Hello all,
I am intrested in seeing if any organization sells tickets for another facility that is not part of their consortium? We have the chance to work with another theatre and so far have not found a good way to implement this. Looking to chat with anyone who has done this or working on this now.
Hi Nichole,
We sell tickets for at least ten other venues in our city that are not part of The Grand Theatre. Essentially we act as a Central Box Office for organizations like high schools, dance studios and other theatre companies using venues that do not have their own box office, except for door sales.
I build each of these venues (both reserved and GA facilities) into Tessitura. The organizations sign our Central Box Office Agreement and then we sell tickets for their performances through our box office and our website. Each performance day we then print off tickets for door sales (as comps with the ticket price hard-coded into the ticket design) which are collected by the client along with any tickets purchased but not picked up from our Box Office by patrons.
Following the conclusion of the event, our Finance Department sends the client a final statement and cheque, less the percentage that we collect for ticket selling fees and applicable debit/credit card percentages.
Clients are happy because they can focus on their projects, rather than ticket sales, and it is a great additional revenue source for us.
Duane