com’s flexible new program accommodates the different booking styles of single-stage arenas and multiplex convention centers.
TicketBiscuit‘s full-service ticketing solution combines box office software with a comprehensive package of ticket sales and marketing services. Since their inception in 2001, the company has pioneered several innovations in ticketing, including client-controlled fees, client-branded call centers, full website integration, mobile ticketing, and social media marketing.
“TicketBiscuit itself is a company that has proven technology and is excited about working with us to develop an integrated solution for their clients and ours,” Platillero said.
The partnership between EventBooking.com and TicketBiscuit began with a good experience. Platillero purchased tickets online for a benefit dinner at a local comedy club in Knoxville using TicketBiscuit. The ticket purchase went smoothly, and after reading about the company at http://www.TicketBiscuit.com Platillero contacted them as a potential partner.
TicketBiscuit has submitted an idea for a panel at The SXSW 2010 Music Conference. We’ve got some very cool research, ideas, and technology behind our discounting methodology and we’re wanting to share it with the rest of the music industry.
Please visit http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3336?return=/ideas/index/music/q:ticketbiscuit and give us the “thumbs up”. You may have to create an account first, but trust me, it’s worth it.
Antitrust Superstar: How Merging Ticketmaster and Live Nation Might Change Everything
January 18, 2010 in Commentary, Company News | Tags: alternative press, jeff gale, live nation, luke o'neil, music liberation fund, online ticketing, ticketing, ticketmaster | by ehoush | Leave a comment
TicketBiscuit CEO Jeff Gale is extensively quoted in today’s web cover feature for Alternative Press about the impending mega-merger. Author Luke O’Neil does a great job covering the multiple perspectives about the deal, and gives a shout out to our own Music Liberation Fund as well. Check it out:
http://altpress.com/features/coverstory_antitrust.htm
The approval of the merger looks likely at this point. If you are a venue operator or promoter looking for ticketing alternatives, check out our Online Ticketing and Box Office Software systems. If you’d like to learn more about how your organization can benefit from the Music Liberation Fund, call us at 1-866-757-8330.